Socrates and the Sophists (Plato’s Dialogues) In chapter 4‚ The Sophist: Protagoras‚ Soccio does an excellent job discussing a group of teachers and thinkers known collectively as sophists‚ and the social environment in which they flourished for a time. These professional educators were known for being widely travelled and thus having much experience with other cultures. This experience convinced many of them that there is no such thing as ’objective standards;’ we merely have a set of culturally
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Michael Ehrecke Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” As Means to Explain “The Apology” Authors sometimes use one work to explain or elaborate on the intricacies of another piece of theirs. Plato is one such example as he uses “The Allegory of the Cave” as means to better decipher “The Apology of Socrates.” Plato himself never appears in either dialogue‚ but it is clear that he disagrees with how Socrates’s trial ended and hopes to prevent another unneeded execution in the future. In “The Apology
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Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that looks to define reality. It seeks to determine what is real from what may seem real‚ to separate reality from appearance. To give an example‚ a person may appear to be in picture perfect health but actually is suffering from terminal brain cancer. Appearances might not always show the true nature of an object. There are differing views that examine the concept of reality. One view is monism. Monism is the theory that the basis of reality is from a single
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The topic of my paper is the philosophy of Socrates. Specifically I will discuss Socratic irony and the Socratic method of inquiry. The main points I will cover are; what was Socratic irony‚ and why did he use the method he did to seek the truth? My paper consists of three main parts. First a description of the more important books by Plato‚ about Socrates; sines Plato is the main source for information about Socrates. The second part is an analysis of the texts‚ focusing on the above stated topics
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The final outcome of this is longing for immortality‚ which is discussed in the Phaedo‚ in the setting of the last hours of the life of Socrates. Presented here are various interpretations of the nature of the soul (especially its unity and hence indissolubility) and the soul’s mastery of the body in its voluntary acts. The decisive
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Bibliography: * Phaedo‚ 82c; and The Republic‚ book VII‚ 518d‚ both in Plato‚ Complete Works‚ ed. JohnM.Cooper * Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1762) Émile (1911 edn.)‚ London: Dent‚ pp.6.
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The Good life can be interpreted in many ways by various people. It is pondered by every individual and can be discussed and analyzed in different ways. The following texts have shown me a very different perspective to the good life. One that I would of never thought I would have. Every person can come to their own decisions to define the good life. I believe after one reads the chosen texts‚ one will have a better understanding and can determine specific arguments and reasons for their beliefs.
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Sophists cont’d 3) key pre understandings A all knowledge is relative B Culture‚ religion‚ and ethics are circumstantial and thereby changeable‚ rather than natural permanent and absolute 4) The sophists role in Athenian Democracy A The Shift to democract meant that clear speech and the power of persuation was indispensible B Sophists taught the art of rhetoric‚ the art of persuasive speech‚ not for the sake of truth‚ but for the sake of winning the argument 1 make a bad case look
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point of view" is sometimes no more difficult for Plato than for Upton Sinclair. You know who is right in some passages of the Phaedo just as clearly as you know what Sinclair thinks about the meat industry in The Jungle. On the other hand‚ Plato is often ironic toward Socrates‚ since Socrates gives arguments that are later exposed as fallacious‚ as is the case in the Phaedo. If the dialogues are sometimes supposed to provide subtly fallacious arguments for analysis in the Academy‚ then little strictly
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must learn the greatest of all studies‚ which is to behold the Good. Those who have ascended to this highest level‚ however‚ must not remain there but must return to the cave and dwell with the prisoners‚ sharing in their labors and honors. Plato’s Phaedo contains similar imagery to that of the allegory of the Cave; a philosopher recognizes that before philosophy‚ his soul was "a veritable prisoner fast bound within his body... and that instead of investigating
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