Mariah Gleason English III-1 16 September 2012 The Crucible Socratic Seminar Questions 1. Mary enters Act II feeling weak‚ sad and guilty. This is first represented when she gives Elizabeth the poppet that she had hand-sewed. As the play advances‚ Mary breaks down in sobs while telling the Proctors about the proceedings she witnessed that day. Later‚ due to her strong sense of shame‚ Mary agrees to testify against Abigail in the high court with John. Seeing so many falsely accused people caused
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Democritus 1 Democritus Democritus was a Greek Philosopher born 460 B.C. in the city of Abdera‚ and died 370 B.C. He was born into a wealthy family and traveled the world extensively. He was known as the “laughing” philosopher‚ or the “happy” philosopher because he would constantly mock people‚ and laugh incessantly about his own jibes. Throughout his life he wrote over 70 books‚ however very few pages have survived the years. Some have said that Democritus blinded himself to better understand
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Comparing Great Philosophers Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher who was impressed by the inability of the English Monarchy to withstand the pressure of the civil war. The Civil war motivated Thomas to think about how people could work and live together in peace and to maintain social order. Hobbes’s scientific view ultimately became the bases of liberal thought. Hobbes believed that individuals choose to live under government; therefore governments exist for the protection of the individual
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Final Project Timothy Gillespie PHI 103 Susan Smith Jan 26 2015 For my final project I have chosen to use the arguments for banning guns. I do not agree with these arguments but‚ I will attempt to address their statements and provide a sound counter argument for each of their points that I discuss. During this final project I hope that I can help shed light on the subject for both sides of the argument and come to a common ground. I believe that is the point of making arguments and
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Socratic Dialectic‚ Method‚ and Piety This essay will discuss the nature of Socrates inquiries in to the way humans ought to live. This paper will begin by looking at Socrates ’ understanding of the good life and the importance of self-knowledge. It will then look at the theory of learning that the Socratic dialectic fosters‚ along with Socrates ’ theory of the natural goodness of human nature. Using Plato ’s story of Euthyphro‚ it will show the practical nature of Socrates ’ task of making people
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Abortion Controversy: Should Abortion Be Legal? Marco A. Caban PHI 103 Informal Logic Submitted to Prof. Galen Johnson December 17‚ 2012 Abortion Controversy: Should Abortion Be Legal? Many will argue whether or not abortion it right or wrong‚ moral or immoral‚ ethical or not‚ but one thing that everyone can agree on is that abortion is a very complex issue with very little common ground that keeps many people divided. The topic of abortion is a subject that many different groups have
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the world’s greatest investments‚ but the tiny town has no part in the black arts. Allegra Kimblee‚ a strikingly beautiful‚ yet conniving woman comes to the quaint community in search of human souls. To be used as power sources for the legendary philosophers stone that‚ until that point in time‚ had only existed in rumors among witches throughout the world. The stone gives its owner supreme knowledge of the dark arts. Kimblee makes her way through the city and establishes herself as the new hero-figure
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where is all this unnecessary stress and pain I feel coming from? Well‚ I’m sitting in the middle of a graded socratic seminar. To start‚ graded socratic seminars put a lot of pressure on a person‚ especially someone who is shy. For one who doesn’t talk particularly a lot it causes anxiety. In the article Socratic seminars silence students‚ by Kaitie Puryear‚ she writes‚ “Grading Socratic Seminars is ridiculous. It puts students under an ungodly amount of pressure.” And I for one agree with her because
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participate in a Socratic seminar with my peers of a English class but‚ I have to say the most impactful Socratic seminar I ever participated in was my first. A Socratic seminar simply put is a form of a graded discussion in which all participants are seated in a circle and discuss different topics. Seeing as to how it was in all of my English classes the topics were usually based around the book that we were reading at that time. My first Socratic seminar was in my seventh grade WAVE Pre/AP GT class
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The Inevitable Weakness of a Philosopher Ruler as President In his work‚ The Republic‚ Plato argues that justice is attainable by a civilized society governed by philosopher rulers‚ men who possess infallible wisdom and a love of truth. In this ideal city‚ the standard of knowledge as a basis for political rule survives only if all requirements are met such as the division of society into economic classes‚ strict specialization and a limited population size. Plato’s concept of a just society
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