he states that in case Socrates will not escape‚ people will believe that he along with other Socrates friends were in the position to help‚ but they failed to do so or that they are more interested in money compared to the life of their friends (Plato 45). Crito also insists that if Socrates is executed‚ he will lose a friend‚ as well as his reputation and that the enemies will celebrate after his demise. The children‚ on the other hand‚ will lose a father making them vulnerable to hard life
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THE HUMAN FUNCTION IN PLATO AND ARISTOTLE Plato and Aristotle have similar perspectives about human function. They also share some of their ideas about how human function is related to other philosophical notions such as virtue‚ good‚ justice‚ and the soul. According to Aristotle the chief good (and the human function‚ which has its end in itself) is happiness. But his definition of happiness is different from what ordinary people usually think. Happiness is neither pleasure nor wealth‚ nor is
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Compare and contrast Thucydides’ and Socrates’ analyses of the fate of Athenian democracy in war‚ of why the Athenians went to war‚ and of how and why they failed. The Peloponnesian War was the turning point in Athenian hegemony in Ancient Greece. It was fought in 431 B.C. between the Delian League‚ led by Athens‚ and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. According to Thucydides‚ Athens’ imposing hegemonic status and its overwhelming quest for more power made the Peloponnesian War and Athens’s
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Maria M. Lopez Oct. 6‚ 2012 Philosophy 1 Mr. Senestraro Homework # 10 Explain one point Glaucon is making about human nature and why we act justly with the Shepard and ring story. Glaucon argues that all persons are egoistic and selfish. He states that the only reason people do not always do the unjust thing is because of the fear of being caught and harmed. If we look at what people really are‚ then we will see that they believe to do wrong is desirable and to suffer wrong is undesirable
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1. If some parties lead to trouble and trouble should be avoided‚ then some parties should be avoided. (m) Trouble (p) should be avoided (s) Some parties (m) lead to trouble (s) Some parties (p) should be avoided 2. Physicists are the only scientists who theorize about the nature of time and Stephen Hawking certainly does that. Therefore‚ Stephen Hawking must be a physicist. (p) Physicists are the only scientists who (m) theorize about the nature of time (s) Stephen Hawking (m) theorizes
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"I’ll love you forever‚" he smiled‚ laughing along with his brother as he pressed down on the hole in his stomach. It was so easy to just be swept up in this‚ to think of Amaimon‚ let his love get him through the pain. The hurt would fade‚ his love would not‚ so he clung tightly to it. Amaimon seemed to inspect his injury as he spoke lowly‚ checking it over. Mephisto followed his gaze and was more than happy to see that his injury was already beginning to heal up nicely. Yes‚ with the earth king’s
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Essay I: Lucretius and Plato on the Mortality of the Soul In this essay it will be argued that the soul is mortal and does not survive the death of the body. As support‚ the following arguments from Lucretius will be examined: the “proof from the atomic structure of the soul‚” the “proof from parallelism of mind and body‚” the “proof from the sympatheia of mind and body‚” and the “proof from the structural connection between mind and body.” The following arguments from Plato will be used as counterarguments
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Kathryn Kelsven Dr. David Sgarlatta Humanities 253 December 21‚ 2012 Comparing Two Readings After reading Plato’s Apology and Leviticus 17-27‚ I found several differences in the way people are judged for the crimes they have committed as well as‚ by what are actually considered crimes or sins. I want to explore these differences by asking two questions to each reading: What kind of behavior constitutes as a sin or a crime? What is the source of moral authority behind laws and legal judgments
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Describe Plato allegory of the cave (25 marks) Plato is one of the most important Greek philosophers and a pupil of Socrates. He founded the Academy in Athens‚ an institution devoted to research and instruction in philosophy and the sciences. His works on philosophy‚ politics and mathematics which were very influential.The complex meanings that can be perceived from the "Cave" can be seen in the beginning with the presence of the prisoners who are chained in the darkness of the cave. The prisoners
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type of government that St. Augustine describes in his work City of God‚ while at the same time contrasts the views of Aquinas in the ways a state should operate. The end goal of how each of these philosophers’ states purposes presents the greatest split between each of their philosophies. To understand how each of these philosophers’ states are similar and different from each other‚ a deeper analysis is necessary. The first and possibly most striking similarity between the states that both
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