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    Plato & Socrates: Excellence in Virtue introduction “Socrates’ positive influence touches us even today” (May 6) and we can learn a great deal about him from one of his students‚ Plato. It is in Plato’s report of Socrates’ trial a work entitled‚ Apology‚ and a friend’s visit to his jail cell while he is awaiting his death in Crito‚ that we discover a man like no other. Socrates was a man following a path he felt that the gods had wanted him to follow and made no excuses for his life

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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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    Plato and Moral Authority

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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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    The exhibit entitled “Tanikala” was all about the allegory of the cave by Plato. It explains the nature of reality and represents our desire to seek for the “light” which is our deeper understanding of the truth and the betterment of ourselves. The chained men are considered to be the prisoners. They are being nurtured by lies and forced to live a life accepting false reality as truth. Furthermore‚ people inside the cave had no choice but to accept and consider what they see and experience is true

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    Sophism: Plato and Pericles

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    Sophism In this essay I would like to talk about the nature of sophism and how it changes religion‚ politics and education. In the first part of my essay I am going to define the meaning of sophism‚ in the second part I am going to talk about the connection of sophism and aristocrats‚ in the third part of my essay I am going to talk about the changes in religion with the help of sophism; in the fourth part I will examine the changes in decision-making and in last part I will talk about Socrates

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    Assignment 1. Reflection on: the “Republic‚” by Plato. Greek philosopher‚ Plato‚ is considered to be one of the most influential people in Western Philosophy. The fact that he was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle leaves no questions about his competence. One of his fundamental works is the “Republic”. Even though it was written in 380 BC‚ Plato’s and Socrates’s thoughts are still relevant in twenty first century. This paper will evaluate the quote from the “Republic” and provide

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    Euthyphro‚ Apology‚ Crito‚ and Phaedo By Plato Edited/analyzed by Nancy Nieto Summary and Analysis Phaedo Summary After an interval of some months or years‚ an account of the last hours of Socrates is narrated to Echecrates and other interested persons by Phaedo‚ a beloved disciple of the great teacher. The narration takes place at Phlius‚ a town of Sicyon. The dialog takes the form of a narrative because Socrates is described acting as well as speaking‚ and the particulars of the event

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    Throughout the passage Euthyphro written by Plato a discussion arises dealing with the question “What is piety”? This question arises after a man named Euthyphro is found walking into a courthouse preparing to prosecute against his own father who took part in a murder. His friend Socrates eventually confronts him when he sees him and once the story is explained to Socrates and once he calms down due to being surprised that Euthyphro is prosecuting against his own father he asks Euthyphro what exactly

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    In Plato’s Republic‚ the protagonist Socrates provides three proofs that a just life is more satisfying than an unjust life. Of the three proofs‚ The third is the focus of our attention today. It states that “ when the entire soul follows the philosophophic part‚ there is no civil war in it‚ each part of it does its own work exclusively and is just‚ and in a particular it enjoys its own pleasures‚ the best and truest pleasures possible for it...but when one of the other parts gains control‚ it won’t

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    possible just actions. Rather‚ being a just person entails qualities of character proper to the just person‚ in the light of which they decide what actions justice requires of them. In this section we confine ourselves to the character Socrates in Plato ’s dialogues‚ and indeed to only certain ones of the dialogues in which a Socrates character plays a role. In those dialogues in which he plays a major role‚ Socrates

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