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    Socratic Problems

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    determine what‚ in the writings of Plato‚ is an accurate portrayal of Socrates’ thought and what is the thought of Plato with Socrates as a literary device. Socrates‚ often credited with founding western philosophy and who was put to death by the democracy of Athens in May‚ 399 BC‚ was Plato’s teacher and mentor; Plato‚ like some of his contemporaries‚ wrote dialogues about his departed teacher. Most of what we know about Socrates comes from the writings of Plato; however‚ it is widely believed that

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    Drafty Plato was born in 427 BC in Athens‚ Greece. He was born into a wealthy and aristocratic family with a political background. Plato’s father claimed he was a descendent of Codrus‚ the last king of Athens; on his mother’s side he was related to a Greek lawmaker by the name of Solon. Plato’s father died when he was still young and the rest of his childhood was spent with his mother and her new husband Pyrilampes‚ an Athenian politician. Although Plato had many political influences in his

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    The Meno

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    In the Meno‚ Plato justifies the possibility for one ’s mind to uncover knowledge. Knowing one can obtain knowledge motivates the mind to gain more knowledge. Plato explains the theory of recollection by first questioning what virtue is‚ then demonstrating the process through the questioning of a slave boy. Although a few weaknesses present themselves in Plato ’s argument‚ Plato presents a valid theory on how our minds can obtain knowledge. This paper focuses on exploring Plato ’s theory of recollection

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    “Phaedrus” influence rhetoric. With “Gorgias”‚ Plato states that rhetoric is the art of persuading the ignorant about justice or injustice of a matter. His conversations with Callicles clears the air of a

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    died nobly and without fear” (Plato 58e). As Cicero says‚ Socrates at his death “spoke in language which made him seem not as one thrust out to die but as one ascending to the heavens” (Ahrensdorf 1). The reason he acts in such fearless manner lies in his hope and belief in the afterlife: “I should be wrong not to resent dying if I did not believe that I should go first to other wise and good gods‚ and then to men who have died and are better than men are here” (Plato 63b). He strongly believes in

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    back by their senses telling them that the world that they see is in fact reality‚ whereas Plato disagrees with this. Plato believed that once the escapee (Philosopher) is outside of the cave‚ that they can use the power of reason to truly know what reality is. He believes that the world around us is not real‚ and that the world of the forms is the true reality where we can gain knowledge and understanding. Plato suggests that reality is only ‘real’ because of the form of the good (the sun)‚ but the

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    Phi Euthyphro

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    Running head: Euthyphro – Plato Euthyphro – Plato Angela Levesque PHI 208 Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor: Victor Kersey 04/28/2013 Euthyphro-Plato Socrates and Euthyphro is one of the most famous of Socrates theological discussions. Plato wrote a book called Euthyphro which explains in the introduction of the purposes and reasoning behind this discussion. In this paper‚ I will be looking at the dialectical development of the

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    The shadows of statues held by unseen ‘puppet handlers’ reflect on the walls from the light of a fire that is also out of sight of those in the cave. The theme of the allegory is that their reality is a poor copy of the real world. According to Plato‚ our world is nothing but shadows‚ imperfect manifestations of the forms. Similar to the prisoners of the cave‚ the humans trapped in the matrix (the cave) only see what the machines (the modern day puppet-handlers) want them to see. They are tricked

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    in moral and political philosophy left a lasting effect through the history of those. For both moral and political philosophy it is both Plato and Aristotle that have been either the basis for‚ or the rejection of‚ most further developments. Importantly it is their contributions that have eventually led us to the current predominant philosophical thought. Plato established a set metric for morality‚ and good‚ through his use of the Forms (Moore & Bruder‚ 2005‚ p. 255). Importantly the form of "Good"

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    When Plato and other prominent philosophers such as Plutarch and Heraclitus were observing the world‚ they came to the conclusion that it was in a state of flux; they came to the conclusion that it was constantly changing. Plato wrote a number of texts including Phaedo and Republic; this worked with his dualistic approach concluding that our realm of appearances – or our world; and all within is changeable and will eventually cease to exist. He says that this world is nothing but a mere copy of forms

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