PHL202H5 Plato ’s Philosophy in Apology Plato was known to be one of Socrates ’ students‚ and knew him for over 40 years. Although Plato ’s version of Apology is popularly believed to be (the most accurate) historical recount of what happened in 399 B.C on the day of Socrates ’ trial‚ historians cannot be sure the validity of everything he wrote. It can be argued that it is actually a philosophical work‚ remarking on the teachings of Socrates and his beliefs‚ which he stood by even until his
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Running head: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION; BEHAVIORISM Philosophy of Education; Behaviorism Abstract B. F. Skinner created behaviorism and this is what I selected as my philosophy for education. Behaviorism uses conditioning to effect behaviors of students. Teachers can apply positive and negative reinforcements‚ such as stickers‚ praise‚ and rewards. My philosophy of teaching is that students should be able to learn how to communicate with others and have fun while learning. Throughout this
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In Book V of The Republic‚ Socrates argues that the rational part of the soul can be distinguished from the appetitive part. Before writing on the portions of the soul‚ Socrates begins to discuss how the soul is constituted. Socrates divides the soul into three separate parts – the appetitive‚ the spirit‚ and the rational. Each part of the soul has its own distinct role which it must perform. The idea of different parts of the soul (for the purposes of this paper‚ the appetitive and rational) differing
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Describe Socrates’ reasons (in the Crito)‚ for refusing to escape from prison. In the text Crito‚ is compose of the Socrates’ and Crito’s dialogues whether escaping from the prison or not. Because of the corrupting youth Socrates sentenced to death. By ask questions Socrates made people questioned their belief. Therefore Socrates called as ‘god fly’. After all these cases Crito try to convince Socrates to escape from the prison. However Socrates does not want to escape. According to Socrates’ view
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BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY Buddhism is one of the most remarkable development of Indian thought. It is an offshoot of later Vedic thought. Buddhism is founded on the rejection of certain orthodox Hindu Philosophical concepts. It has many philosophical views with Hinduism‚ such as belief in Karma‚ a cause and effect relationship between all that has being done and all that will be done. Events that occur are held to be direct results of previous events. The ultimate goal for both is to eliminate Karma
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Personal Philosophy Statement I believe that every child is a uniquely special individual who must be provided with a secure‚ caring‚ and stimulating environment in which to grow and mature cognitively‚ emotionally‚ physically‚ and socially. It is my desire as a future educator to help children reach optimal results in these areas by providing an environment that is safe‚ supports risk-taking‚ and invites a sharing of ideas. There are three fundamental elements that I believe are conducive to establishing
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An Account of the Trial of Socrates as out-lined in Plato’s Apology Dublin Institute of Technology Students’ name: Lilian Muraro (D14125029) Access Foundation Programme An essay submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the module of Introduction to Humanities Lecturer: Will Peters 15 December 2014 Account of the Trial of Socrates as outlined in Plato’s Apology This essay is analysis of the accusations against Socrates during his trial‚ based mainly on Plato’s interpretation
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My Personal Leadership Philosophy "I don’t know what awaits us on the other side of that berm‚ but I’ll tell you this. If I have to give my life for any of you I will do it in a heartbeat" (Murphy‚ 2008). An insert from the book In a Time of War told from a lieutenant in the U.S. Army moments before he leads his platoon into the invasion of Iraq. A position of leadership comes with many responsibilities other than just delegating work to people under you. One must have ethical values to be a fair
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story of Socrates after he was put on trial. This text shows the argument that Socrates made while he was fighting for his life. He was sentenced to death because the people of Athens felt like he was corrupting the youth that lived in the city. Plato characterized Socrates as a kind‚ innocent man who was unfairly blamed for a crime that he did not commit. The audience in this book is the jury and the citizens that appeared in court but the bigger audience is those who sentenced Socrates to death
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Socrates is a man who relies on his manipulative tricks of rhetoric and cunning wisdom to dismantle and disprove his opponents of conversation. “What is the pious‚ and what the impious‚ do you say?” (6) Socrates asks one of these opponents‚ a man named Euthyphro‚ who is at court to prosecute his own father - an action which Euthyphro thinks to be pious. Socrates asks Euthyphro to define piety‚ and as he does so‚ Socrates uses their conversation to mock and twist Euthyphro’s words so they contradict
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