Socrates & the Afterlife Socrates & the Afterlife “When I have drunk the poison I shall leave you and go to the joys of the blessed…” (Plato‚ p.67) In his final hours‚ as written in Plato’s Phaedo‚ Socrates spoke of death and the afterlife while awaiting his execution. Socrates was tried and convicted of two charges: corrupting the youth and impiety (blasphemy)‚ he was imprisoned and sentenced to death. According to his final words‚ Socrates does not seem to fear death but instead sees it as a
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Society is well known for judging others and setting high expectations for everyone but what people fail to realize is that we ourselves make up society. People are the ones that make up the society that calls out ignorance but fail to correct it. Both Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave" and the Wachowski’s The Matrix illustrate that ignorance is blissful for those that have not yet gained the knowledge to obtain enlightenment but as soon as one faces reality then they can better themselves in order to free
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community colleges” (Finnigan‚14). According to Smith’s "Are HBCU ’s Still Relevant?”‚ “Most of these institutions are located in the former slave states of the Confederacy‚ they make up a diverse set of institutions in nineteen states‚ the District of Columbia‚ and the Virgin Islands.” Historically black colleges and universities were also established in a time of segregation and restricted educational
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psychology and a clear idea as to where the line of questioning is intended to lead. The latter part of that statement becomes problematic as we examine the use of the Socratic method by Socrates himself. The problem is two-fold. Speaking to the first point‚ Socrates is not very much of a teacher. By that I mean that he is either unwilling or unable to lead his students (for sake of clarity I will refer to the various interlocutors in the dialogues as being “students” of Socrates‚ in so much as that
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and the Effects in Yesterday’s‚ Today’s and Tomorrow’s Society Racism‚ especially over the past few years‚ has become something that is being expressed in more subtle and understated ways than ever before‚ and this may be because of the fact that today‚ more and more ’whites’ are disowning the concepts of racism‚ and are at the same time proclaiming that theirs is an ’egalitarian’ society‚ where all men are born equal. Racism and its impact have been felt all over the world and the innate struggles
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philosophers‚ Socrates has been able to mold and enlighten his students and people well past his time. One of his most famous quotes‚ “I only know that I know nothing‚” Never fails to capture attention. As simple as the words are it never failed to spark a conversation that exceeds expectations. Origin: • Where did the universe come from? Where did life/humanity come from? • Socrates does not clearly state an answer for Origin. I do find that his Theory of Recollection to contain a hint of an idea towards
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see why Shakespeare has been studied for hundreds of years since it was written. While many people believe Shakespeare still needs to be taught‚ there are some people that wonder why Shakespeare is still taught in schools. While his writing style may be hard to understand at times‚ Shakespeare is still relevant to today’s society. His plays offer unique takes on life that are still important to this day. King Lear‚ in particular‚ shows that making decisions solely based off of emotion will lead to
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empiricist‚ he believed in sense experience‚ as well as student to Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. Aristotle understood that the world around us is transient‚ impermanent. He believed that everything can be explained with his four causes and in order for humanity to understand the world we needed to use them. The four causes are Aristotle’s way of explaining the existence of an object‚ with the ‘final cause’ being the most important aspect of his theory as it gave the best explanation of
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delicate thing to come by nowadays‚ but does it still exist in the pure form that philosophers talked about so long ago? Jean de La Fontaine quoted perfectly the value of friendship as “Rare as is true love‚ true friendship is rarer”. Friendships in the modern world vary from those in the past due to changes in social constructs and norms‚ advancements in technology‚ and shifts in human nature. In Aristotle’s Nicomachean ethics he explains his ideas of how there are three different types of friendships
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In the book‚ Plato Republic‚ Socrates had a discussion with Thrasymachus and Glaucon about justice and unjustice. In this essay‚ I shall argue that Plato’s solution of the temptation of the ring is successful in a few ways. I will describe Thrasymachus and Glaucon’s idea about justice‚ and how Socrates discuss with them in terms of the justice of the city‚ justice of individual soul‚ his theory of forms and the importance of the knowledge of the good‚ and the sun analogy and the allegory of the cave
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