In Apology by Plato‚ passage 38d-39c‚ Socrates turns his attention to those who voted against him. He expresses that he was convicted because he did the opposite of what they wanted him to do which was to beg for mercy and try to avoid the death sentence like many others do. On the contrary‚ he was not ashamed or scared to reveal his truth nor did he try to avoid death. Socrates’ tone conveys his strong beliefs of doing what’s right‚ this idea of justice which is highlighted throughout his defense
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was discouraged by the circumstances that happened in the environment that he was in. He however diverted his focus to the study of philosophy. The final work that he did is normally taken to be comprised of a set of seven dialogues. His mentor‚ Socrates who was also his teacher greatly inspired his work. He was the first to establish an academy in Athens. He greatly helped to lay the foundations of most of the western philosophy. A.N Whitehead asserts that most of the European philosophy contains
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Russo starts off by giving a brief overview of the era in which Socrates lived‚ and how he went through life. Socrates lived in the Golden Age of Athens after the Greeks overcame the Persians‚ and a new period of arts and culture came into be. In 399 B.C. he was put to trial for not believing in the gods of Athens‚ and for teaching the youth of Athens to question everything. The verdict was that Socrates would be sentence to death‚ and even though he had enough time to escape his sentence he refused
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Socrates’ View of Death Plato’s Apology: Socrates Defense represents Socrates’ trial for not recognizing the God’s recognized by the state‚ inventing new deities and corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates’ speech‚ however‚ was not an apology in the contemporary sense. During those times‚ the name of the dialogue comes from the Greek word apologia‚ which means a defense or justification. Socrates did not apologize; instead he stood up for what he believed in and defended himself. He began his defense
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Worksheet on Plato’s Crito 1. In paragraphs 43-46a‚ Crito gives Socrates a number of reasons why he should escape. State one of them in your own words. He will be killed un-honorably. 2. Socrates brings up the case of an athlete engaged in professional training. What point do you think Socrates is trying to make here? Although he was an awful wrestler‚ anything is possible even if one is destined for failure. There just may be a positive ending to his going away. 3. Socrates says “As we
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Speaking through Socrates and Meno‚ Plato attempts to confront the perplexing concepts behind what it is to have knowledge. Is there a difference between knowing something and having a correct opinion or true belief of that thing? Perhaps if our correct opinion or true belief leads us to the same accurate conclusion as one who has knowledge‚ then we are indeed knowledgable? Socrates establishes that in order to have knowledge‚ our true belief or opinion must be justified and although
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Plato’s Influence by Shannon Johnson English 122 24 August 2011 Plato ’s influence There are icons that will be referenced for many years to come. They touched on many topics (including physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚ logic‚ rhetoric‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ etc.)‚ which influenced their philosophy. However‚ as humans start using more and more of their abilities or capabilities to think and having more resources to prove things‚ their philosophy may
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Socrates on Democracy Socrates makes it very clear; he is not a fan of Democracy. He is openly objected to the type of democracy that Athens was running during his adult life. In contrast he was against all forms of government at the time. Socrates believes in the connection between virtue and knowledge. The masses‚ being uneducated‚ were therefore not virtuous and not fit to rule. Democracy is the rule of people‚ and as a group people are very indecisive so we end up trying to have everything
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information technology shares some similarities and differences to the technology in United States today. Oceania and United States both share the fact that they keep track of this information to keep the citizens of their country relaxed about the state of their country. In Oceania the use of information technology is primarily used to keep The Party in power so no citizen’s rebel. In the United States today information technology is used to keep the country safe from other countries and the citizens
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Plato’s “Phaedrus” and “Gorgias” explore the views of rhetoric‚ and its major influences on society‚ giving speeches‚ beliefs and how to best interpret the spoken word that come from the lips of today’s society. Although the two are documents in Plato’s perspective of rhetoric‚ the texts need to be picked more to get to the best part of Plato’s perspective of rhetoric. With the topic of Sophists‚ there is also the premonition of Socrates’ three speeches of love infecting the lives of society‚ as
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