“He knows nothing‚ and thinks that he knows. I either know nor think that I know” (Pg. 31). Socrates was told by the god of Delphi that there was no man wiser. Socrates wondered what this meant so he set out to find the answer by going around to those who had the reputation of being very wise. He had come to the same conclusion for all of these men that all though they did know a great deal more that Socrates was ignorant to they all fell into the same mistake when they all thought that because they
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history‚ meanings of reality appear arbitrary‚ as no chronological or cultural pattern exists. One representation of reality‚ according to Socrates‚ is that “in the visible realm‚ it produces both light and its source‚ and that in the intelligible realm” (203). Socrates defines reality by defining what it is not: representation. Initially‚ I will talk about what Socrates considers reality and what he considers not reality and why art and poetry are only a representation. Next‚ I will discuss how The Allegory
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Socrates believed the most important task‚ in life‚ was to care for ones soul. Socrates argues that the soul is immortal and that we must rise above our physical nature in order to gain true knowledge. He believed the soul was our very essence‚ and our bodies the instrument utilized in dealing with the physical world. Socrates seemed confidant that human beings survive physical death‚ therefore possessing an immortal soul. He felt a philosophers concern was not with the body but with the soul and
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his own form of Communism. Plato’s communism would take two main forms which meet in the abolition of the family. The first of the two forms would be to set up a new form of hierarchy: Philosopher king‚ who would rule by merit of vision and capacity to realize that vision in reality. Guardians‚ who would serve as the military/ruling class of society‚ merchant class which serves as a middle class‚ a buffer between the poor and the rulers. This sunders in two the idea of a city of rich/ city of
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define it in my way. When I woke up this morning‚ I found the world largely as I left it. I was still who I’m; the outside world had not been rearranged. History was unchanged and the future remained unknown. In other words‚ I woke up to reality. In the three articles and the film that I have read and watched in this class‚ I take a tour of my understanding of the world around
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While Aristotle’s work is centuries old‚ it is a testament to him as a philosopher that his work is still read‚ discussed‚ and debated to this day. In the field of philosophy of emotion‚ his work‚ called Aristotelian analyses‚ forms part of the fundamental foundation on which the field is built. Aristotle defines and gives several examples of this analysis of emotions in the second book of his work Rhetoric; however‚ he does not cover every emotion in those examples. After explaining what constitutes
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born in Greece in 428 BC. Student of Socrates and teacher to Aristotle‚ their collective work has contributed in laying the foundation of modern western philosophy. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is taken from his work‚ The Republic. He uses the metaphorical situation where people are chained so their movements are restricted in a cave. They have never seen anything but the shadows of people projected on the wall. For these prisoners shadow is a reality; for us‚ their perspective on nature is very
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To what extent is America still true to its founding principles today? 1. Introduction As the USA has been the one of the most powerful and influential countries for the last century‚ it’s important to understand dynamics‚ the ideology and principles of the country. Given the fact that the current face of the USA has been shaping by history‚ in this essay we’ll follow a historical approach of the American principles‚ starting with the birth of America until the XXI century. We are going to
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Allegory of the Cave is a dialog between Socrates and Gloucon in The Republic written by Plato. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ Socrates depicts a long‚ dark cave with a small opening that allows a small amount of light to enter. Inside the cave there group of prisoners‚ who have been in the cave for their entire lives. The prisoners legs and necks are chained to the cave floor so they are unable to move and can only look forward at the cave wall. At the back of the cave there is a fire that they are
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consists in being rational‚ and that entails developing the virtues that Aristotle supports. As such‚ Aristotle appoints the mere activity of things as signifying their purpose‚ and specifically for humans it is the activity of reason that truly separates us from other species (like animals). Aristotle is
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