Option 1: Socrates & the Afterlife Read selections from The Phaedo‚ available in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings. Focus on paragraphs 107 to 115a (pp. 437–444). Write a 350- to 700-word essay on the following: • Why does Socrates not fear death? • What are his views on death and the afterlife? • Do you agree or disagree with Socrates on this topic? • Using the Socratic method and The Good Thinker’s Tool Kit‚ formulate at least one question you would ask Socrates about his views on the
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Wisdom - Plato’s “Apology” Many have tried to find definitions to wisdom over the course of time and many have pursued the ideal of becoming wise. This trait is worn as a title of glory and pride by those seen as wise‚ but Socrates’ wisdom brought him more enemies than it did followers or friends. His desire for insight into human nature and all that is around provoked him to ask questions‚ and those who question the “normal” way of things are dangerous and frightening. Should one be accused
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that the prisoners see can relate to us today in many possible ways. The prisoners would see the shadows and believe they were something they weren’t. One way that it relates to us that I see is the way our society judges things. Today we will judge a book or one big issue is judging people on social media. We instantly judge what we see at first without knowing what is on the inside. We suppose many things as they are and do not change what we think. People today like to be protected and be sheltered
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Aristotle’s View of Politics Political science studies the tasks of the politician or statesman (politikos)‚ in much the way that medical science concerns the work of the physician (see Politics IV.1). It is‚ in fact‚ the body of knowledge that such practitioners‚ if truly expert‚ will also wield in pursuing their tasks. The most important task for the politician is‚ in the role of lawgiver (nomothetês)‚ to frame the appropriate constitution for the city-state. This involves enduring laws‚ customs
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave Essay One of Plato’s more famous writings‚ The Allegory of the Cave‚ Plato outlines the story of a man who breaks free of his constraints and comes to learn of new ideas and levels of thought that exist outside of the human level of thinking. However‚ after having learned so many new concepts‚ he returns to his fellow beings and attempts to reveal his findings but is rejected and threatened with death. This dialogue is an apparent reference to his teacher’s theories
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Aristotle (384-322BC) was a pupil of Plato who rejected many of his teacher’s theories and ideas‚ including the Theory of the Forms and dualism. Instead‚ Aristotle was a materialist‚ believing the body and soul are not separate‚ as well as being an empiricist‚ concerned with the world of experience and senses (the world around us). As part of his ideas‚ Aristotle said that everything must be caused by something else and eventually moves from it’s potentiality to it’s actuality. In saying that everything
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beliefs or ideas‚ then comes a birth of a nation. But I’m not here to talk about forming a nation based on my ideas; I’m here to tell you what I think about Plato’s ideas on forming an ideal nation or what he refers to as "The State". Plato’s idea of "The State" is clearly stated in Plato’s "The Republic". He tells us that "A State‚ I said arises‚ as I conceive‚ out of the needs of mankind; no one is self sufficing‚ but all of us have many wants..." When I first read that I had no idea what that
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because it is seen as socially unacceptable. Epicurus and Aristotle are both major philosophers who share their theories and views. Today being pro life is seen as conservative or a Christian way of thinking. Epicurus and Aristotle say happiness is an ultimate end goal. Every body has a soul purpose or a physical purpose that both philosophers discuss. Pleasure was and still is a controversial topic‚ that both Epicurus and Aristotle discuss. Both philosophers show views of being supportive of pro life
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Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean is a system designed by Aristotle to attempt to help people make virtuous decisions. Aristotle’s want to aid humans make virtuous decisions stems from how he perceived humans and their purpose. When trying to explain humans‚ Aristotle believed that humans can be best explained by the purpose they serve. He then concluded that the good of human beings is to reason and if a human can reason well‚ then they are serving their function. For Aristotle‚ reasoning well is
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Socrates: 1. Sophists ~> professional teachers... Socrates was the greatest of them all (469-399 B.C.E.) 2. Followed the Sophists’ lead in turning away from the study of the cosmos and concentrating on the case of the human. Unlike the way the Sophists discoursed about the human being‚ he wanted to base all argumentation on objectively valid definitions. 3. Socrates’ discourse moved in two directions A. Outward - to objective definitions B. Inward - to discover the inner person‚ the
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