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    Socrates was a Philosopher from Greece‚ who is credited as one of the founders of Western Philosophy. He was an enigma who scholars in the modern world who learned about the writings of his students such as Xenophon and Plato. Plato wrote extensively about his master Socrates‚ and this helps shed light on the nature of Socrates. In this research‚ I am going to converse about the view that Socrates had on death. His views on death are expressed by Plato in his book known as Apology: Defense of Socrates

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    Compare and contrast Aristotle’s concept of the good with Plato’s. Assess the merits of Aristotle’s concept of the good against Plato’s. Throughout history‚ people have searched for knowledge of the good‚ and have attempted to clarify what is meant when referring to this. Enquiries after a true concept of the good are made so that it is possible for moral frameworks to be built upon them. Interpretations of the good affect views‚ approaches to morality and structures within societies. For instance

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    ancient Greek societies had a strong corrective method to maintain order. Authorities had to maintain a self-survival attitude‚ which consisted of putting away those few that could challenge their power and create chaos. Both Antigone of Sophocles and Socrates of Plato are examples of threat to the socio-political order or their respective societies. Antigone is a woman in the context of fifth-century Athens‚ Greece who challenges the socio-political orders of the city in name of a blood relationship

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    Racism Still Exists Today “Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color.” -Unknown In 1954‚ racial segregation was unanimously ruled to be unconstitutional. However‚ there is still racism in the modern-day United States. Today‚ it comes in different forms than in Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry‚ by Mildred D Taylor. In her novel‚ set in 1933‚ the main characters‚ the Logan children‚ deal with many examples of racism towards them because of their African descent. There are

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    important times in history‚ and still affects us today. Not only did the North Atlantic Treaty Operation come from the tensions‚ but the bay of pigs‚ the cuban missile crisis‚ the berlin wall (the construction and demolition) all were the outcome from these tensions in which still affect us today. Lets talk about the most crucial times during the cold war‚ the cuban missile crisis‚ and how it is still affecting us today. The cuban missile crisis was the time when Russia and the US were at the highest chance

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    Aristotle is known for his ideas and beliefs in Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotle sates the individual should be thought of and taking care of first. If we are to take care of the few individuals‚ then the whole society should be taking care of. Aristotle uses politics and ethics together to explain the good life. People generally disagree as to the nature and conditions of happiness. Some people believe that happiness is wealth‚ honor‚ pleasure‚ or virtue. Aristotle thinks that wealth is not happiness

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    Plato and Aristotle Name: Course instructor: Plato and Aristotle Just like Plato makes it clear especially in his apology of Socrates saying that he was among the devoted young followers‚ he must have told Aristotle about how he loved pizza but Aristotle must have argued out that he knew the pizza guy but he knew not about the extra large mutton and olive pie regardless of how hungry they were. This is just like they knew little about the hockey but knew about Athens

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    Aristotle in the Modern Work Environment In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics‚ every point‚ every major idea‚ and every argument made‚ is all connected back to the concept that every action seeks an ultimate good. Aristotle felt that there is an intrinsic good that humans aim for and that there is this "good life" we all mean to have. However‚ what does it mean to be good? That means something different to everyone; we all inhabit many different roles in our day to day lives‚ whether we strive to

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    Socrates: The Dichotomy between Aristophanes and Plato’s Depictions Ignorance: the condition of being uninformed or uneducated; this basic definition is crucial to understanding one of the most controversial figures in ancient Athenian society: the philosopher Socrates. The man’s entire life was devoted to proving the fact that no one actually knew what they thought they did; that everyone lived in ignorance. This viewpoint earned Socrates many enemies‚ so many that even a renowned playwright

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    Is the Bible still relevant today? Sure‚ the Bible was relevant once upon a time‚ in that long-ago era of shepherds and scribes. That story of how the Hebrew people emerged from their centuries of slavery in Egypt is a gripping account‚ but does it have any connection to my world of lightning fast e-mails and jet travel? The problems of a fish swallowing a disobedient prophet named Jonah and how to get Daniel out of a den of lions seem pretty far removed from fixing my transmission or resurrecting

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