honesty or we develop it? Socrates: if someone were to walk up to you and ask‚” What is honesty?”‚ what would you reply the person? Meno: honesty is a moral character which triggers positive attributes such as truthfulness‚ straightforwardness‚ being fair and sincere. Socrates: What if a person possesses only one of those attribute but not the other‚ does the person still qualify as honest? Meno: in some cases‚ the person might still be regarded as honest. Socrates: How would you regard someone
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Esther Rodulfa PHL-1010H-LD01 09/18/12 Socrates as eros? Truly‚ love takes on many different forms. Love‚ for many centuries‚ has been given many different names. It also serves different functions. To distinguish a specific type of love‚ one of them is called eros. How love as eros can be defined is based upon the utilization of a specific writer’s perspective. Numerous published written works may account for the definition of eros. In this Essay‚ Plato’s perception of love as eros will be
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by Plato‚ a close disciple of Socrates‚ this text is set along the Illissus river where Phaedrus and Socrates meet for a day of speech‚ debate‚ rhetoric and okay flirting. Phaedrus leads of the day and recites a speech by his close friend Lysias‚ who Phaedrus considers to be a top speechmaker. Socrates then‚ after chiding by Phaedrus unleashes two speeches of his own that overshadow and refute Lysias claim so boldly that Phaedrus is so taken by the power of Socrates‚ that Phaedrus I think misses
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Plato’s "Defense of Socrates" follows the trial of Socrates for charges of corruption of the youth. His accuser‚ Meletus‚ claims he is doing so by teaching the youth of Athens of a separate spirituality from that which was widely accepted. Socrates’ argument was unique in that he tried to convince the jury he was just an average man and not to be feared‚ but in actuality demonstrated how clever and tenacious he was. He begins with an anecdote of his visit to the Oracle of Delphi‚ which told him
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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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Intro: The ancient Greek Philosopher Socrates was put on trial for impiety and corrupting the youth. He has been sentenced to death for his crimes in a few days when a ship arrives back to Athens. Crito‚ one of his friends‚ argues with Socrates by telling him he should escape from prison. Socrates was reluctant to escape because of his own personal beliefs. Narration: As Crito is arguing with Socrates about escaping prison‚ he tells Socrates that he thinks it would be unjust to just subject and
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interpretation of the story This is the account from the Bible of the accusation of Joseph by Potiphar ’s Wife. Rembrandt Van Ryn chose this particular story as the subject of his narrative painting completed in 1655‚ under the title of "Joseph Accused By Potiphar ’s Wife". Before researching this painting‚ I noted my fist perception of Rembrandt work of art. I realized through that as a result of my later research‚ my first perception did not change‚ but instead were enriched and enlarged
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150 Socrates Paper Socrates is believed to be one of the greatest philosophers of all time and he is credited as being the founder of western philosophy. This paper will explain some of his views to the most fundamental questions of today’s age. These questions will include topics about morality‚ the human condition‚ solution‚ and death. After Socrates’ views on these topics are explained‚ a critique will be done on his answers. I will start out by explaining exactly who Socrates is‚ and
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Socrates Essay Brian Isaac PHI/105 May 21‚ 2012 Most people know the word “knowledge” to mean something that individuals acquire through experience or education‚ but is there a deeper meaning to this word. Is knowledge something that most of us already have installed deep down within? Socrates believed that a person cannot come to know something they have no knowledge of what to look for. Socrates do not think that learning comes from discovering. He believes that knowledge comes
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Socrate Essay PHI/105 Socrate and knowledge Socrate is known for many things; one is for his theories of that people are born with all the knowledge in the world in their soul. Socrate believed that our soul is immortal and that is where our knowledge comes from and that in fact is just a matter of something jogging the memory and making us remember the information that we had collected over time. And that jogging of memory comes from questioning. Socrate gives this example by talking
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