Alcibiades I‚ Plato dialogues an encounter between Alcibiades‚ an ambitious noble youth‚ and the Greek philosopher Socrates. Socrates‚ who recognizes Alcibiades’ quest for power‚ subjects the young man to a series of pedagogical questions in an attempt to expose his ignorance. His hope is not to embarrass or ridicule him‚ but to slowly cultivate and guide his rationale and thinking. Socrates first proclaims that Alcibiades is unfit and ill-prepared to pursue a career in politics. He states that Alcibiades
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According to Socrates‚ the Socratic Gospel is a set of guidelines or values that leads to living the good life. Socrates thinks that these guidelines or propositions will lead us toward the right direction to the attainment of the excellence of the soul. The Socratic Gospel is not like the teachings of the ten commandments or a written like book like the bible‚ they were part of Socrates words which was said during his conviction. Plato happens to be one of Socrates devoted students. He was very
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mental conviction in the truth. Socrates‚ as one of the greatest philosophers in ancient Grace‚ still could not avoid this fate being hated among those unwise people. Although it is reasonable to understand why Socrates described himself as “gadfly”‚ which is excluded from the majority but always leading people head to the direction of truth and achieving happiness from the process of pursuing truth. Some people‚ from the current society‚ still hold the view that Socrates is guilty because of the social
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Socrates and Descartes have profoundly changed the philosophical thought of occident. Being both great thinkers‚ it is essay to portray their differences and similitudes base on how well they always exposed them. Descartes documented all his work; however‚ there is not any document written by Socrates himself‚ but by his student‚ for instance‚ Plato. Socrates was born 469 BC. He bounced between two branches of philosophy‚ ethics and epistemology. Ethics is the philosophy that tries to understand
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“The irreverent‚ disobedient Socrates of the Apology is inconsistent with the Socrates of the Crito.” Construct an argument supporting or refuting this claim. Be sure to incorporate textual evidence. In Plato’s Apology‚ Socrates comes off as a defiant and disobedient man with little respect for his accusers and even for the jurors on whom his fate depends. This may seem in stark contrast with the stoic Socrates in Crito who would rather accept the death sentence than let his friend Crito help
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or not Socrates is truly breaking the law by practicing philosophy is questionable. In the city of Athens it is said that Socrates has corrupted the youth by teaching his incorrect version of philosophy and creating new gods. It is for this reason that he is being wrongly accused and put on trial. Socrates positions in the Apology and the Crito‚ in regards to following the law‚ appear to be contradictory to each other but in fact they are consistent in most ways. In the Apology‚ Socrates states that
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Socrates’ take on justice was a rather controversial viewpoint for his era‚ in that he opined about virtues men should possess and strive for that they might otherwise have no desire to obtain. A just man strives to promote justice for the sake of justice in itself. He‚ as one who is good‚ seeks to further justice because it fulfills his daimon‚ or nature. The nature of man is therefore‚ naturally‚ to do the right and proper thing. Good‚ as the nature of man‚ is what man desires‚ needs‚ and yet also
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In The Republic by Plato written 360 BC‚ Socrates touches on the “flaws of democracy by comparing a society to a ship.” If you were going on a sea voyage‚ “who would you ideally want deciding who was in charge of the vessel‚ just anyone‚ or people educated in the rules and demands of seafaring?” If we want to be an antagonist‚ we must passionately find the answer‚ as was done by Socrates’ conversationalist mindset. Should any of us ‚ without regard to level of education‚ experience‚ or skill‚ be
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In the reading Euthyphro‚ it is an argument between Euthyphro (the priest) and Socrates (who is being indicted by another man). This reading is a dialogue between the two men arguing on the same topic‚ even though they each gave examples‚ they still can’t figure out the answer but going “around and around” with the original question. Since Euthyphro and Socrates gave a lot of examples during the argument‚ I was really confused when reading it. I couldn’t organize my thoughts on the reading. However
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Socrates was a revolutionary philosopher whom at his time challenged society. He was a man of questions. When in conversation with others‚ he would merely answer questions with more questions of his own. When asking others questions to their questions‚ it not only helped him try to understand their point of view‚ but also helped him strengthen and guide his argument as well as weaken their own. As Socrates questioned other philosophers on justice‚ it helped make his argument strong that justice is
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