The Apology is Plato ’s account of Socrates defense against the charges that Meletus‚ Anytus and Lycon had brought before the Athenian court. These charges we impiety and confusing the minds of the youth. In the beginning of his defense he points out that there had been previous accusations against him. He had been accused of being a sophist - who were people that taught the art of rhetoric not based on truth‚ and made the weaker argument strong - he was accused for questioning things above
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Plato vs. Aristotle Plato and Aristotle‚ two very well known philosophers‚ by definition are knowledge lovers‚ who held different ways of thinking on that of creation‚ politics‚ and love‚ consequently the teacher of Aristotle‚ who was Plato‚ holds different views on all of those matters. Creation‚ the beginning process of life either given from God‚ or an actual "higher form" which was Plato’s idea‚ or passed through from evolution‚ from which Aristotle sided with is one example of their differences
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Kelsey Nagy Philosophy 101 Bill Haley 28 March 2014 Socrates Socrates believed that philosophy prepares the soul for the separation of the body when it is time for us to die. Also‚ he insisted that death is not necessarily a bad thing. Socrates had two views on death‚ that is to be nonexistent or something happens to the soul at death and gets transported to another world. I disagree with his opinions on death because he says that death is like a “dreamless sleep” and he does not consider
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Man was born free‚ and every where he is in chains. To Socrates‚ the unexamined life is not free. In the society he knew‚ justice was overall important‚ and to him it was as well. The problem was that his beliefs conflicted with the conduct of law in his community‚ so he would have replied to this quote by saying that a person needs explore themselves or else they just build bars around their lives. In order to explore ones life‚ questions need to be asked and beliefs need to be challenged‚ but the
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The Archetypal Quest In almost every book you read‚ you will find that someone always has to go on some sort of journey or quest (Rice). If you examine each quest closely‚ you will notice that they are all very similar (Rice). When things are used repeatedly like that‚ they are said to have an archetypal pattern (Rice). The quest on which all these heroes go on is referred to as the archetypal quest (Rice). “The Wizard of Oz” focuses on a small-town girl living in Kansas. “The Epic of Gilgamesh”
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Socrates claimed that morality enables us to prosper and that it is simply not a lesser evil. On the other hand‚ Glaucon claims that it is in fact a lesser evil and even goes to say that justice restricts immoral people’s liberties. Socrates understood that by principle‚ morality and virtuousness were in direct relation to the happiness of a person. Consequentially‚ a person who had no morals or virtue had no chance in attaining true happiness. In Glaucon’s argument he states that there are three
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In the Apology‚ Socrates asks many people at various status levels about their view on virtue and what wisdom truly means to them. From this he is able to deduce that the most honorable people in the society; mainly by their possession of money and a high ranking job‚ are the ones with the least wisdom. Even though these people had little to no “useful” wisdom‚ they were praised and honored more than people like Socrates who have wisdom and the knowledge that they know
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is given a chance‚ everything will be better. He believes in following just laws‚ just as Socrates believes in doing the right thing. In Plato’s‚ Crito‚ Socrates refuses exile from jail because it would have been wrong for him to leave. He believes in justice and escaping would have been an injustice. He does not want to leave because he respects the laws and does not want to disobey them. In addition‚ Socrates teaches about doing the right thing and how could he continue if he is not living by it
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I. What Is Philosophy? In the given quote‚ Socrates is defending himself in court against Meletus’ claim that he believes in false Gods‚ and he is giving his opinion on the meaning of life. He says that a docile life – one without speculation and reason – is not worth living. He explains that he will not live in exile because it is God’s will that he be a gadfly‚ and that he will not keep quiet because enlightenment is his meaning in life. He explains to the jury that he is like a gadfly and
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religious book. By Augustine starting the autobiography as a prayer‚ we are able to see a difference in faith between Augustine and Socrates. In Plato’s Five Dialogue‚ Socrates never spoke of God while Augustine is seeking a way to find God. However‚ there are still some similarities between Socrates and Augustine. Both of them are in search of true wisdom. While Socrates
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