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    February 20‚ 2012 Was the Death of Socrates Justified? The life and death of Socrates is a topic that can spark great debates. Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who was put on trial for two specific reasons. In the Apology‚ we learn that the people of Athens claimed that Socrates did not believe in the gods of their city‚ but in other spiritual things. This was thought to be impious. They also believed that Socrates was corrupting the youth. Socrates did his best at trial to prove his

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    In reading Plato’s Theaetetus‚ Socrates stresses throughout that he is like a midwife‚ meaning he helps his associates to gain knowledge through asking questions. He also claims‚ however‚ that he himself possesses no knowledge. As a result‚ he does not teach‚ but remains adamant in his claims that he is very important in the associates’ learning or relearning. Socrates’ unique wisdom can be likened to that of a midwife‚ as stated in Theaetetus. In Meno‚ Socrates discusses the definition of virtue

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    will be over the book “The Last Days of Socrates”. The author of the book is Plato. Plato was born in Athens his father was named Ariston and his mothers name was Perictione. Plato became a pupil of Socrates when he was young. Plato attended his trial but he did not attend the execution of Socrates.(onelittleangel.com) The story describes how Socrates is being taken to trial for being accused of putting “wrong” thoughts into the minds of young men. Socrates goes to trial and explains himself and why

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    Both Woolf and Socrates have been questioning society as a whole. Woolf questioned the ideals about how men and women where treated in society and how gender is just a social construct people made up. While Socrates questioned why society made something pious or impious and people followed it without understanding why. Why do Woolf and Socrates ask and tell us all these things? Its not as though they would be able to change the world‚ but just to be able to make people to think about the construct

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    The Death of Socrates Viewing the painting “The Death of Socrates” by Jacques-Louis David‚ one can perceive many different subject matters‚ both literally and metaphorically. The obvious is seen within the setting of the painting. The clear illustration of where the event is happening provides the onlooker with a glimpse into a different time and era. Conversely‚ the artist has taken the liberty to hide deep meaning inside the work of art through less apparent means. Symbolism through art work

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    Apology we hear his account of Socrates trial where he is accused with corrupting the youth and not believing in the Gods. The trial accounts open with Socrates claiming that his accusers have spoken persuasively but not truthfully on the matters. He states that he has had no previous experience with speaking in courts of law and asks for patience. Socrates starts with his anecdote on how his friend had gone to the Oracle of Delphi and asked if anyone was wiser than Socrates and the prophet answered that

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    In Plato’s “Euthyphro”‚ Socrates has a conversation with Euthyphro about a young man that goes by Meletos‚ who had plans of indicting the philosopher following the claim that he’d been corrupting the youth. In what sounds like a hellacious situation to be part of‚ Socrates remains optimistic when he says‚ “And he alone seems to be starting out in politics correctly‚ because the correct way is to first pay attention to how our young people will be the best possible‚ just as a good farmer probably

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    Lysis & Socrates: What is friendship? In this dialogue between Socrates‚ Lysis‚ and Lysis’ best friend Menexenus‚ Socrates is trying to show Hippothales that the way to attract attention from someone is NOT by praising them‚ but by drawing them into a philosophical discussion. He claims that praising them (especially young people) will only make them bigheaded‚ and that developing their mind & soul with deep conversation is the right way to draw their attention. Socrates shows this by starting

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    Did Socrates commit suicide and why? Upon taking the ethics class and learning and understanding the teachings of great philosophers such as Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle I am even more driven to gather more knowledge about ethics as well as information about the above mentioned philosophers who have been instrumental in shedding light into the complex view on ethics. This is why I chose this topic‚ in order to explore whether Socrates actually did commit suicide and why he did so. After being

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    The minds of Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle SOCRATES‚ one of those who sought to develop a more consistent and purer concept of god‚ but he paid the price of a pioneer in that the masses misunderstood him. He was considered as the destroyer of the gods of the Greeks. He maintained that the centrality of the real essence of man and individual is not only its acceptance of the different gods but the real understanding of one’s relationship with others in a rational manner. This implies a rational

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