Socrates undermines the claim that he is intentionally corrupting the youth by asking Meletus a series of questions that make him explain his reasoning for accusing Socrates of this crime. Socrates would start by placing Meletus into a hole with his many questions asking who exactly was good for the youth and it turned out to be everyone but Socrates. He continues this argument by bringing up why would he corrupt the youth when they could potentially be his neighbors one day. It is common sense that
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Book One 1. What is justice? 2. How does one preform it? Cephalous and Socrates discuss age‚ death‚ and wealth. • As you get older you begin to value conversations more than things. • According to Cephalous‚ the greatest advantage to wealth is “setting on thing against another”. There is no need to fraud against others. You can also give as mush to the Gods as you want o It doesn’t matter how much you inherit‚ but it matters how much you earn Their discussion about justice (speak the truth and pay
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Socrates was a man that questioned all. He looked into the words people spoke discovering that they were mere soap bubbles. Why he did this‚ only Socrates knows. He believed that a life not looked into was a life that could have been done without. What did Socrates mean by this? Possibly that a life lived only on the surface was meaningless. If one could not dive deep into the oceans of his or her own thoughts it would be better for them to drown‚ so to speak. Perhaps the philosopher was trying to
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Socrates’ demonstration with the slave boy‚ is an effort to use mathematical reasoning to illustrate the process and the importance of keeping an active mind. Simultaneously he is using mathematical reasoning to illustrate how a similar process of reasoning is used in virtually every decision that we make. When Socrates asks the slave boy to find the length of a side of the square with the area of 8‚ he finds that the answer can neither be 2‚ nor 3. The manner in which Socrates poses this question
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and what knowledge is. In this work‚ Socrates and Theaetetus discuss knowledge and its definition‚ which the character of Theaetetus tries to put into. He says that knowledge is perception‚ knowledge is true judgment‚ and‚ finally‚ knowledge is true judgment with an account. Socrates finds each of these undesirable and tells Theaetetus that he benefits from discovering what he doesn’t know and that he should approach the topic in the future. One of Socrates’ more enjoyable discussions with the pupil
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In Hobbes Leviathan‚ one might recognize the complete controversy between he‚ and Socrates. Socrates‚ was a man with little answers; he made you question things you did not know‚ and things you thought you knew. However‚ Hobbes‚ gives you immense immediate answers‚ and even claims that philosophers are wrong (page 57). Hobbes also claims that men has “restless desire of power after power” (page 58); he claims this explains how and why people act in a certain manner. Reflecting on our modern society
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Socrates: Meno At the beginning of Meno the question of what virtue is and whether or not it can be taught is brought up. The question of whether knowledge is virtue or virtue is knowledge is also brought up in the text. There are many different interpretations of Meno and all the things discussed within it. I am sure that there are many views and ideas as to where knowledge comes from‚ the true source of knowledge. Now nobody really knows where knowledge comes from‚ but Socrates
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In Plato’s The Apology‚ Socrates generates this speech at the trial where he is accused by Meletus of not believing in the gods that the city believes in‚ but believing in other spiritual things as he corrupts the youth with these ideas. He‚ then‚ attempts to defend and find the truth about these accusations. Socrates presents a sequence of questions for Meletus to answer‚ but aren’t; these questions showed the significant discrepancy in Meletus’ claim. As Socrates continues‚ it’s obvious how ridiculous
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an ode to Love. Socrates spoke last‚ alleging his speech was a reiteration of what Diotima had once told him. Diotima‚ a priestess‚ whom Socrates allegedly met in the past‚ told him of the secrets of love. Another attendee of the party‚ Alcibiades‚ was asked to make a eulogy for love as well‚ but instead‚ talked about the nature of Socrates. The nature of love‚ from what Alcibiades said‚ and the nature of Socrates turned out to be almost identical. In Plato’s Symposium‚ Socrates represents the quintessence
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As the world becomes more immersed in advanced technology and more discoveries are made‚ we assume we know everything. If Socrates were here today he would repeat what he said to Athenians 2‚400 years ago‚ that we know nothing. After Socrates encountered the Oracle of Delphi‚ which told him he was the wisest man in Athens‚ he went on a journey to try to disprove the oracle. He did this by asking politicians‚ poets and craftsmen questions. He knew that he didn’t know everything and along the way‚
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