the right way‚ in fact‚ training to die easily. Or is this not training for death?” ― Plato‚ Phaedo Socrates a great and famous philosopher from the Ancient Philosophy known for his wisdom and humbleness. An adversary to the sophist that socrates himself would criticize them.
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enthusiastic in carrying out policies that pass in the assembly. Pericles‚ an Athenian statesman‚ makes it clear when he says that "each individual is interested not only in his own affairs but in the affairs of the state as well" (p.147 Thucydides). Socrates‚ a Greek philosopher‚ is a firm believer in examining one’s actions in life and ensuring that a morally righteous life is being led. He argues that the ordinary Athenian citizen is not concerned with being a righteous person‚ but rather with maintaining
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Within the story Socrates and the character Meno began by searching for what virtue was. Meno simply wanted to know the nature of it‚ how it was acquired‚ but Socrates felt the definition was needed first. In the end Meno gets frustrated with the whole discussion and feels they can’t inquire about something they don’t know about. This where the concepts of knowledge and true belief come into the Meno. To prove to Meno they are able to conduct inquiry into the unknown Socrates does a demonstration
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great Greek philosopher‚ Socrates is deemed as being so intriguing. During his time‚ Socrates was seen as a great threat because he tended to break free from the normal way of thinking and inevitably‚ people became afraid of him. Socrates was eventually put to death on account of “corrupting the youth” and being an “atheist‚” which were false claims against him to cover up the fact that his accusers simply didn’t like him or his ways. When reading Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates is shown as being very intriguing
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measured by the standard of the gods‚ stately‚ proportionate sculptures of whom had been adorning the Athenian acropolis since about the time Socrates reached the age of thirty. Good looks and proper bearing were important to a man’s political prospects‚ for beauty and goodness were linked in the popular imagination. The extant sources agree that Socrates was profoundly ugly‚ resembling a satyr more than a man—and resembling not at all the statues that turned up later in ancient times and now grace
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In this essay‚ I explicate connections between Socrates’ descriptions of himself and his role as a citizen and educator in his home city‚ Athens‚ as portrayed in Plato’s Apology. The Apology depicts the trial of Socrates‚ and its entirety is narrated from the point of view of Socrates. Therefore‚ in the account of this trial‚ we have a lens through which we can view Socrates’ ideologies and convictions. Additionally‚ because Socrates is speaking directly to a jury of five hundred and one Athenians
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Causes‚ Fools Decide Them. Socrates‚ an Athenian philosopher who lived from 469 BC until his very unnecessary death in 399 BC‚ has had his wisdom called into question many times since he has been studied. But to know whether some is wise‚ we must first know what it means to be wise. According to Websters Dictionary‚ to be is wise is : (1) having or showing good judgment; (2) informed; (3) learned; (4) shrewd amd cunning. From this definition‚ it is clear to me that Socrates was wise in every aspect
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Athenians sentenced Socrates to death for being found guilty of corrupting the youth and for not believing in Athens gods. In the trial‚ Socrates entertained and addressed two sets of accusations: the old accusations and the new accusations. In the old accusations‚ Socrates was accused of “investigating the things under the earth and the heavenly things‚ and by making the weaker speech the stronger‚ and by teaching others these same things” (19b). In the new accusations‚ Socrates was accused of not
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“The unexamined Life is not worth living” Socrates was considered by many to be the wisest man in ancient Greece. While he was eventually condemned for his wisdom‚ his spoken words are still listened to and followed today. When‚ during his trial‚ Socrates stated that‚ "the unexamined life is not worth living" (Plato 45)‚ people began to question his theory. They began to wonder what Socrates meant with his statement‚ why he would feel that a life would not be worth living. To them‚ life was
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Cameron Moon 3/11/2014 PHI 150 Socrates Paper The goal of this paper is to discern and construct the world views of Socrates through the various readings‚ lectures and videos that we have seen in class. Some of these sources include: Socrates by G. Rudebusch; excerpts from The Last Days of Socrates by Plato; and The Allegory of a Cave. Of the nine world views covered in class‚ I will delve into my interpretation of four of them as seen through the various sources that we have been exposed to
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