“Clouds in the sky look big and substantial‚ but in fact they are mere clumps of thin vapor—a fact that the new scientific advances were beginning to appreciate.” -- The Clouds by Aristophanes Aristophanes * He was a comic playwright of the ancient Athens. * Eleven of his 40 plays survived virtually complete. * A realist and was against the sophist such as Socrates‚ Anaxagoras‚ Diogenes‚ Protagoras‚ Hippon‚ Korax‚ and Gorgias. * The Father of Comedy and The Prince of Ancient
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Socrates Philosophy 201 5 November 2010 Socrates Born in 469 B.C.E.‚ Socrates lived his life way before his time. The practice of the era in which he lived was ones’ of single opinion. That is where the ruler told everyone how and what to think. What made Socrates stand out as a smart minded willful person was his strong opinions and his teachings to the youth to develop their own opinions and not fall in line with everyone else’s thinking. This was Socrates downfall. He was
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The clouds by Aristophane is a gritty play that revolves around the exploration of religion and education. The first scene opens with introducing Strepsiades‚ who at first seems to be a great man caught in his son’s gambling debts. Pheidippides is strepsiades son and has a passion for horsemanship and gambling. Pheidippides is reminiscent of his mother who also indulges in extravagant activities. Strepsiades loathes this quality because he grew up with a simple life in the country. Throughout the
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Socrates: Guilty or Not? Socrates is one of the founders of Western philosophy. The dialogues‚ written by many of his students‚ such as Plato‚ represent a unique way of questioning how we should live our lives‚ and who do we aspire to become. He was a very intelligent man who was very concerned about ethics‚ being a good Athenian‚ and doing what is just. In Plato’s Apology the reader experiences all of Socrates characteristics as if they where sitting right there with
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The power of apology! How often we say these kinds of words like “I am sorry” or “Excuse me” to people on the bus or train just for hitting into people or stepping onto their feet accidently. These words fly out of our mouths like a bullet and we do not think twice before saying them because we know it is right‚ and we do not even know those people. However‚ for example‚ when we hurt someone’s a feeling with invisible power of words‚ and‚ in this case we should consider offering something more powerful
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Plato was Socrates’ student and thus most of his work is based on the life and achievements of Socrates. Plato was in a position to capture major events in Socrates’ life up until Socrates was executed. One of Plato’s main works is the “Apology. The “Apology” captures Socrates speeches at his trial where he accused of “corrupting Athen’s youth‚ lack of respect for gods and introducing new deities” (Leibowitz 45). In the context‚ Socrates does not
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Socrates and Achilles: the Martyr Heroes Madelyn Vogel ILS 205 By comparing himself to the Greek hero Achilles before the jury in Plato’s Apology‚ Socrates attempts to portray himself as a hero of equal merit to Achilles and others of similar standing. By selecting the greatest of the Classical Greeks to compare and contrast himself to in his argument‚ Socrates surreptitiously urges his audience to view him as being of the same caliber as Achilles. This not only authenticates Socrates’ claims‚ but
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In Plato’s Apology and Xenophon’s Apology‚ Socrates is facing charges for his actions. This opens a slew of questions about the charges against Socrates. Throughout the books‚ the charges that Socrates faces are failure to know the gods about the city‚ promoting unfamiliar spiritual ideas‚ and for corrupting the youth. This varies from book to book as each book talks about the relationship between philosophy and the city and how it plays a role. It dives into the bigger question: does education lead
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Socrates Worldview Origin This question focuses on why there is something rather than nothing. Socrates uses the theory of recollection as evidence to prove his theory of creation. This theory of creation introduces that our souls have an existence before this earthly life. Socrates believes that‚ “…the living have come from the dead no less than the dead from the living” (72a Phaedo). He then takes the previous statement and concludes‚ “…that if this was so‚ it was a sufficient proof that
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principles in conducting a human life. By his employment of Socrates as his spokesperson‚ the reader learns of a society in which a merited aristocracy would rule‚ thus resulting in a civilization where all citizens are equal and no one is looked on as an alien. Instead‚ each citizen would simply fulfill their dictate of civil justice with the resulted effect being an emphasized state of activity rather than achievement. To begin the transition‚ Socrates describes the necessary removal of stories within Greek
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