great and correct confidence. He now was in a measure reassured” (Crane 1.73). The setting is during the Civil War during the Battle of Chancellorsville‚ Virginia‚ over four days in May of 1863‚ author is Stephen Crane‚ the book is the red badge of courage and is about a 16 year old boy that goes into the war for his country and turns out to do very heroic things to win several battles. Many readers have a debate on if Henry is heroic or a coward and after i have read the book i believe that henry is
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The most noticeable comparison between Jesus Christ and Socrates was that the charges against them. They were both seen as an “evil” influence to the townspeople because of their different ways to see life and for their beliefs on religion. Jesus was considered a heretic because he preached monotheism in a polytheistic world. He called himself the messiah‚ a divine being and the son of God and the Jews saw that as a major offence. The Roman Government did not like that Jesus questioned the oppressiveness
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people. Socrates proves Thrasymachos otherwise by arguing that being just is virtuous‚ wise and profitable and being unjust does not make people stronger nor more powerful. Those in power or rulers make laws that are just for themselves but Thrasymachos agrees that sometimes rulers make mistakes and make laws that are unjust to them‚ therefore‚ making them just or advantageous for the people they rule. Therefore‚ unjust people would not be more powerful in this case. Additionally‚ Socrates goes on
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During his lifetime Socrates’ various interactions with his fellow Athenians left his intentions debatable. Popular belief in Athens seemed to be that‚ “he [Socrates] was an evildoer‚ and a curious person‚ who searches into things under the earth and in heaven¸ and makes the worse appear the better cause” (Plato‚ pg. 5) as stated by the unofficial charges against him in The Apology. After discussions‚ his interlocutor’s were left confused in a state of aporia‚ with no conclusion. And so while negative
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Not everyone is as knowledgeable as the great philosopher Socrates‚ but many of us possess the same way of thinking as this remarkable man. The claim‚ "the unexamined life is not worth living‚" brings about many questions and possibilities about what life is and how it is valued. Not only is philosophy itself extremely subjective in nature‚ so are we the students of this subject. We all bring about our own beliefs and opinions to the table‚ each contributing to the meaning behind "the unexamined
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emphasis can be seen especially in his work ‘The Republic’ where‚ through his main character Socrates‚ he attempts to define the nature of justice and to justify this definition. One of the methods used by Socrates to strengthen or rather explain his argument on justice is through his famous city-soul analogy‚ where a comparison between a just city and a just soul/individual is made. Through this analogy‚ Socrates attempts to explain the nature of justice‚ how it is the virtue of the soul and is therefore
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that is insensitive to evaluative judgments. Socrates denied the possibility of any type of weakness because he has maintained that virtue does amount to a certain form of knowledge. A person having any kind of knowledge of good entails desiring good—so a person can fail to desire and do the better act only out of ignorance or any type of illusion. But Watson agrees more with Plato in this area‚ he objects to this and Socrates’ account of courage in
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The Republic Written by Plato Socrates meets with some of his friends and begins discussing the meaning of justice and whether the just life is better than the unjust life. First‚ they contemplate the meaning of justice. Cephalus stated that justice is as simple as telling the truth and returning what you receive‚ Polemarchus stated that justice is giving each his due‚ and Thrasymachus stated that justice is the advantage of the stronger. Socrates proves each of them wrong and embarks on a discussion
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personality. Socrates was the son of Sophroniscus‚ an Athenian stone mason and sculptor‚ and Phaenarete‚ a midwife. Because he wasn’t from a noble family‚ he probably received a basic Greek education and learned his father’s craft at a young age. It is believed Socrates worked as mason for many years before he devoted his life to philosophy. Contemporaries differ in their account of how Socrates supported himself as a philosopher. Both Xenophon and Aristophanes state Socrates received payment
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happy in the city. According to Socrates in the city there is not such a duty to make rulers or guardians happy in fact their job is to provide justice and make citizen happy and do any necessary thing in order to live in honour and justice. He defines justice and talks about relativeness of wealth or poverty : “Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence‚ and poverty of meanness and viciousness‚ and both of discontent”. (422A) One of the main arguments of Socrates was Souls of individuals and he
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