Sohaliya Kumar How Did Socrates’ Life Affect The Morals of His Philosophies? In the fifth century‚ following the Peloponnesian war‚ in the golden age with Pericles ruling over Athens‚ Greece Socrates impacted and altered many lives in different ways. With his wits‚ bravery‚ courage‚ and audacious attitude Socrates added many philosophical beliefs that created a foundation for many other philosophical people to build upon. Socrates had his own method called the “Socratic method”
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| What Role Did Socrates Play in Ancient Greece? | Natalia Gonzalez | | Mr. Pellegrini‚ 2A | 3/24/2010 | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | What Role Did Socrates Play in Ancient Greece? In the leading city of Athens 2‚500 years ago during the Golden Age‚ a peculiar philosopher was born into
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important role in Socrates’ apology‚ showing how our historical development seems predetermined by a higher force or God. Aquilles‚ similar to Socrates followed the Oracle of Delphi prophecies‚ which not only determined his fames but his death too. Thus‚ Plato use of Palamedes in the Apology clarifies‚ then‚ Plato’s desire to seek for knowledge and immortality after his death and being closer to others such as Palamedes and Ajax rather that with others who lack knowledge. So Socrates doesn’t’ fear death
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claimed to be friends to Socrates are all useless! How could you have been so cowardly‚ or lazy‚ or stingy‚ as to allow you ’friend’ to die? Surely‚ with a little courage‚ energy‚ and money‚ you could have saved him."<br><br>Those are strong accusations coming from someone who obviously did not know Socrates as well as his other students or me. Although‚ I expected that people would react this way to my actions‚ or lack of actions‚ regarding Socrates death.<br><br>For Socrates‚ being executed was the
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Defense on Socrates There are times in every mans life where our actions and beliefs collidethese collisions are known as contradictions. There are endless instances in which we are so determined to make a point that we resort to using absurd overstatements‚ demeaning language‚ and false accusations in our arguments. This tendency to contradict ourselves often questions our character and morals. Similarly‚ in The Trial of Socrates (Plato’s Apology)‚ Meletus’ fallacies in reason and his eventual
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Socrates‚ the philosopher credited with forming the very bedrock of Western thought; whose very name is synonymous with the classical period in Greek philosophy surprisingly never actually wrote a single word. His works continue to live on in his teachings alone. He founded no school‚ taught in no classroom and accepted no fee‚ however his pursuit of truth‚ his intellectual methods and most importantly his incessant questions have survived the ages in the minds‚ and on the lips of his students. In
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Socrates asks Protagoras "in respect to what" will Hippocrates improve by associating with him‚ in the manner that by associating himself to a doctor he would improve in medicine (318d). Protagoras begins his discourse with the statement that a good sophist can make his students into good citizens. Socrates says that this is fine and good‚ but that he personally believes that this is not feasible since virtue cannot be taught (319b). He adds that technical thinking can be imparted to students by
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Socrates and Euthyphro meet under the Portico of the Archon-king in Athens. The Archon is the investigator of criminal affairs in matters of religion‚ the second of nine archons. He inherited religious functions formerly exercised by kings‚ hence the name of Archon-king. Why do they meet there? Socrates was accused of impiety‚ of not believing in the gods of the city‚ to invent new and corrupting youth. His case falls within its jurisdiction. At the age of seventy years‚ it has never had to deal
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According to Plato’s Socrates in the Republic‚ justice in the ideal city consists in the fact that each ‘individual of the city should practice a single role to which their nature is most suited‚ among those relative to the city’(433a). For brevity‚ let us refer to this definition of justice as the principle of specialization. Socrates motivates this theory of justice with four clear arguments: (1) The theory fits with their society’s typical ways of thinking about justice: ‘minding one’s own business’(433ab);
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Socrates on Democracy Socrates makes it very clear; he is not a fan of Democracy. He is openly objected to the type of democracy that Athens was running during his adult life. In contrast he was against all forms of government at the time. Socrates believes in the connection between virtue and knowledge. The masses‚ being uneducated‚ were therefore not virtuous and not fit to rule. Democracy is the rule of people‚ and as a group people are very indecisive so we end up trying to have everything
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