Phaedrus‚ a dialogue between the main protagonist Socrates and his dear friend Phaedrus‚ the idea of love and philosophy join together and in one are the aspects of the other. Phaedrus has been spending the morning with Lysias‚ and decides to refresh himself by taking a walk along the Athenian countryside‚ when he is met by Socrates‚ who professes he will not leave him until he delivers the speech that Lysias has left with him. Phaedrus does not deny Socrates‚ and the two decide to direct their way to a
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I. What Is Philosophy? In the given quote‚ Socrates is defending himself in court against Meletus’ claim that he believes in false Gods‚ and he is giving his opinion on the meaning of life. He says that a docile life – one without speculation and reason – is not worth living. He explains that he will not live in exile because it is God’s will that he be a gadfly‚ and that he will not keep quiet because enlightenment is his meaning in life. He explains to the jury that he is like a gadfly and
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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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According to Socrates‚ an unjust person is an unhappy person. Why do you believe Socrates made this analogy? How does one become a balanced individual? Furthermore‚ Plato also has an opinion of what a well-balanced person is. Show how Plato’s understanding of a well-balanced person is necessary to a society in harmony with itself‚ and how that ties in with Socrates’ preceding analogy. Socrates believed a unjust person could not be happy that only the just person could be happy. The unjust person
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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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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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Socrates beforehand disproving Gorgias and Polus in The Gorgias‚ now takes on a rival who he deems qualified enough: Callicles. Here‚ they discuss the value of temperance and the indulgence of pleasures. Callicles remarks to Socrates‚ “In the rightly-developed man the passions ought not to be controlled‚ but that we should let them grow to the upmost and somehow or other satisfy them‚ and that that is virtue” (Plato 74). Callicles says that to allow growth and indulge in your desires is real virtue
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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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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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