The Idea of Bodily Desire Socrates‚ in Plato’s work "Symposium"‚ introduces the ladder of love through his conversation with the God-like figure‚ Diotima. The more knowledge about love one gains‚ the higher they climb and the less they focus on physical beauty. After Socrates has explained these concepts‚ Alcibiades steps in. He is confused because he himself is in love with philosophy‚ but he is also lost in bodily desire. According to the ideology of Socrates as expressed in Plato’s work "Symposium"
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be perceived‚ even from a virtue ethics perspective‚ as guaranteeing the conditions necessary for citizens to live virtuous lives‚ e.g. peace‚ education. This claim seems to motivate one of the Personified Laws’ arguments in the Crito‚ i.e. that Socrates owes his education‚ and his opportunity to live the philosophical life to the Athenian laws (50d-e). However‚ both considerations are relevant only if the laws in question are not incompatible with virtue and if they do indeed facilitate‚ rather
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SOCRATES Socrates 469 BC–399 BC‚ was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy‚ he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers‚ especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon‚ and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Many would claim that Plato’s dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity. Through his portrayal in Plato’s dialogues‚ Socrates has
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portrays the death scene of Socrates. The Phaedo evokes such tragic sentiments of pity and fear while at the same time glorifies Socrates as the martyr for the truth. He dies because of human’s injustice yet faces his own death with extraordinary serenity and fearlessness; he devotes his whole life for philosophy and in fact practices it until the last minutes. In this dialogue‚ the philosophical discussion is about the soul. However‚ as a dualist‚ for the most part Socrates takes for granted the existence
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PHAEDO Symposium and The Death of Socrates is an ancient Greek text by Phaedo. This old text occurred philosophy‚ stories and Genesis quote from the Bible. Platonic love is a philosophy which was main concern of this text. Platonic love is a type of love that is pure and non-sexual. Symposium‚ or drinking party. This party is for those whose want to discuss a philosophy of love. In the dialogue‚ Socrates discusses the nature of the afterlife on his last day before being
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Philosophy Study Notes – Greek Philosophers - The earliest Greek philosophers are sometimes called NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS because they were mainly concerned with the natural world and it’s processes - Pythagoras (570 B.C)‚ Heraclitus (500 B.C)‚ Empedocles (490 B.C.)‚ Zeno (490 B.C.)‚ Parmenides (470 B.C.)‚ Democritus (460 B.C.) = Pre-Socratic - All the earliest philosophers shared the belief that there had to be a certain basic substance at the root of all change Pythagoras - Basic Beliefs:
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Plato was one of Socrates’ greatest admirers‚ and our knowledge of Socrates stems mostly from Plato’s dialogues. Plato wrote his dialogues so that his students could read them out to each other and from a phrase discuss what it is about. Plato’s thought is mostly recorded in the form of dialogues that feature Socrates as the protagonist. The symposium was written between the middle and the late period‚ and the figure of Socrates serves more as a mouth piece for Plato’s own views. For instance
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Euthyphro-Plato Socrates and Euthyphro is one of the most famous of Socrates theological discussions. Plato wrote a book called Euthyphro which explains in the introduction of the purposes and reasoning behind this discussion. In this paper‚ I will be looking at the dialectical development of the idea of piety; the antithesis of true and false religion‚ which is carried to a certain extent only; the defiance of Socrates.(Plato) This discussion wraps around the reason Socrates is on trial and
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CRITO. It certainly is. SOCRATES. About what time? CRITO. Dawn is breaking. SOCRATES. I am surprised that the prison guard was willing to let you in. CRITO. He is used to me already‚ Socrates‚ because coming so often‚ and in addition I have done something good for him. SOCRATES. And have you just come or long ago? CRITO. Fairly long ago. SOCRATES. Then why did you not wake me immediately‚ instead of sitting by in silence? CRITO. No‚ no‚ by Zeus‚ Socrates‚ I only wish I myself were not so
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Crito argues for why Socrates should escape the prison‚ and the second‚ for which Socrates argues for why he should remain in prison and accept his death sentence. I will assess both arguments and show the strengths and weaknesses that Crito and Socrates both presented in the dialogue. I argue for Socrates‚ for which his argument is based on the principle that doing unjust actions ruins one’s soul‚ and life is not worth living with a ruined soul. The dialogue recounts Socrates’ last days before his
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