In his work titled Phaedo‚ Plato portrays his master Socrates in his final day before execution. Many philosophers gather with him and a dialogue arises‚ by which Plato conveys one of the most fundamental theories unfolding the after life. During this conversation Socrates exposes his believe of the immortality of the soul‚ arguing that he indeed is eager to die‚ claiming that death just represents the separation of soul and body. According to him‚ philosophers prepare throughout their lives for
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In Plato’s text Phaedrus‚ readers get different nous of attitude in comparison to Plato’s Gorgias‚ based on the topics being discussed. Phaedrus touches on the studies of art‚ and how to correctly practice them‚ and the author‚ Plato also goes into depths of details about inner body studies such as the soul‚ madness and lovers. Within the text‚ Plato refers to the platonic soul‚ this concept that Plato discusses had a lasting impression throughout my reading‚ this is because if one is trying to
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virtue (Farrington). Without knowledge‚ Socrates felt that life was not worthwhile as is evident when he states‚ “The unexamined life is no life for man” (Farrington 5). Aristotle also credits Socrates with the analytical procedure known as the art of logic. Through dialect and intelligent conversation‚ one could logically obtain truth. Such truths must then be fortified and upheld through law and policy. “At his best‚ man is the noblest of all animals; seperated from law and justice‚ he is
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The Life of Plato Plato is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy and has had an impact on nearly every philosopher from all time periods. Alongside his mentor Socrates and his student Aristotle‚ Plato created some of the most significant works in philosophy; ultimately building the framework for western philosophic education. The dialogues of his works are wide ranging‚ from focuses on life and reality beyond what we see and hear‚ and subjects as practical rules
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Obtaining the Truth Plato is a historical Greek philosopher and one of Socrate’s pupils. After Socrate died in 399 B.C.‚ Plato left his home in Athens and returned approximately twenty years later. “The Allegory of the Cave” is a short story filled with symbolism and metaphors that Plato had written before he died. In the story‚ Plato wrote about Socrate and his brother‚ Glaucon‚ discussing the steps to obtain the truth and why one should obtain it. In the story‚ Plato uses the prisoners as representative
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The allegory of the cave was a vision that Plato described to Socrates about prisoners chained facing a wall of a cave so that they could not move. Chained there for their entire lives they could not see themselves or each other all they could see was the cave wall and shadows. Fire burned above their heads and behind them. Between the fire and the prisoners a wall lined path where people walk and carry vases‚ statues‚ and other artifacts on their heads. The prisoners could hear echoes of voices
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and places? “All men desire to know” – Aristotle 2) Divisions of Ancient Philosophy - 6th century BCE to 529CE (pagan books were outlawed) - Pre-Socratics (they came before Socrates (Pythagoreans & Ionians) - Sophists and Socrates (sophists are people who wanted to be paid for their philosophy and Socrates did not agree with that) - Plato and Aristotle (great scientist also) - Hellenistic period (stoicism‚ it also has the sceptics) - Neo-Platonism (built on Plato) (Augustine of Hippo
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The symposium presents a set of cases for love. Different views of love are being expressed‚ in a variety of ways to think. In comparing Diotima’s influenced Socrates’ views on love and Pausanias’ views we find two completely different ways of thinking. Diotima seems to make a much stronger case and many would agree that she might have even just made the best case for love on the night. Although Pausanias thinks of love in more direct realistic way‚ it seems to be too narrow minded and flat. Pausanian
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learned from one another. Aristotle taught Socrates‚ who taught Plato. We are lucky enough to have access to the minds of these wonderful theorists through their own texts and others’ accounts of their ponderings. Though the times are different‚ the ideas presented by these philosophers are still very relevant and in some ways have helped to shape today’s society. Plato’s Symposium is the somewhat fictional story of a story of a philosophical gathering that Socrates attended one day with his friend Aristodemus
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