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    Euthrypho

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    Euthyphro‚ Socrates questions the definition of what is holy and pious. Euthyphro provides different definition of what pious and holy mean to him. And with each definition or answer Socrates creates a question causing Euthyphro to think and question his definition. With each question Euthyphro must explain and further divulge his definition but again Socrates questions his definitions. And with his last definition he has still not given Socrates a clear definition of piety or holiness is. Socrates debates

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    Phaedo Beauty

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    of Socrates’s thoughts on beauty. Socrates claims to believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. He simply states that once we define beauty‚ beautiful things will appear beautiful. With this knowledge‚ his students and readers can become more educated on Socrates’s profound teachings. Plato wrote Phaedo as a piece of philosophical literature. Specifically‚ this work of Plato is considered a Socratic Dialogue. Socrates has this

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    Socrates and Luke are both considered to be great educators. They have both influenced countless people with their teachings. However‚ comparing the two is slightly strange since Socrates is the subject of the story‚ which is told by Plato‚ and Luke is the teller of the story of Jesus. A comparison can be made between the two as Socrates is a great teacher while Plato is mostly silent and Luke‚ while not overly prevalent in the his story can be compared to other accounts of the story of Jesus among

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    Plato's Crito

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    January 14‚ 2013 Response Essay: Crito In Plato’s Crito‚ Socrates and one of his followers‚ Crito‚ discuss the opinion of the “majority” and its effects on Socrates’ current situation. Crito first assumes that Socrates should care about the majority opinion‚ especially in his current case because “the majority can do not just minor harms but the very worst things to someone who’s been slandered in front of them” (44d). Socrates responds and dismisses the possibility of the majority having an

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    Platos Euthyphro

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    dialogue of Socrates and Euthyphro. Socrates requests that Euthyphro teaches him the meaning of piety‚ when Socrates finds out that Euthyphro is persecuting his father for being impious. Euthyphro offers four definitions for what piety is‚ all of which are analyzed by Socrates‚ and then turned down by him in turn. The pious is to prosecute the wrongdoer and to not persecute is impious. This is the first definition that Euthyphro offers to Socrates as a definition of piety. Although Socrates says

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    In the Allegory of the Cave‚ Plato and Glaucon are learning from socrates teachings during 847 BC on exactly where nature is on the path of enlightenment. The Allegory of the Cave was written in 847 BC by Plato to help tell what powerful meaning Plato had gotten from one of Socrates teachings. Now Socrates is a very smart and very educated during this time period but he is just not educated he is also pushing everyone’s thinking. Plato goes on discussing how the media throughout many years has influenced

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    Apology by Plato

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    The Apology is an account by Plato of Socrates’ speech given at his trial in 399 BC. Socrates was an Athenian philosopher accused of two crimes: corrupting the youth and not believing in the gods. In Socrates’ speech‚ he explains to a jury of 501 Athenians why he is not guilty of the crimes he is accused of. He uses a variety of logical arguments to refute his charges yet in the end he is still found guilty and sentenced to death (Grube 21). Socrates’ use of logos and his absence of the use of

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    other people. Hence the predominance of such urgings is found in Crito speech. For instance‚ he states that in case Socrates will not escape‚ people will believe that he along with other Socrates friends were in the position to help‚ but they failed to do so or that they are more interested in money compared to the life of their friends (Plato 45). Crito also insists that if Socrates is executed‚ he will lose a friend‚ as well as his reputation and that the enemies will celebrate after his demise

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    The Gadfly In Antigone

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    1 Question: In Plato’s “Apology”‚ what does Socrates think is the role of the gadfly and why place such importance on its actions? Secondly‚ argue succinctly for your position that this character plays the ‘gadfly’ in Sophocles’ “Antigone”. What does this character seek to accomplish and how is it attempted? Essay: Disrupting the world’s status quo has been a characteristic of famous people and figures. Scientists‚ civil rights leaders‚ and inventors have all done something to change the societal

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    Knack vs Craft in Gorgias

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    In the book Gorgias Socrates finds himself in an argument with Polus and Gorgias about whether oratory is a knack or a craft. Socrates’ opinion is that oratory is not a craft but rather a knack. When looking at the distinction between a knack and a craft it is commonly agreed upon that a knack is simply something that one is instinctively better at than others and a craft is a skill that one acquires through pursuit. With this said‚ the distinction that Socrates makes between a knack and a craft

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