The Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli and Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes provide two views on popular resistance that stand in stark contrast with each other. Whereas the former celebrates class conflict as essential to the health of a Republic‚ the latter condemns nearly all forms of resistance (save for one exception). In my essay I will elaborate on Machiavelli’s view of class conflict‚ Hobbes’ view on the matter‚ and then contrast their views and the underlying reasons for these differences
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Socrates is known today as one of the greatest Philosophers. With his philosophical views‚ centuries ago‚ Socrates was brought to trial and cost his life due to his claims and charges were pressed against him. He was indicted of turning the worse argument into the stronger argument (28). Socrates was accused for not recognizing the gods acknowledged by the state‚ and was accused of being an atheist (36). He was despised by adults due to his inquisitions and answering a question with a question and
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The purpose of this essay is to give the reader an insight into the educational theories of Socrates. It is rather difficult to gain any information from first hand written accounts of Socrates work as he hardly ever took down notes and the only accounts that have stood the test of time are those that were documented by Plato‚ a student of Socrates. In actual fact most of what we know is from later people such as Aristophanes‚ Xenophen‚ Plato and Aristotle. These accounts are what have been formulated
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has already been given and now Socrates and colleagues must make the decision to flee the city of Athens or stay and face his fate. In this conversation you have Critos point of view and Socrates. Based on Critos reasoning he states three reasons why Socrates should stay‚ the first two being selfish but the third hitting home. Critos first argument is that if Socrates does not get away‚ then he will hurt crito in two ways A. Crito will lose a great friend when Socrates is killed B. His notoriety will
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In this essay I will be working with the concepts of knowledge and true belief. I will show how they differ in two different Plato texts. I will first work to show what the concepts are and how they are different. I will then work to provide the necessary background information for each text‚ and separately explain how these concepts are treated in the two different texts. Next after having explained the concepts use in the text I will highlight the differences in the two accounts. Finally I will
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Socrates and Descartes have profoundly changed the philosophical thought of occident. Being both great thinkers‚ it is essay to portray their differences and similitudes base on how well they always exposed them. Descartes documented all his work; however‚ there is not any document written by Socrates himself‚ but by his student‚ for instance‚ Plato. Socrates was born 469 BC. He bounced between two branches of philosophy‚ ethics and epistemology. Ethics is the philosophy that tries to understand
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Machiavelli Machiavelli lived during the Renaissance era of the Medieval times. In this time period many concepts and ideas were being reborn‚ including the Christian faith. He lived during a time period in which the people of the time thought of the Black Plague as a symptom of judgment upon the sinfulness of the land. These same people began to scourge themselves in order to express their sorrow and therefore remove God’s judgment laid upon them. Although Machiavelli lived long after the fall
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by examining the characteristics of two different characters in the philosophical works of Plato. These two characters are Meno and Socrates‚ from the dialogues Meno and Apology. Meno is Thessalian general that had the main goal in life to get rich and have power. He did not care about anyone else besides himself‚ and could not take anyone seriously (Xenophon). Socrates on the other hand was a Greek philosopher that was put on trial for corrupting the youth of Athens‚ was accused of being a Sophists
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Still‚ there are many people who are in opposition to Socrates’ decision of remaining in prison and firmly waiting for his execution. Some critics would claim that Socrates is causing harm by accepting his execution and bringing an end to his life as a teacher. Yet‚ this claim is refuted because whether Socrates was executed‚ or he chose to escape and fled into exile‚ he would not have been able to teach the Athenian people either well. Also‚ he is not harming others through his death because of
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Intro To Philosophy 1030-202 Socrates was not a Sophist; he never took money for his teaching‚ and rejected sophistical arguments.For one thing‚ the sophists taught for money. Socrates did not. For another‚ the sophists used language to win arguments and to sway people’s opinion regardless of the truth. Socrates used language to attain the truth. Socrates lived as an independent man. he did not want to go under any category. He was not paid for his "irony" and maieutics. Therefore he was
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