Plato`s Defence of Socrates: Retribution In the Defence of Socrates the citizens of Athens condemned Socrates to death. I will explain and evaluate the prophecy that was given before his death. His prophecy held that the citizens of Athens would be harmed by Socrates` death more than he will be. I will explain Socrates reasoning behind his belief that the citizens of Athens will be harmed by Socrates’ death. I will also explain how he attempts to convince them that death is not evil but instead
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socrates Socrates Essay Donna Knight Phi/ 105 July 11‚ 2012 Kirsten Gerdes Socrates Essay Socrates who was he? “Socrates was a Greek philosopher. Socrates was born c. 470/469 B.C.‚ in Athens”. (Wiki) In Phaedo‚ I understand that Socrates he has arguments that demonstrate that the soul is immortal. “If we live on after bodily death‚ there is no reason to fear it.” (Phaedo) However‚ these ideas are attributed to Socrates in Phaedo. Of course we have no way of knowing
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Socrates as the important founder and philosopher for ancient Greek. Plato and Aristophanes are his contemporary student and friend who had written pieces about Socrates‚ we can learn Socrates behavior and thinking of their writing. This paper is responding to two articles‚ Clouds by Aristophanes and Symposium by Plato which help us finding the similarity about Socrates from texts. Socrates’s personality appeared on both text as one of the important figures which included his depth of think‚ the
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The Anti-Democratic Faces of Socrates Socrates is among an elite class of extraordinary human beings. Whether it is religion‚ politics or socioeconomic issues‚ Socrates’ philosophy had a profound impact on Athenian civilization. His thoughts and ideas have sparked many debates and examinations of the way we live our lives even today. In the three dialogues Defence of Socrates‚ Euthyphro‚ and Crito‚ written by the philosopher Plato‚ one can find evidence that Socrates was not an enthusiast for democracy
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Plato put to writing what Socrates’ view of the good life was throughout several of his dialogues. Much of what Socrates’ view of the necessary requirements for the good life correspond to what are necessary requirements for the good life in the modern‚ western world. However‚ the ancient Chinese philosopher‚ Chuang Tzu‚ would have various criticisms of Socrates. Yet‚ these criticisms would not so much be in the essence of the good life‚ but in the particulars. As demonstrated below‚ the essentials
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written by Plato‚ is actually an account of how the death of Socrates went about. This fictitious story written from Phaedo’s point of view is used by Plato to detail his ideas of life and death‚ but through the perspective of Socrates on his final day. By emphasizing that in fact Plato was not there when this happened‚ he makes it clear that this is his speculation and not a true story. Nevertheless‚ there is a lot to learn about Socrates’ (and Plato’s) idea of the soul from this reading. According
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The teachings of Socrates in Plato’s The Five Dialogues provide an answer to the dilemma of the portly fella. The book of Crito portrays the scene of Socrates in his jail cell awaiting execution when he’s approached by an old friend‚ Crito‚ a philosopher and nobleman with sufficient funds to help Socrates escape from his prison cell. Crito repeatedly argues with Socrates in an attempt to convince him to flee his cell. The first argument that
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In Plato’s Gorgias‚ Socrates and a fellow interlocutor‚ Callicles of Acharnae‚ fervently discuss the relationship between pleasure and good. It is in this philosophical debate that Callicles states a good life as one that consists of having as much unrestricted pleasure as possible; therefore‚ implying that the pleasant and the good are identical. However‚ Socrates contends otherwise‚ and attempts to convince Callicles of the error in his ways by proving that good is ultimately not the same as pleasure
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teachings of politics and religion to the youth of Ancient Athens‚ the historical philosopher Socrates was given an ultimatum to spend the remainder of his in exile. To this‚ Socrates stated “the unexamined life is not worth living”. [i] Like the subjective nature of philosophy itself‚ this quote from one of the most famous philosophers of all time can come in an array of interpretations. What Socrates himself most likely meant was that a life of imprisonment was nothing more than the death to
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Compare and contrast the moral outlook of Socrates and the Sophists Although both the Sophists and Socrates are considered philosophers due to their interest in human morality‚ their outlook regarding the subject of Truth differs greatly. The sophists were sceptics on the matter of the existence of eternal Truth‚ whilst to Socrates Truth was an absolute. This can be clearly seen in their varying epistemologies. The Sophists were a group of intellectuals that travelled extensively throughout the
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