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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philosophers was named Socrates. His students‚ named‚ Plato and Xenophon revealed how his way of thought exerted a philosophical influence on ancient and modern philosophy. One of Plato’s works‚ Apology‚ depicts Socrates insight‚ integrity‚ and argumentative skill. Just as Socrates had believers‚ he also had non-believers. One of his foes went by the name of Aristophanes. Aristophanes’ Clouds‚ is a comedy that was intended to make people laugh by making a mockery of Socrates’ characteristics and philosophy
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jury; Socrates is standing in front of his accusers‚ Meletus‚ Lycon and Anytus. He is defending for himself against the four charges brought by the accusers. Socrates is charged with inquiring the heaven and searching things beneath the earth‚ a Sophist‚ not believing the god of Athens‚ and corrupting the youth. Therefore‚ surrounding him was a group of wealthy young audiences. In the Apology‚ Socrates is defending for himself as well as prophesies to those who condemned him. Although Socrates died
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The topic of my paper is the philosophy of Socrates. Specifically I will discuss Socratic irony and the Socratic method of inquiry. The main points I will cover are; what was Socratic irony‚ and why did he use the method he did to seek the truth? My paper consists of three main parts. First a description of the more important books by Plato‚ about Socrates; sines Plato is the main source for information about Socrates. The second part is an analysis of the texts‚ focusing on the above stated topics
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between a man and woman‚ love between a father and son‚ mother and daughter‚ etc. Many do not think of love as a desire. However‚ Socrates‚ through his speech in Plato’s Symposium puts love in a different light. Plato’s Symposium examines the topic of love through the speeches of six men. These six men include Phaedrus‚ Pausanias‚ Eryximachus‚ Aristophanes‚ Agathon‚ and Socrates. When first reading this text‚ I was very shocked at how pederasty was somewhat socially accepted and just thought that the men
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Countering Cephalus’s claim‚ Socrates paints the image in everyone’s mind of two neighbors‚ one of whom has borrowed a weapon that can originate harm. Socrates provides the situation of the second neighbor returning this borrowed weapon to the first neighbor if he was in a state of hysteria. In class‚ the instance provided was of the neighbor asking for his weapon back in order to inflict harm to his spouse; therefore returning
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Trial of Socrates (399 BC). In this dialogue Socrates explains who he is and what kind of life he led. The Greek word "apologia" means "explanation" -- it is not to be confused with "apologizing" or "being sorry" for one’s actions. The following is an outline of the ’argument’ or logos that Socrates used in his defense. A hypertext treatment of this dialogue is also available. I. Prologue (17a-19a) The first sentence sets the tone and direction for the entire dialogue. Socrates‚ in addressing
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Love (Eros). However‚ when it was Socrates’ term‚ he rebutted Agathon’s claim that Love is good and beautiful. At the end of Socrates’ questioning‚ he concluded that Love is neither beautiful nor good. After Agathon’s speech‚ Socrates first praises all the speakers before him and claims that he does not know how to give a eulogy‚ only how to tell the truth. Being encourage
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In Plato’s Apology‚ Socrates a philosopher is standing trial for charges that are not easily proven. Socrates has two sets of charges brought against him the “old” charges that Socrates claims that have been talked about for a very long time “there are many of these accusers‚ and they have been accusing me for a long time now.”(Plato 18c) His second set of charges known as the “new’ charges represent more straight forward claims. New charges called onto Socrates is that he is guilty of corrupting
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