enthusiastic in carrying out policies that pass in the assembly. Pericles‚ an Athenian statesman‚ makes it clear when he says that "each individual is interested not only in his own affairs but in the affairs of the state as well" (p.147 Thucydides). Socrates‚ a Greek philosopher‚ is a firm believer in examining one’s actions in life and ensuring that a morally righteous life is being led. He argues that the ordinary Athenian citizen is not concerned with being a righteous person‚ but rather with maintaining
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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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believe justice is what the ruler says it is‚ and those who believe justice is part of a higher “moral code” independent of the ruler. Thrasymachus and Hobbes believe that the powerful dictate law and order. On the other hand‚ Aristotle‚ Polemarchus‚ Socrates‚ and Plato believe that justice cannot be influenced by those of the ruler. I believe the best account of political justice is a combination of a few thinkers including those of Thrasymachus‚ Aristotle‚ and Plato. This account would borrow Thrasymachus’s
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there are two main characters of the Cave Socrates and Glaucon. Socrates stood out more and the author Plato. Socrates wises man in Athens and he’s kind of a jerk. The representation of the Socrates‚ human nature and the enlighten figure of language. Plato trying to tell the audience that there is darkness and light. Plato dialog forms how you get out of the cave into enlightened. Socrates and Glaucon are trapped into a situation. The decisions‚ options Socrates make are fade towards themselves. By the
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In Republic‚ Plato uses his writing to express different opinions‚ through the conversations of Socrates and other characters. Towards the beginning of Republic‚ Socrates says that people believe others don’t “feel” old if they are rich and wealthy and not because they have a disposition to happiness. Socrates is pointing out that people value wealth and believe that being rich is the key to a happy life rather than having the disposition to look at life with happiness always. Another point Plato
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at the expense of their own” (41). Thrasymachus concludes that “the dynamics of justice‚ then‚ consistently operate to advantage the ruler but never the subjects” (41). The strong cares for others inasmuch as it serves the interests of the strong Socrates quickly objects that the definition of governing is not to consider what is in the interest of the strong‚ but only what is in the interest of governor’s subjects‚ which prompts Thrasymachus to further explain his view. He explains that that the
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documentary of Where to Invade Next by Michael Moore is really amazed me in many ways. The movie in the style of travelogue‚ where Moore spend time in countries like Italy‚ France‚ Finland‚ Tunisia‚ Slovene and Portugal where his experiences in each country opens any body’s mind the way they America. Moore’s experience in other countries shows how American really need to open their eyes and admit that they are not the greatest nation as they think they are. Michael journey where he speaks with native
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number of people in the US that are killed because of gun crimes each year. In Germany that number is 381‚ while in Australia it’s 65. We’re given this information in the documentary‚ Bowling for Columbine (2002) that was written and directed by Michael Moore. The documentary discusses gun crime in America with the main focus on what happened in Columbine when two boys named Eric Harris and Dylan Kiebold brought guns to school and killed 12 students and one teacher. A lot of people think that these
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Plato vs. Aristotle Plato and Aristotle‚ two very well known philosophers‚ by definition are knowledge lovers‚ who held different ways of thinking on that of creation‚ politics‚ and love‚ consequently the teacher of Aristotle‚ who was Plato‚ holds different views on all of those matters. Creation‚ the beginning process of life either given from God‚ or an actual "higher form" which was Plato’s idea‚ or passed through from evolution‚ from which Aristotle sided with is one example of their differences
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In the film Capitalism: A Love Story by Michael Moore‚ Moore goes around in his hometown to interview various priests on their opinion of whether religion‚ Christianity in particular‚ clashes with or approves of religion. The end result was a consensus that they do not work together. However‚ the documentary is a biased portrayal of the opinions. In reality‚ there are mixed opinions of whether capitalism is the devil in our economy or just a fact of life that works well with Christianity. In general
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