best form of government because it fairly produces the most educated and excellent citizens‚ through freedom to act as they please‚ which will eventually shape there soul into a great person (Warner 145). Thus‚ if citizens are allowed to wonder freely and be tolerated with respect by fellow citizens as Pericles describes‚ and if Socrates (a Greek philosopher) and the “thinkry” spread their “unjust speech” rhetoric‚ Pericles’s platform for greatness will not make the Athenians the most excellent and
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Euthyphro Conversations between Socrates and Euthyphro can often times be difficult to follow and understand however‚ with careful reading and critical analyzing‚ much can be gained and inferred. This can be seen in the many great and intellectual conversations that were had in class last week. A combination of my own interpretations as well as those of my peers allowed for the whole class to gain a deeper understanding of this reading. As a brief overview‚ we were able to discuss the difference
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will be over the book “The Last Days of Socrates”. The author of the book is Plato. Plato was born in Athens his father was named Ariston and his mothers name was Perictione. Plato became a pupil of Socrates when he was young. Plato attended his trial but he did not attend the execution of Socrates.(onelittleangel.com) The story describes how Socrates is being taken to trial for being accused of putting “wrong” thoughts into the minds of young men. Socrates goes to trial and explains himself and why
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Apology we hear his account of Socrates trial where he is accused with corrupting the youth and not believing in the Gods. The trial accounts open with Socrates claiming that his accusers have spoken persuasively but not truthfully on the matters. He states that he has had no previous experience with speaking in courts of law and asks for patience. Socrates starts with his anecdote on how his friend had gone to the Oracle of Delphi and asked if anyone was wiser than Socrates and the prophet answered that
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Did Socrates commit suicide and why? Upon taking the ethics class and learning and understanding the teachings of great philosophers such as Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle I am even more driven to gather more knowledge about ethics as well as information about the above mentioned philosophers who have been instrumental in shedding light into the complex view on ethics. This is why I chose this topic‚ in order to explore whether Socrates actually did commit suicide and why he did so. After being
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Both Woolf and Socrates have been questioning society as a whole. Woolf questioned the ideals about how men and women where treated in society and how gender is just a social construct people made up. While Socrates questioned why society made something pious or impious and people followed it without understanding why. Why do Woolf and Socrates ask and tell us all these things? Its not as though they would be able to change the world‚ but just to be able to make people to think about the construct
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In Plato’s “Euthyphro”‚ Socrates has a conversation with Euthyphro about a young man that goes by Meletos‚ who had plans of indicting the philosopher following the claim that he’d been corrupting the youth. In what sounds like a hellacious situation to be part of‚ Socrates remains optimistic when he says‚ “And he alone seems to be starting out in politics correctly‚ because the correct way is to first pay attention to how our young people will be the best possible‚ just as a good farmer probably
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This reading is so confusing‚ I read it three times and still have some confusion about the Socrates statements. Basically‚ it is a conversation or arguments between Socrates and Euthyphro. Socrates is in the court because a man whose name is Meletus prosecuted him about corrupting the youth. Therefore‚ Euthyphro is in the court to prosecute his father for the murder of the servant. It is not proven that his father is killer but Euthyphro is trying to get justice on behalf of the servant. Euthyphro
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In 399 BCE‚ Socrates was put on trial and convicted to death for “impiety and corrupting the youth of the city” (Apology‚ p. 202). He asked many questions of people‚ making them look unintelligent and the upper-class youth followed suit. Instead of accepting his fate‚ he killed himself‚ denying his opposition the pleasure of doing so themselves. Confucius was a philosopher in China many years after the death of Socrates in Greece. His philosophy was based on natural order‚ specifically children minding
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absolute ruin of self that one faces through Socrates words. Straight from his introduction with‚ “Good evening‚ gentleman. I’m plastered‚” (Symposium 213 A) it appears‚ as this speech will be a random comedic interlude to distract from the ideas of the form that had just come about in the end of The Speech of Diotima. However‚ there is an underlying sense of tragedy and the ruin of self behind Alcibiades stories. Alcibiades is completely transformed by Socrates words‚ “If I were to describe for you what
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