people. Socrates proves Thrasymachos otherwise by arguing that being just is virtuous‚ wise and profitable and being unjust does not make people stronger nor more powerful. Those in power or rulers make laws that are just for themselves but Thrasymachos agrees that sometimes rulers make mistakes and make laws that are unjust to them‚ therefore‚ making them just or advantageous for the people they rule. Therefore‚ unjust people would not be more powerful in this case. Additionally‚ Socrates goes on
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caution because Socrates is a “clever speaker”. According to Socrates‚ the difference between him and his accusers is that he speaks the truth. He is on trial for two items‚ which include‚ corrupting the youth and impiety. Socrates tells everyone that he has no experience with the court and he will speak the way he is used to by being honest and direct. Socrates explains that his behavior is from the oracle of Apollo at Delphi. The oracle was asked if anyone was wiser than Socrates was. The answer
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To Cheat Death It all begins with a poor man‚ a father‚ who has 12 children‚ with the 13th on the way. Knowing he cannot take care of his last child‚ he turns to another possible guardian‚ Death. In his hands‚ the child soon grows up to become a doctor‚ and along with Death‚ the main character. This story is “Godfather Death”‚ a great fable in which we learn that greed is the root of all evil‚ and that one cannot cheat death. The doctor is now Death’s Godson‚ and is the protagonist of this story
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conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro each of who attempt to argue their point of justification about why they are in court or should not be there‚ which in turn a question develops about the gods and holiness. Euthyphro has a surprise encounter beside the porch of the king responsible for overseeing religious law. Euthyphro asks Socrates why he is there. Socrates states he has being persecuted by Meletus for corrupting the youth with his ideals about predictions of the future. Socrates in turn asks
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Should fearing death be irrational? Socrates‚ the Greek philosopher‚ offers explanations in the apology as to why we shouldn’t fear death. No one has the ability to explain or warn us of how it feels to die. At this time anyone could accuse you and the majority of votes decided whether you would live or die. Socrates later in the trial was convicted guilty and he had to take a hemlock based liquid. This hemlock based liquid caused him to feel his body numb which slowly killed him. The liquid harmed
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Apology is a public speech; Crtio is a private speech • Socrates ○ was the first philosopher concerned with human affairs (ethics‚ morality) ○ Socrates originally devoted his time to science ○ Later abandoned science and shifted attention to ethics-philosophy ○ Never wrote anything; so how do we know anything about him? Because of: § Plato § Xenophon § Aristophanes (Clouds)- accuser ○ Plato is the mouth piece of Socrates in most cases § But not verbatim; a lie in such
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fear of death is in line with many key points in his philosophy that being what does one truly know about a topic. Socrates does not know what happens after death admitting this to the jurymen that vote for him it could be like a dreamless sleep‚ never aware only silent‚ or it could be the touted afterlife that many have spoken about. He just doesn’t know what awaits him only that he has ideas and both or neither could turn out to be true. This concept is key to his view of the fear of death as everyone
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the people who apply them. Socrates poses the question: should the individual obey the state every time the state asks something of him or her? Socrates’ believes that an individual of the state has an obligation to that state and its laws. However‚ in return‚ the state cannot ask its citizens to do anything unjust. Socrates is willing to disobey the laws of state because he is afraid to do anything unjust. When Socrates is sentenced to the death penalty he replies by telling
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In Plato’s dialogue Phaedo‚ there are a series of arguments presented by Socrates as proofs for the existence of the soul after death. The final and most convincing argument works as a direct application of Socrates’ idea of the Forms. Socrates begins to examine the question of whether the soul exists after death by establishing the basis upon which his proof must function. Socrates takes his idea of Forms to be the most certain of all of his theories and so he contends that it ought to be the basis
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Socrates was the son of Sophroniscus‚ an Athenian stonemason and sculptor‚ and Phaenarete‚ a midwife. He received a basic Greek education because he wasn’t from a noble family‚ where he learned his father’s craft at a young age. Socrates worked as a mason for many years before he devoted his life to philosophy. Socrates married Xanthippe‚ a younger woman‚ who gave him three sons- Lamprocles‚ Sophroniscus and Menexenus. There isn’t much known of Xanthippe. Only that she wasn’t happy with Socrates
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