Ezra Hochman Wednesday/Friday 12:25-2:05 Diogenes vs. Socrates: What is a life of worth? One can either write the story of their own life‚ or let other people and circumstances write it for him. Too often do citizens of the world follow the assumptions of society‚ as personal independence can seem frightening or uncomfortable. Both Socrates and Diogenes were of the mind that the purpose of human life is to constantly better one’s self by way of personal and spiritual growth. We are unable to
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Socrates examines his life in Plato’s The Apology and whether or not it is worth living if he cannot do what he believes is his life mission‚ practicing philosophy. Now‚ is an unexamined life worth living‚ a bad life‚ or can we buy the good life with our money‚ and our power? Socrates explains what a virtuous life entails in comparison to a non- virtuous life and are both lives ok to have‚ or in the end is the virtuous life that Socrates talks about the only way to life with no regret when faced
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Unexamined Life is Not Worth living” By Marlon Dominique B. Custodio I.ANALYSIS A. Conceptual Analysis ----- “Unexamined life is not worth living” is uttered by Socrates before his death for choosing to stand for himself than to be cajoled by someone else. He persuades his fellow men to question everything and convince them not to easily drown in a truth without examining it. Despite his efforts‚ the freewill he has leaded him to his end. He claims to be human or alive‚ must one examine his life. But
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Unexamined Life Not Worth Living? As one of the most influential philosophers‚ Socrates was known as a man who believed in “striving to make oneself as good a person as possible”1. Many of his teachings revolved around his idea that “an unexamined life is no life for a human being to live”2. As a student of philosophy‚ I believe in this way of life due to the following considerations. The central point of Socrates’ proposal is that in order to be human‚ one must actively examine life. People must
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Amanda Knox and the Media Gina Pardue SPEA-J 370 Popular Culture and Crime Instructor Stephanie N. Whitehead‚ PhD 4/15/2012 Amanda Knox is an American student who was studying abroad in Italy when was accused and convicted of murdering her roommate‚ Meredith Kercher‚ and was found innocent of the crimes after serving four years in an Italian prison. The scrutiny surrounding this case is one of media influence and how it set her fate. Knox was not able to get a fair
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This famous quote of Socrates rooted deeply in the 399 BCE when Socrates was in trial with accusations of the corrupting youth of Athens and proclamation of false Gods. To understand what exactly philosopher meant it is important to know the circumstances and context. The place for the first democracy practices was the Athens and at the time of mentioned events‚ democracy passed its peak of popularity and new rulers fought for autonomy and dictatorship in the state. Therefore‚ Socrates‚ with his
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In addition to Shakespeare illustrating Hamlet’s journey of revenge‚ he also portrays the idea of worth. After attending his father’s funeral and hearing the celebration over the crowning of his Uncle and new marriage of his mother‚ Hamlet is confused throughout the play. In fact‚ this sequences of events was so abrupt that it disturbed Hamlet and rose awareness from the people around him‚ especially his mother and Claudius. Afraid that Hamlet might be catching onto him‚ Claudius sends Rosencrantz
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Is pride worth someone’s life? The old man in the story‚ The Old Man and the sea‚ believed that the answer to this question proved to be yes at least for himself. The problem that the old man faced happened out in the middle of the churning sea. He had been fishing for the past couple of days with no success until he spotted something down deep‚ the fish of his dreams! First of all‚ everyone can agree that the old man was a good fisherman‚ after all he had been fishing for decades. Unfortunately
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Six Unforgettable CyberBullying Cases Ever’’‚ The origins of bullying began when Amanda Todd used video chat to interact with people. Then one day‚ a stranger harassed her to show him her breasts. As a result‚ the bully blackmail her and post it publicly for the world to see on Facebook. Amanda Todd was shamed by the public and the bully kept striking her according her mother Carol Todd. On September 7‚2012 ‚ Amanda Todd posted her well known video “My story: “Struggling‚ bullying‚ suicide‚ self
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with life; why things were; what they were; and how things were. Socrates had many (philosophical) teachers throughout his youth‚ although it is said that he was not satisfied with many of them and this is how he had come about to create his own unique methods for the search of knowledge. Socrates once said “The unexamined life is not worth living”. This quote‚ from the son of a sculptor‚ and his profound thoughts‚ is one of many that modern-day philosophy is based on. He lived his life on the
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