Socrates is a philosopher known for his teachings in Athens. He taught his entire life, where no one would bother him. Socrates was accused of corrupting the youth and inventing new gods at the age of seventy. For varies reasons which will be discussed later, the city of Athens chose to wait till this age to prosecute and execute him. Socrates chose to accept his fate instead of escaping to avoid execution.…
Caroline Machado Ethical Dimensions 31/8/2015 Ancient Greece: Socrates and Plato Socrates was a Greek philosopher born in Athens in the year 469 B.C who did not know how to read or write himself. So, all we know about him comes from Plato. Socrates was known as the wisest men in Athens, but he wanted to find someone as smart as him. He wanted to define the meaning of good, beauty and virtue.…
Plato shows his respect for Socrates by writing the dialogues so that people in the future could read what he did. He thought he was a great man and mentor and looked up to him in many ways. Socrates offended many people by believing in the oracle, but it wasn’t his fault. It came off as rude that he was telling people that he was the wises, but he was the wisest because he knew what he didn’t know. That is what made him wise.…
Throughout the work Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, written by Greek philosopher Plato, Socrates is faced with moral and ethical challenges. In Euthyphro, Socrates attempts to convince Euthyphro that prosecuting his father might be sacrilegious, despite his duty as a citizen to report any crime committed. Socrates questions Euthyphro on what he believes piety to be, as a way for Euthyphro to understand the alternatives to directly turning his father in. This is followed by Socrates trial in the Apology, where he is being accused of corrupting the youth, not believing in the Gods, and believing in new divinity. Socrates attempts to defend himself, but the irony here, is that it’s certainly not an apology.…
` Apolgoy Socrates is very well known in the Athens community for several of things he is known for being an influential part of the young people in Athens lives. Which was seen to be a negative thing. Socrates is facing the death penalty, he is accused of being a criminal and also for meddling in matters where he has no business to be in “He makes the worst cases look better” for this he is guilty. Throughout his whole statement to not receive the death penalty he just proves there points, even more, he does not even really deny his charges. He tries to make it seem as though he is more educated and more prestigious than everyone around him.…
P1.) The wicked do harm to those whom are closest to them (Stated). P2.) Socrates is very close to his associates (Unstated). C1.)…
On a more allegorical level, Socrates acts as philosophy itself; philosophy is a study in which not everything can necessarily come to a conclusion and nothing can be assumed. Speaking as if there is a direct answer to philosophical questions or speaking extensively on a topic that one does not know much about is not only pretentious, but also shows a certain level of ignorance of whoever is speaking. If philosophy was on trial defending itself in the eyes of mankind, it would fight against the people who claimed to fully understand the unanswerable questions, and question them on how they know what they think they do; this is precisely what Socrates…
A Morning Jog: As Told From the Perspective of Phineas (This section takes place during page 119 to 121) From now on during the mornings at 6 I took Gene out to run. After all, he needed to get to the 1944 Olympics. I usually put on pajamas with ski boots and a coat lined with what I’m assuming is sheep fur. Gene was wearing a gym sweat suit with a towel around his throat.…
He knows to never attack in an argument, to always defend. He defends his arguments very calmly and never gets frustrated, instead he frustrates the other guy and lets them attack. It’s quite intriguing because he uses irony, visual aids, and trick questions to prove each and every one of his points without actually revealing what his opinion on the matter is. You can never tell if Socrates agrees with the definition and is just critiquing it to make the other person think, or if he disagrees and actually thinks that they are being erroneous. It’s almost as if Socrates is playing a gigantic mind game with the audience and the characters in the Republic that will all be solved at the end of the book.…
He looked up at her. One thing that you need to ask yourself before you go on with a plan is whether or not you want him to be punished, and obviously you want him to. It would be stupid for you not to do anything about what he had done. How do you punish him, Blur asked, a little wary as to what he was getting at and what he intended to lead up to.…
Oliver fails a task given by Allan and he destroys any chance he had of joining the agency. Oliver is in desperate need of money because he obtained a letter addressing that his mother only has 2 weeks left to live. Oliver pleads to Pinkerton for another chance but he is declined without remorse. Oliver see’s Pinkerton walking behind a worn out building, so Oliver decided to follow him. While trying to keep Allan in view, Oliver scrambled around looking for something to hide behind.…
Additionally, Socrates has a family and a life outside of philosophy and even still he maintains his position towards death upon being convicted; that he will make no judgments on it and will go through with being sentenced if it means there is a chance that in death he can teach again. Philosophy and challenging peoples assumptions is Socrates vocation and something that he is truly passionate about. Socrates, like philosophy, has no biases and does what he does for his own enjoyment and his own personal convictions. Towards the end of his speech, Socrates again reaffirms the importance of himself and others like him to society even though they might view them as an annoyance.…
Some may agree with all Socrates has to say and some may not, but in my opinion one thing os for sure, just saying that one is wise doesn’t not make them wise and even having all the knowledge in the world does not a person wise if they cannot explain questions asked to them about this…
Socrates was one of the best philosophers that the world has ever seen. He was even put to death for some his teachings, and he accepted it. The also great Plato was one of Socrates’ students. Plato was also the author of the republic which holds his allegory of the cave philosophy. This allegory has been used in modern day, especially in movies.…
When I first found out that I had to become Socrates and talk to strangers I got a little worried. I am normally very timid and I never talk to people I don’t know. I tried to think of different places I could find people to answer the questions and I finally thought of a place.…