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.…
Plato’s Phaedrus is a dialogue between three characters: Lysias, Socrates and Phaedrus. The topic discussed revolves around the idea of love, but it particularly emanates around the true art of rhetoric. Plato uses his three characters to show how rhetoric originates from the truth and how its practice shows readers that the truth correlates to thinking and learning in a proper philosophical manner. Phaedrus and Socrates meet outside the walls protecting Athens.…
This is entirely different from what is normally thought of by Socrates. In the Apology, part of his argument against his sentence would be that he is not a teacher at all (19e). Instead he claims that he speaks to anyone willing to listen to him. This is quite a different point of view from that that Aristophanes is portraying of him in The Clouds. If Plato is making the just argument, then it would make sense that Socrates did not actually see himself as a teacher.…
In the two texts that we read in class, Plato, Phaedo, and Lucretius, Nature of Things, both Socrates and Lucretius try to reassure us that we should not be afraid of death. In Plato, Phaedo, Phaedo is telling the story of Socrates’s final hours from being their first hand. In Lucretius, Nature of Things, Lucretius’s telling his view on religious issues and how he got to his view, poetic skills, and study on scientific phenomena. Both Socrates and Lucretius have different arguments on why we should not be afraid of death. Socrates and Lucretius would have their own responses to each other 's argument if they were to reply to each other.…
Human thought, activity and organization of life all suggest that order exists in this universe. The ability people have to limit chaos and develop systems that encourage teamwork and prosperity is astounding. Although sin can limit the scope of manmade order, humankind has done an adequate job of using their brains to come up with processes in order to deal with their surrounding environment and fellow people. This can be seen throughout history, all the way from the beginning of everything up to modern times. In order to understand this truth, an examination of order in biblical creation, as understood by Plato, and order during the founding of the United States of America will be held.…
Within these two pieces by Plato, an apparent contradiction is made through Socrates, in the Crito and in the Apology. Through both articles, the audience is able to determine that Socrates is a person with imagination derived from the contradictions presented, such as being wrongfully convicted, but reluctant to elude his unjust penance. In the Apology Socrates defends himself against a jury and why he should not have to obey the law and be allowed to continue practicing Philosophy. Crito is a conversation had between Socrates and Crito, in this story Plato leads the audience to believe that Socrates know thinks it is unjust to disobey the ruling.…
To corrupt or damage the young is one of the most punishable crimes, for the young are our future. The Apology, written by Plato, is about Socrates debating for his life against several charges one being corrupting the young. Socrates began questioning the men considered wise in Athens after the oracle Pythian said there were none wiser than Socrates, as he went along it was found that these wise men, were in fact, not wise at all (21-22). While Socrates questioned crowds grew and people began to follow him and listen to what he had to say, many young men of rich families followed him. Theses rich families were not fond of the questioning Socrates did, and less so with their sons following him (23b-c).…
What are the charges against Socrates as recorded in the Apology. Is he guilty of them? why or why not? In Plato’s Apology, there were several charges against Socrates during his trial.…
The Phaedo is perhaps one of the most well-known dialogues written by the ancient Greek philosopher, Plato. This dialogue recounts Socrates’ final hours before his death as told by Phaedo of Elis, one of the philosophers present during that time. Along with him were Crito and two other Pythagorean philosophers, Simmias and Cebes. The main focus of this dialogue is on the subject of immortality and the soul, and whether or not the soul will survive death. Socrates provides four arguments in which he aims to prove that the soul is in fact immortal.…
Murphy states that if there are problems in the world, the public will turn to political leaders for help. When those leaders require assistance they turn to the philosophers to aid in making moral decisions. After reading Plato’s Apology, and Euthyphro we are left with the question of what role should a philosophical attitude play in a life that is intelligently lived. The answer is that it is a key component, according to Plato and Murphy, in understanding how everything comes together proving how a philosophical attitude directly relates to an intelligent and morally lived life. Even though these three life styles are directly related I feel as though some explaining of them is necessary to understand why they are such an important role in our lives.…
The basis of his speech is from Diotima, and the meat of what he says comes from a retelling of their conversation. Socrates tells Agathon that the best way for him to understand love would be to retell what Diotima said to him, “As you noted, Agathon, one must first describe Love and his character, and then his works. I think the easiest thing would be for me to proceed as the foreign woman did, describing how she questioned me at that time” (Plato 39). He relies on Diotima’s wisdom for his argument, and thus his speech is stronger than it would have been if he had no clear ideas about anything and was simply contributing another theory. It is surprising to think that the great Socrates’ is taking knowledge from another, but it is more surprising that Diotima is…
Over time, Plato overheard Socrates, and became his…
Socrates has been seen as a hero known for seeking the truth who sacrificed his life for philosophy. Socrates, a philosopher, was executed by his community for standing alone against his community and daring to question the sacred beliefs that existed. Although Socrates was seen as a hero for some, there were many who saw Socrates as a dangerous figures. Aristophanes’ Clouds, portrays Socrates as a threat to the political community for undermining the laws that govern the community. Aristophanes’ Clouds presents a conservative yet comedic mocking of what goes against the community in attempt to protect it.…
Every human being has the ability to decide what they believe and what they do not. At a very early age, we develop judgement that allows us to choose whether or not to accept certain claims. These assertions may be tempting, but our reasoning allows us to critically analyze the information with respect to all of our previous knowledge. These claims may be faith based, fact-based, or opinion. Without recognizing it, we take every bit of information we gather, analyze it, and decide whether we accept its validity.…
Plato portrays Socrates as the ideal philosopher, wise, with a curious mind and arrogant. In The Apology Plato tries to portray Socrates like the person he was. Some of the characteristic that I found in Socrates after reading The Apology was that he was arrogant and a proud person. In The Apology when Plato writes, “I lacked not words but boldness and shamelessness and the willingness to say to you what you would most gladly have heard from me” (Pg.12[39ed]). We can tell Socrates was a proud person.…