Caroline Yun
Prof. Ward, Moran Stern
GVPT241 – 0104
7 October 2015
Prompt Two
Knowledge and Wisdom In both ancient Greece and today’s day and age, everyone is perceived to have knowledge, or at least some extent of it. However, it is true that while nearly everyone may obtain knowledge, not everyone also obtains wisdom. In Plato’s ‘Apology of Socrates’ from The Trial and Death of Socrates, Socrates, the legendary philosopher, explains and defends his philosophical thoughts and beliefs. There is a wide misconception that Socratic knowledge means to not know anything. Socratic knowledge, as told by Socrates, is actually related to the concept of ‘justified, true belief’ – to know something, one must have belief about something as well, because when an individual knows something, he or she also needs full belief in it. Knowledge contains the concept or idea to firstly be true, for the individual at hand to believe in it, and for the justification of the person to believe it. In fact, Socrates, in ‘Apology’, states that he would be willing to die because he is so confident in his claims of knowledge (Plato 29D). On the other hand, Socratic wisdom is linked with “…discuss[ing] virtue every day and those other things about which you hear me …show more content…
In terms of knowledge, Socrates answers his charges by saying that he is not a ‘sophist’ (one with
Prof. Ward, Moran Stern
GVPT241 – 0104
7 October 2015
Prompt Two
Knowledge and Wisdom In both ancient Greece and today’s day and age, everyone is perceived to have knowledge, or at least some extent of it. However, it is true that while nearly everyone may obtain knowledge, not everyone also obtains wisdom. In Plato’s ‘Apology of Socrates’ from The Trial and Death of Socrates, Socrates, the legendary philosopher, explains and defends his philosophical thoughts and beliefs. There is a wide misconception that Socratic knowledge means to not know anything. Socratic knowledge, as told by Socrates, is actually related to the concept of ‘justified, true belief’ – to know something, one must have belief about something as well, because when an individual knows something, he or she also needs full belief in it. Knowledge contains the concept or idea to firstly be true, for the individual at hand to believe in it, and for the justification of the person to believe it. In fact, Socrates, in ‘Apology’, states that he would be willing to die because he is so confident in his claims of knowledge (Plato 29D). On the other hand, Socratic wisdom is linked with “…discuss[ing] virtue every day and those other things about which you hear me …show more content…
In terms of knowledge, Socrates answers his charges by saying that he is not a ‘sophist’ (one with