Dialogue Essay

then celebrates the friendship he had with Atticus and records the dialogue between Laelius and other characters as a representation of the friendship he had with Atticus. Through reading the dialogue the reader can determine that Laelius truly loved his friend. Furthermore, this dialogue displays the way the Romans viewed and defined friendship while also displaying the value in having a good friend. Cicero utilizes this dialogue to convey that the Romans considered friendship as a treasure…

Plato’s dialogue “Crito” starts off with Socrates being visited in his jail cell by a long time friend, Crito. Socrates is in jail because he was sentenced to death for a few reasons. One include engaging in inquiries into things beneath the Earth and in the heavens, and of making the weaker argument appear stronger and teaching it to others. They were accusing him of being sophist, in other words, a teacher of the higher. For these charges he was sentenced to death, but had a chance to rebuttal…

way we live our lives and the responses we have to issues we hear about is all grounded in ethics. Before taking this philosophy course, I had morals and an idea of what is right or wrong but didn’t know about the ethical lenses. I chose to do my dialogue with Nicole Tomasello, one of my roommates. It took place at the dormitories before spring break. Her point of view was of interest to me because we are from different backgrounds and have been raised in a different environment. In general, I…

The podcast deals with the dialogue “Plato’s Republic” written around 400 BC, which discusses the meaning of justice and what it truly means to be just. Firstly, a background in ancient Greece’s politics was offered, speaking of the appeals and brutal regimes of government prior to democracy being restored. The major issue addressed in the podcast is the execution of Socrates by the majority of Athens for the corruption of youth in and the introduction of gods that the Greeks did not once…

There are always two sides to every story. In the Selected Satires of Lucian, we get Lucian’s view of the gods. In this paper, we will analyze the two “Dialogues of the Gods,” X & X. We will interpret the scrutiny of Lucian’s perspective on them. Lucian has learned through Homers poetry the characteristics of the Greek gods. Lucian Judges all gods and allows the reader to journey to see things you’ve never seen before. He allows us to understand that there is no universal order between wealth…

Plato’s dialogue Phaedo is one of his most famous works, as it concerns the death of Socrates and the philosophical concepts associated with his death. The Phaedo dialogue is considered to be a part of Plato’s “middle period” in that it is a firm description of Plato’s philosophical thought and not simply a direct recollection of what was said by Socrates. Plato covers multiple themes, the most important of which being his idea of the “realm of the forms,” arguments for the mortality of the…

Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems P1) Over a twenty four hour period, the sun and planets can be seen moving from the east direction to the west direction. P2) The earth could not be moved by two motions like other planets, because there is no variance in the rising and setting of the heavens. P3) If the Earth moved, a dropped object would travel in the direction that the earth itself is moving and would be slowed down by said motion. Scientific experiments have exhibited that…

The four theories of personal identity—body theory, soul theory, memory theory, brain theory— are very well discussed in John Perry's book, A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality. In an argument between Gretchen Weirob, Sam Miller, and Dave Cohen, all these theories are put into question in a discussion about the possibility of life after death. Overall, throughout the book , in these discussions it seems as if the body theory wins the argument for having more pros and fewer cons than…

This dialogue is between two friends and fellow students. Victor’s religious views are against the idea of physician assisted suicide; whereas Dawn supports the idea of having the option. Victor presents many moral opinions that Dawn opposes in favor of her own views. Victor: Dawn, have you been informed that California has legalized physician-assisted suicide2? It is absurd! Dawn: Actually, I am aware, and I am proud to be in the fifth state to legalize physician-assisted suicide3. It is…

kill innocent people. It would be better if we decide to change the racial hatred for the compression, the luxuries for humility, the missiles for helping the people who live in poverty. All these terrible things we can prevent by means of a passive dialogue. Consecutively, one of the worst conflicts in the history of the United States was the My Lai Massacre. The responsible for the spilling of innocent blood is the soldiers called Charlie Company. My Lai was a Village with about 700…