Apology

Throughout history the concept of death has continually sparked many arguments, theories and views. This is seen in two older playwrights’ in particular, Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Plato’s The Apology. These pieces question their society’s attitudes towards suicide and further argue for a social re-characterization of the opinions of death at the time. Through this argument it can be concluded that these texts analyze suicide in a positive light, promoting and encouraging the benefits of death and…

A skeptic is a person that “suspends judgement about reality”. Montaigne is a well known skeptic, that is a firm believer that people should allow things to happen naturally because as humans, we have no say in how things will turn out. In the Apology of Raimond Sebond, Montaigne defends Sebond against his critics by claiming that one should allow things to run their course because the only way to arrive at the truth is by rejecting new disciplines of others, rejecting one’s own abilities to…

“In what relation the Apology of Plato stands to the real defence of Socrates, there are no means of determining.” This is a quote from Plato’s Apology, it is the beginning line and it explains the whole dialogue. It sets the stage for the rest of the reading. Plato’s Apology is a dialogue where Plato basically narrates Socrates life. It is one of four dialogues that he does about Socrates. The only things we know about Socrates are things that Plato wrote down for him, Socrates wasn’t much of a…

lost. Case Study Apple’s Apology in China In the People’s Republic of China in April 2013, Apple CEO Timothy D. Cook apologized to PRC customers for Apple’s warranty policy and promised to rectify any wrongs resulting from that policy. In a negotiation research study by Professor William W. Maddux of INSEAD, researchers compared reactions to apologies in the United States and in Japan. They discovered that in “collectivist cultures” such as China and Japan, an apology can be an effective…

"Eve's Apology in Defense of Women" He never sought her weakeness to reprove, (805) With those sharp words, which he of God did hear: Yet Men will boast of Knowledge, which he took From Eve's fair hand, as from a learned Book. (Lanyer, "Eve's Apology," charlesyoungs.com) The implication is that although each had a part in the sin, and Adam did not blame Eve for "her weakness," man still goes on to "boast of knowledge... from Eve's fair hand." Man's knowledge of Good and Evil, the basis for all…

In both Plato’s “Apology” and Emerson’s “The American Scholar”, the two authors focus on a similar topic: the characteristics and examples of a man thinking. Emerson discusses the American Scholar, also known as the “man thinking”. A “man thinking” is rare in a community. This individual is one who thinks outside of the norms and is not easily influenced by society’s common beliefs. In Plato’s Apology, Plato presents Socrates whose actions allow us to believe that he is an example of a “man…

To start off my apology I would like to start by saying that I know what I have done is not what I should be doing and every time that I do something that is against the rules other people think that it is ok to break the rules too and I know that I have a lot of people looking up to me so I am not being a very good role model for the people around me. I know the 9th graders look up to us when we are in bible class. Like the other day in class I said something funny and they all laugh and even…

eudaimonia. The idea of eudiamonia encompasses the concept of living a fulfilling and good spirited life, which embodies the premise around human flourishing. It is evident throughout Plato’s works Crito and Apology that Socrates lived a life full of human flourishing. Throughout Crito and Apology Socrates leads a fulfilling life which embodies the idea of human flourishing throughout his life through virtue explained by Aristotle. His teachings were extremely integral to his lifestyle that he…

Justin Martyr’s first apology is written to the Roman Emperor of the time, Titus Aelius as well as his son Verissimus the Philosopher and another, Lucius the Philosopher, son of Caesar. To clarify, this letter was not exclusively written to these three, but rather it was written as an open letter to Rome as well*. Thus, expanding the impact of Justin’s apology beyond the ears of a few power individuals who might suppress such a letter from the public. Justin’s intent with this letter was to…

search and acquisition of wisdom to enrich the soul, yet attaining the promise itself is elusive — it is an endless path of questioning ourselves and the world around us. This paper will compare and contrast Socrates' attitude about philosophy in his Apology and Allegory of the Cave with the Good Brahmin's attitude…