Apology

The text “Plato’s Apology” written by Plato, serves as a record of Socrates’s defense to the Athenian court. Within this dialogue Socrates provides insight into how he goes about doing philosophy, in which way he believes that he is wise, and also uses the elenchus to counter the two charges that are brought against him. Plato’s apology details how Socrates goes about philosophy. Socrates when told by his friend Chaerephron that the Delphic Oracle that Socrates is the wisest man refuses the idea…

The Apology: Letters From a Terrorist, written by Laura Blumenfeld, details the her pursuit of Omar Khatib, the man who shot her father. Laura, thirteen years after her father was shot by Omar, writes of her encounter with the Khatib family as well as establishing a correspondence with Omar, who at the time was in prison, via an exchange of letters. Laura primarily uses juxtaposition, as well as pathos, to identify, and at times even to argue for or rationalize, the differing perspectives in the…

foundations of western philosophy, science, and mathematics. His greatest concern was political philosophy. He believed that political problems could not be solved through the opinions of ordinary people. Through his works such as The Republic and The Apology, Plato states his beliefs that the philosophers should be the ultimate rulers and that democracy is not the best form of government. According to Plato, democracy was imperfect and that the result of all democracies would be instability.…

people in Athens, Greece through out 300 BC. One of his most promising students, Plato, published his ideas into “The Apology” and “The Allegory of the Cave.” In these two readings Plato writes what Socrates thought about living an unexamined life, a life not worth living. In most Socrates’ teachings he said that you should not conform to others beliefs or ideas. In “The Apology” Plato is writing his version of what Socrates said while on trial for corrupting the youth of Athens and not…

In Plato’s The Apology of Socrates, the oracle at Delphi said that Socrates is the wisest. Socrates tried his hardest to fully understand what the oracle meant. He made it his mission to test the oracle’s statement. He went to people who have a reputation for wisdom and verified their knowledge through questioning. He discovered a great deal of ignorance and fabricated claims of knowledge. Nobody had a real genuine understanding, they just claimed they did. During his quest to find out what the…

Rhetorical for Analysis on “Apology for Study Done in Tuskegee” The well-known and public "Apology for Study Done in Tuskegee." from William (Bill) Jefferson Clinton was approached in a way that caught both the empathetic and ethical listeners’ ears. The speech, meant as a request for forgiveness from the 399 African American participants in government run study that failed to disclose to its participants that they were infected with syphilis and subsequently, denied the participants treatment…

some of the conflictions faced by some of the great philosophers of the past such as Socrates and François-Marie Arouet, also known as Voltaire. We learn much about their philosophy on life reading many works of the past. For Socrates, we have the Apology and the Allegory of the Cave found in Plato’s Republic, Book VII. For Voltaire, we have the Story of a Good Brahmin. How did both men view pain and pleasure? How did they view happiness? Were they entirely similar or different? In this paper, I…

Women and Men are not equal. Historically, men have assumed labor intensive jobs. Women in contrast, have taken jobs related to child rearing and housekeeping. It was actually not until the second world war were women, in mass kitchen exodus, started to take up factory jobs. Jobs which men used to hold exclusively. Through the ages poets and writers have speculated as to why there is a divide between men and women. Some have argued that this divide stems from culture. Others suggest that the…

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 three main charges against him is his religious beliefs, corrupting the young and also his views of the Athenians. Even though there were several prosecutors and evidence to prove Socrates guilty, he guarded his ground and remained true to his philosophies. He proved many of his beliefs with evidence that…

Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito have given us some background on the matter. This paper examines why Athens chose to wait so long to put Socrates on trial. There were many factors, such as, personal, political, cultural, and global, that influenced his trial in 399 BCE. Socrates was well known…