Apology

Compare and Contrast Madeline What did President George Bush wrote in the letter? The envelope had a check of twenty thousand dollars and an apology for yoshiko. It had taken fifty years for an apology for mistakes. What had killed frank and where was he killed? Frank was killed in oregon when he was about to see his family and then he was killed by a sniper. You are going to learn all about japanese americans. I think in both stories are…

but really, they know nothing (Apology 29a). Plato is saying that mankind thinks they are smart for living a life of happiness now, but in reality, they don 't understand how ignorant they are for living this way. Life is so much more than what man is going through right now, and Plato says, "I mean, no one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all goods for people, but they fear it as if they knew for certain that it 's the worst thing of all” (Apology 29a). Plato believes people are…

the experiences of stolen generation that led to an Apology by the prime minister? “We today take this first step by acknowledging the past and laying claim to a future that embraces all Australians.” By Kevin Rudd. From the earliest 19s to 1970s, a number of native children were vigorously taken away from their families due to a number of different government policies. The generation of children who were separated from their families under these policies became to be known as the “Stolen…

Socratic Ignorance or Socratic Brilliance “For I’m only too aware that I’ve no claim to being wise in anything either great or small.” (Apology, 21b) Socrates declares his ignorance in the Apology with that phrase. Here, Socrates is asserting that he has no vast knowledge of any subject and he even continues to be doubtful of those who call him wise. However, before diving into the complex subject that is Socratic ignorance, the background of this fabled man needs establishing. Socrates lived…

many definitions in regard to his own self. In Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro, Socrates speaks with a sophist by the title name, searching for a universal definition of piety as a concept, concluding that such a form cannot be singularly defined. The Apology recounts Socrates’ trial, showing his defense statement, where he uses…

Through the Allegory of the Cave, Euthyphro, the “Socratic Method” and Apology, Plato describes how his philosophical system allow one to live the good life through philosophical examination because the “unexamined life is not worth living”. For Plato, philosophy is a process of constant questioning, and questioning necessarily takes the form of dialogue. Plato believed there is a never ending, unchanging form for everything in the natural world that exists in the world of ideas. The core…

collection of apologies made by the speaker of the poem. The speaker asks for the forgiveness of abstract items and items that are incapable of understanding or speaking back to the speaker. “Understanding Forgiveness”, the informational text published by PBS, psychologist Sandra Lyubomirsky differentiates forgiveness and justice.…

For the past couple of days White House aide, Kelly Sandler, has been under fire for her comment that was leaked during a closed meeting regarding Senator John McCain’s cancer and many demand an apology while others stress the importance of confidentiality in the White House. During a closed meeting on Thursday, a White House leak informed that Sandler had made a joke about John McCain’s opposition of Gina Haspel stating that he was dying anyway. The McCain family, other politicians, and…

Otto Warmbier, a highly intelligent individual attending the University of Virginia, had an adventurous and curious nature and had hopes of traveling to many different countries. Warmbier was visiting North Korea in January of 2016 with Young Pioneer Tours and was detained in the airport on the way back to the States on the grounds of allegedly stealing a propaganda poster. He was eager to hold a press conference where he apologizes to North Korean government for his actions and begs for…

inherent dissonance between these philosophies would lead Socrates to be unsupportive of Machiavelli’s concept of a prince, and consequently the political system Machiavelli would recommend he install, despite his apparent change in rhetoric from the Apology to the Crito. Throughout Plato’s interpretation…