Meno

This is shown in the Meno where Meno’s slave boy was shown to have the knowledge to solve geometrical problems and simply needed guidance through dialectic to answer correctly. The Allegory of the Cave shows that the prisoners have knowledge of what objects are from being able…

abstraction that are innate. Here is what Chomsky referred as Plato's Problem, demonstrating the gap between knowledge and experience. Plato's Problem is originated on illiterate boy could understand geometric principles, is most clearly illustrated in the Meno dialogue, in which Socrates demonstrated that only by the recollection of facts the boy…

The goal of a definition, for Socrates, is to understand a concept in a way it cannot be refuted. This means the answer must be clear in what the concept is and what it is not. Many times a concept goes undefined in Plato’s Socratic works due to the particularity of Socrates’ method. What a concept truly is is never accurately defined to Socrates’ liking, but what it is not is very clear. Therefore it can be argued that goal of a true Socratic definition is not finding out what a concept is, but…

and not fear a corrupt government put a stop to my opinions or choices. As much as I love my country, I do admit its faults and realize my life here is one I cherish and never take for granted. In the words of my father, “En el Peru, tu vida vale menos,” which means, in Peru, your life is of less value. Ultimately, the spirit of liberty nowadays is very much different to that of revolutionary times and when this nation was first built. So many different people live here that have their own…

We can not be good, but we can perceive good. In the following of excellence we will all invariably miss the mark, because when dealing with “the good” the mark is infinitely small. After all “excellence” is ongoing, an approach to perfection. The question: Why should we be good? Is asking why take a shot at all. Why should we (in the broadest sense) be good (follow our own perceived path to excellence, God 's kingdom, prestige etc.) Because the efforts we make toward our own individual good…

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice in 1678 during the Baroque era. He was a violinist, teacher and cleric and is today recognized as one of the greatest baroque composers of all time. Many of Vivaldi’s works were written for a female music ensemble at Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage where he worked at as a priest for 39 years of his life. Part of Vivaldi’s works included 12 sonatas that he wrote for violin and basso continuo. These works would have been performed by small…

Plato covered a lot of philosophical ground during his life. To summarize all of his ideas would require an entire book. My goal with this section is to hit on Plato’s big ideas so that a beginning student can have a good grasp of what Plato was all about, see how his philosophy continues to influence Western culture today, and, hopefully, be inspired to dig deeper into his work. The Tripartite Nature of the Soul Because so much of Plato’s philosophy grows out of his view of the nature of the…

Over the past two thousand years, professors, students and philosophers have studied Socrates’ sayings with much admiration on his wisdom. Socrates’ most prestigious words come bravely when he is facing his own death. In Socrates’ last dialogue, the Phaedo, Socrates argues for the existence of the soul by giving four arguments as to why the soul is eternal. He argues the argument from opposites, argument from the equal also known as the theory of recollection, the argument from affinity, and the…

Critical Commentary Introduction “Is Hyperloop the Future of Travel” is an article from BBC that talks about Hyperloop, a conceptual transportation system that would shorten travel time by a great amount. I choose this article because I like travel and I believe that travel will become easier and faster in the near future because of innovations and new technology such as Hyperloop. This article mainly focuses on two parts: the first part explains what Hyperloop is and how it works; the second…

In the court of Athens, Socrates was being tried for allegedly corrupting the youth, according to Meletus. Socrates argued that his corruption of the youth was done unintentionally and that there was no malicious intent in the conversations he had with them. Athens was a democratic state in which the people were able to think and speak freely. It will be argued that Socrates was not corrupting the youth because everyone in society has the potential to corrupt the youth. The analysis of this…