Pre-Socratic philosophy

I believe Socrates have given the good arguments overall and have reasons to justify all his points, but I’m not completely agree with all his opinion, especially in the case which Euthyphro is accusing his father of murder someone. Socrates is a very wise and willing to explain and defending himself even with paying the price of him own life. What is piety? One of the argument from Euthyphro is that what is piety and impiety to the gods. One of the definition that article provides is that…

Plato was a philosopher in classical Greece and the founder of the academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western world. Plato’s allegory of cave is from his work “Republic” in which he describes a group of people who are chained to the wall such that they cannot move at all , facing a blank wall and have lived like that for all their lives. They have no knowledge of the outside world so they are presented with shadows that are casted from the fire behind them, so…

Plato, as well as what the different roles of philosophy as highlighted by Socrates in the apology. Role of philosophy is the caring of the human soul, and the moral virtue that a person attains through a philosophical life. Socrates’ promotion of the pursuit of wisdom supported this role, as wisdom was necessary for virtue. The role was religious, and for Socrates originated from the gods. His commitment…

In ancient Greece, philosophy was basically the love for wisdom. Socrates who is the most known ancient philosopher, did not admit to have wisdom or knowledge. His philosophy was always a quest; never a body of knowledge or doctrine (Ansley, 1946).The aim of this essay is to discuss the roles of philosophy according to Socrates in the apology. This essay will include a brief background of the apology of Socrates, the first role namely human wisdom will be discussed and second role namely truth…

Sometimes, though, we discover that the truth of the matter is that there is no truth. However, I believe that in this specific piece of philosophy, the questions asked are not meant to be answered, but rather we are to question the answers that have been given. This is in fact, exactly what Socrates does. Socrates continually points out the inconsistencies and fallacies involved in many of…

Sevastia Moundros Philospohy 110 DLC Why then: Socrates was an important historical figure as a Greek philosopher, he lived between 470-399 B.C. Socrates was disliked by many people but also had many followers. He had a profound influence on Western philosophy along with his students. He was a huge questioner of everything and everyone. He had a distinct style of teaching, he asked question after question, so his students can come to their own understandings. Socrates was eventually accused of…

change his way of thinking about the questions that are being asked of him. The flaws in this dialogue are key to the purpose of the Meno. While there are no final answers to the meaning of virtue, there are lessons that can be extracted from the Socratic method. Lessons in the theme of justice serve as effective contemplation within the dialogue that provide insight into virtue. There are numerous occasions…

The allegory of the cave is meant to be a visual aid for Plato, through Socrates, to show how philosophers come to be from a common crowd, how they come to understand the forms, and how they should teach those who do not understand the forms and be the ones who rule over the city. A second way to view the allegory is as a description of how education begins even today. Plato starts off by comparing ignorance to living in a cave with limited knowledge, which makes sense when one thinks about how…

Socrates is a philosopher known for his teachings in Athens. He taught his entire life, where no one would bother him. Socrates was accused of corrupting the youth and inventing new gods at the age of seventy. For varies reasons which will be discussed later, the city of Athens chose to wait till this age to prosecute and execute him. Socrates chose to accept his fate instead of escaping to avoid execution. Over the course of time, reading the Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito have given us some…

In Plato’s work Meno, Socrates and Meno discuss the ability to learn. They argue that there is no true learning, only recollection and remembering topics. Meno’s Paradox is presented in this work and essentially states that there is no way for humankind to learn. I wholeheartedly disagree with Meno’s statement on the capability of acquiring new knowledge. In my paper, I will explain Meno’s Paradox and Socrates’s claim about recollection. I will then argue against Meno’s paradox and discuss my…