Pythia

The individual experience can cause great differences in human thought, as one’s self-awareness causes a specialized understanding of any given concept or form. Plato’s philosophy focuses largely on self-identity and awareness, which is likely derived from his brilliant teacher Socrates, who focused a great deal of his work on these very principles. Socrates highlights the individual experience as he explores piety and its many definitions in regard to his own self. In Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro…

predicted their future in various ways whether it was through coffee grounds, palm readings, or through the stars. Most commonly, they found the “truth” through the oracle. According to the Greeks, Apollo the god of the oracle spoke through the priestess Pythia who informed and gave advice to the many citizens who seeked it. They also believed that “fortunes of war could be swayed by the intervention of the gods”(Gaarder 55). Personally, I do believe in fate rather similarly. I believe that if…

Although Aristotle is well known for the work he has accomplished, his work toward The Principle of Non-contradiction is not correct, and could be proven wrong in many different ways. Aristotle states that the human race would not be able to comprehend studies, such as Science, Mathematics, etcetera if it wasn’t for The Principle of Non-contradiction, and that can be proven wrong. And hopefully after when all is done, it’ll be proven that Aristotle is wrong. In Aristotle 's early life (Age 17)…

Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the best interpreters of the Socratic tradition of philosophy because of how he used Socrates' meanings of philosophy in his Letter from Birmingham City Jail. King Jr. not only stated great key points of Socrates ideas throughout the letter but he also had many of the same beliefs as Socrates. However, one can argue that King Jr. mostly defended a racial problem throughout the letter and Socrates faced the facts about philosophy and what he believed to be just,…

The similarities and differences found in myths that validate Greek culture, are found throughout the textbook. We will look at oikos, kyrios, dowry rights, and how the characters did and did not represented Greek culture from myths. We will examine Greek culture on how the women were given specific rules to live by. How males had to obey the gods and were punished if they did not, according to myths. Some of the main characters we will observe are, Hercules, Clytemnestra, Pelops and other…

Greek mythology has played an important and lasting role in Greek and later civilizations. Greek mythology deals with the stories of gods and heros. The Greeks used these stories to try to explain and justify why things were in the world that they lived in. These stories were involved and used in the everyday culture of the Greeks. There are many different types of myth and legends although, they are not true they still are useful in understanding ancient Greece and their culture. Myths are…