Socrates

Republic are questions of morality and justice. How do each of the characters Socrates interacts with define what makes something or someone moral? What is justice’s role in a functioning society? Cephalus: Socrates begins talking to Cephalus saying that he believes that we have a lot to learn from the old because they can tell us about what may lie ahead for us in life since they have experienced so much. Socrates asks Cephalus if it’s difficult to be on this threshold of old age, if he…

Name: Laoise Ni Chuinneagain Student number: 15523033 Plato’s philosophy is an attept to justify Socrates’ belief on the objectivity of moral virtues Introduction Socrates and Plato are considered by many two of the greatest philosophers the world has ever known. They took a different approach to the Metaphysical Philosophers of their time. The metaphysical philosophers such as Thales and Anaximenes tried to find an explanation other than mythical reasons for how the world came…

At the time of Socrates arrest he was 70 years old. He was arrested on the charges of believing in false gods and for corrupting the minds of the youth. These charges have philosophical reflections within them. This trial holds great importance for philosophy. The Trial of Socrates can also been seen as the Trial of philosophy. Socrates was a job less philosopher whose only form of income was what little donations received from others he met. Socrates walked around and spread knowledge and…

Socrates acknowledges his opponent's argument, its defense, and its criticism, and is able to culminate this knowledge into devastating blows to his opponent’s argument and subsequent rebuttals. This deep understanding and tactful precision allows Socrates to orchestrate a “good” argument. His argumentative prowess is best seen through his arguments with Euthyphro and Meletus. The Argument from the God's opinion is put forth by Euthyphro and consequently challenged by Socrates. Euthyphro states…

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, 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…

the little Peloponnesian town of Phlius, home to Echecrates. Echecrates is being gone to by Phaedo, one of Socrates' admirers who was available at his passing. Echecrates has heard the account of Socrates' trial (described in The Apology), yet has additionally heard that there was a long defer between the trial and Socrates' execution. Phaedo brings up that the day preceding the trial of Socrates, the Athenians had wrapped up the boat to Delos. Consistently, the Athenians send a boat to Delos to…

town of Athens, and was known for being one of Socrates followers; Socrates being an older man who loved philosophy. He was known for the “Socratic” method or dialogue, which involved questioning people on moral virtues. Generally people would realize that their arguments had faults, and then Socrates would explain to them why their arguments are faulty. This style of questioning is known as “elenchus.” In the book, “The Republic” by Plato, Socrates asks the meaning of Justice, and although the…

that Socrates did not believe in the God of Athens, which means as well that he is being accused of atheism. Meletus call that Socrates “did not believe in the gods of the city and doesn’t believe in other gods”. By Meletus claiming this of Socrates, at the same time he is accusing him for not believing in any God. Therefore, here we identify a contradiction within his accusation, as we see Socrates cannot at the same moment be an atheism and believe in other new divinities. The way Socrates…

I think Socrates’ best argument is the one he made in response to the charge of corrupting the youth. Socrates responds to this charge in two parts. He first attempt to show that Meletus’ charge is frivolous on the grounds that Meletus does not care for the youths . Socrates claims that "Meletus is a doer of evil, and the evil is that he makes a joke of a serious matter . . . and professes concern and keen anxiety in matters about which he has never had the slightest interest." Socrates prove…

In The Last Days of Socrates one gets to examine the character of Socrates through the eyes of Plato himself. Through each of the sections one is able to see the dilemma Socrates battles from philosophical questions, being put on trial for crimes he did not commit, given the dilemma to escape his death or face the punishment, and an explanation of why he was not afraid to die. By the end of the Phaedo it’s easy to see why Socrates is thought of as one of the greatest philosophers of the time…