Socrates

I have come to accept that Socrates’ assertions and ideas on this topic are right. While the philosopher Cicero believed that we can know nothing, Socrates believed that we can know things. Socrates’ belief that we can know things is logical; for example, while time is based on a social construct, we can know how old we are and the dates on which significant events occurred in history. Although, he does makes a distinction between knowledge and understanding. Socrates believed that the…

Plato’s Defence of Socrates is important because makes us understand life in terms of knowledge, ignorance and personal interest. The Defence of Socrates made it clear that we should always stand up for what is right like the way Socrates did by accepting his death punishment rather than accepting imprisonment or banishment and he will stop philosophizing. In this paper, I will explain Socrates philosophy and I will state my point of view in the definition of philosophy and open question. In…

Who is Socrates? Was he nothing more than a 70 year old man who became an infamous figure in history due to his refusal to be part of the Athenian norm? How about a senior citizen during roman era who caught the eyes of many through quick thinking and persuasive rambling? Or maybe, he really was that great knowledgeable speaker destined to introduce the whole concept known as philosophy, who just happened to open the eyes of many; such as Plato and Aristotle. Socrates, now known as the father of…

Socrates' claim in the Apology that "the unexamined life is not worth living for a human being," had much meaning to it. For Socrates, philosophizing is the way to answer “what is the best way of life”. It is important to use our reason to discover the truth on how to live a happy life. Personally, living life following blind faith, believing things just because it is heard from another, living like a sheep, is not the way to know what makes you happy. The only way to find what will truly make…

can tell me, Socrates, whether virtue is teachable or, if not teachable, at least a product of habituation" (70A). These opening lines center the dialogue around Meno's paradox and the doctrine of recollection, presented by Socrates. Meno believes that an understanding of virtue can come to be understood or reached by exploring examples of virtue. This answer, as to whether virtue is teachable, or as to what the essence of virtue is, is dissatisfactory to Socrates. In the eyes of Socrates, the…

of Socrates In life it can be very easy to tell when someone doesn't know what they are talking about, but there are the few who can disguise their ignorance. Socrates is one of those few, he is able to trick his peers into believing he has superior knowledge to what is and what isn't, but in reality he creates and develops his ideas as he is going in the Republic, his ideas are improvised and molded around the questions and comments his peers give to him. Throughout the Republic, Socrates…

Socrates, why aren’t you ashamed that your way of life will probably lead to your death? To answer your question, I have absolutely no shame of who I am. “There you are mistaken: a man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider whether in doing anything he is doing right or wrong - acting the part of a good man or of a bad.” Actions are not be based on the justification of life and death, but rather who you are as a person. The…

Socrates was unjustly convicted in 399 BC by a group of five hundred of his fellow Athenians who charged him with impiety and sentenced him to death. Impiety was prominent throughout the kingdom but Socrates was convicted without hard evidence that he practiced it. Socrates was obsessed with wisdom and he made many enemies on his quest to be wise. His beliefs ld him to challenge many important people including politicians, religious leaders, poets, and artisans. Socrates believed in evaluating…

Additionally, Socrates has a family and a life outside of philosophy and even still he maintains his position towards death upon being convicted; that he will make no judgments on it and will go through with being sentenced if it means there is a chance that in death he can teach again. Philosophy and challenging peoples assumptions is Socrates vocation and something that he is truly passionate about. Socrates, like philosophy, has no biases and does what he does for his own enjoyment and his…

complex question that as we follow in the discussion between philosophers Socrates and Euthyphro, provides us with further insight on the benefits of calling everything into question. This discussion begins with a satirical attempt by Socrates to explore and ultimately disprove Euthyphro’s ignorant claim of being wise in all such matters as the court and religion. Ironically enough, in the case we are presented with, Socrates is awaiting his own trial on charges of impiety and proposes this…