Socrates

interesting point: People resist change. In the Apology of Socrates, Socrates strongly challenges the city through philosophy, but in Crito, he submits to the laws of the city because it is ultimately the just thing to do. Because Socrates challenges the laws, he is sentenced to death, so it is not easy for Socrates to be a philosopher. In addition, Athens has a difficult reaction to philosophy. However, ultimately, Athens benefits…

Socrates fulfills the will of god by inquiring into the wisdom of people: “God orders me to fulfil the philosopher's mission of searching into myself and other men.” (Plato, 30). Socrates’ accusers hate him because he “[...]went and tried to explain to [them] that [they] thought [themselves] wise, but [were] not really wise” (Plato, 23). Socrates’ three main accusers are Meletus, Anytus, and Lycon. Each of Socrates’ accusers represents a different thing. Meletus represents the quarrels of the…

bodies. This paper will explore the immortality of the soul as discussed by Socrates in The Apology, Crito and Phaedo and learn his great lessons regarding human life. The Apology is regarding Socrates defense of himself at the time of his trial. Socrates, a wise philosopher is brought in the courtroom and the Athenian jury convicts him on corrupting the youth and not believing in God. The Oracle of Delphi pronounced Socrates the wisest of the Greeks and the world. He went around systematically…

In the year 399 B.C Socrates was brought before a jury of about 500 of his peers and sentenced to death. His crimes were impiety, worshiping new gods, and corrupting the youth of Athens. it is seemingly unusual that these crimes would lead to a death sentence especially since Athens was a democracy that prided itself greatly on freedom of speech, and technically all that Socrates did was talk. But after reading the history of the years surrounding Socrates death it is not at all difficult to…

Naturally, when reading a book where the main focal point is virtue, we expect to be able to have a solid understanding of what it is. However, in Plato’s Meno, Socrates leaves Meno, and the readers, waiting and thirsting for more knowledge. When we come to this point, Socrates’ teaching method is successful. The process of his method is as follows: 1: Pose a question. 2: Think about what you think you know about the question topic. 3: Go under intense inquiry about said topic where all of…

Plato’s Apology, the oracle of Delphi is said to state that the Socrates is the wisest of all men. Socrates himself does not initially understand why his God would make such a claim and sets out to discover his reasoning behind it. In doing so he, according to Socrates, he discovers that it is the fact that he himself does not believe to hold any knowledge or wisdom of great virtue which thus actually makes him the wisest of man. Socrates comes to this discovery by exploring commendable…

In the Apology Socrates is accused of being an atheist and corrupting the youth by Meletus, and other people who Socrates “tested their wisdom”. They are strongly offended by Socrates’ words, and decided to bring Socrates to this trial to get him punished. Socrates has defended himself, and he is not guilty of any accuses. However, the jurors, on behalf of the whole citizen body of Athens, decide that Socrates is guilty, and the punishment is a death penalty rather than an exile. Behind this…

In book eight of The Republic, Socrates offers his thoughts on Democracy, and whether or not this form of government aids in fostering a successful state. He ultimately concludes that Democracy contains too many flaws, yet the qualities he admires compel him to stay faithful to Athens. Despite declaring Democracy as the “second worst” form of government, Socrates specifically liked its (Democracy) inherent qualities of diversity and freedom of speech. These two qualities are rare in the other…

Socrates In the sixth century Socrates was not your common man you saw walking around Greece. He was a rather ugly guy that had a burning desire, a desire to study nature and the scope of knowledge within other humans. He looked at the world much differently than others around him. Rather than studying science and cosmology he pursued ethics and logic with his time. Socrates taught other human beings that the main goal of life was to find happiness within his soul. Only then you would truly be…

In the Crito, Socrates argues that it would be morally impermissible for him to escape jail and evade execution, despite being expected to, because he has made a just agreement being choosing to live in Athens to follow its rules. He argues that if one chooses to stay in a city, one can try to persuade the government to change its laws or it must obey them, even if they are unjust laws. Socrates’ argument shows that he would be an ardent opponent of Dr. Martin Luther King’s civil disobedience…