Socrates

The significance of Socrates’ enlightenment is similar to standing on the shoulders of giants and viewing an attitude about philosophy. In light of his teaching, stories such as Allegory of the Cave and Apology by Plato seem to parallel work authored by Voltaire. Voltaire’s The Good Brahmin is a metaphorical story about a Brahmin man sensing his life pursuit toward knowledge and wisdom has left him burdensome and empty. To illustrate, the Brahmin man states, “I teach others and myself am…

During this ancient Greek classical time, this era was considering as dominant in achieving culture and military. Socrates at the time was also a quite famous philosopher, with his Socratic method and his fearless characteristic he was being admire by many other people and raised many issues to the society at that time but also created a lot of enemy because he insulted them and appear to be threaten to them. Eventually, these was lead him to the trial and accused of not believing in state’s god…

words are impactful to whomever they’re delivered. Admired are the individuals who realize a moment to persuade and seize it readily. Harvey Milk is one such individual. Milk’s role as a rhetorician can be likened to that of Socrates in Plato’s The Trial and Death of Socrates, and his speech works to address his historically situated audience, the San Francisco City citizens and government, and their largely anti-gay mentality, through…

The Last Days of Socrates is a collection of dialogues written by Plato about his former teacher Socrates. Within the dialogues, the character of Socrates is built through his actions and his interactions with various people. While Plato is clearly intending to write about one clear character, his teacher Socrates, when analyzing the text there are visible inconsistencies about Socrates and his beliefs. Specifically, when comparing Socrates’ actions in the Apology, it is evident that his…

philosopher named Socrates. He is brought to court because of corrupting the youth and not believing in Gods. In response against his accusers, Socrates maintains that being sentenced to death is a possibility. While others fear death, as it is an evil; he does not fear it as he views death positively. According to Socrates, death is an advantage. His spiritual sign suggests this idea as well. Throughout his defense, Socrates has consistent idea of death to being good thing. Socrates does not…

I am arguing that Socrates’ argument is sufficient to establish the truth of his conclusion that he has contributed to the city in Plato’s Apology. In the Apology, Socrates is being put on trial for his “crimes” against the city. He is already convicted of corrupting the youth and disbelieving in the gods and is awaiting his sentencing. Socrates wants to be given free meals for what he has not done for the city. He believes that what he has done is not worthy of death, but that he should be…

Early on in Republic, it is clear that Socrates cares deeply about the idea of justice. However, he and his company cannot seem to agree on a proper definition of the word. They do, however, agree on various examples of what is not just. One such example is Socrates’ statement that “human beings who have been harmed necessarily become more unjust.” However, this statement implies that the only way to be just is to do what is best for society as a whole, rather than accounting for each…

time, around 409 BC, Plato met Socrates and became his follower. Socrates was a famous figure in the city of Athens due to his intellectual unorthodoxy. Plato found his interest in philosophy because of Socrates. It is the thought that Socrates directed his disciple’s studies toward the questions of virtue and how it establishes itself in the decency of human character. Plato observed the trial and execution of Socrates carried out by the Athenian democracy. Socrates was charged by the…

As a response to Meletus’ accusations, that he had been a negative influence on Athens, Socrates deconstructed his claims and revealed them to be inconsistent. More specifically, Meletus claimed that Socrates had corrupted the youth of Athens and failed to acknowledge the gods the city worshiped while encouraging daimonic activity. To address this charge, it must be broken into two main fragments or claims. They can be categorized as: corrupting the community and denying the existence of gods.…

The Crito takes place in the prison that Socrates was held in while he awaited his execution. During that time, his friend Crito came to visit and told Socrates of the plan he made to sneak him out of prison and into another country. Socrates death would come as a bad representation for his friends because everyone will think that they did nothing to try and free him. However, Socrates decides to stay in prison. By doing this, he will leave his sons fatherless and will aid his enemies who…