Socrates

In Plato’s “Apology of Socrates,” Socrates is being put to trail for a number of contrived, almost fictional reasons. He’s being accused of strange charges, including impiety and “corrupting the youth”. Regarding his alleged impiety, where he is defending himself against Meletus, he states “is there anyone who believes in what is associated with human beings, but who doesn’t believe in human beings?” This defense proves right on Socrates’ part due to his own of beliefs of how the sun and moon…

I do not think that Socrates would be morally justified if he escaped the jail cell based off civil obedience. I think the biggest thing that plays a role here would be based off Socrates need to live a just life. Socrates states many times that he has spent his whole life making sure that he did right thing, and now it would be good to change based off a different situation. If he left even being held for the wrong reasons he would then be faced with the fear of being caught for leaving, which…

1. Why does Socrates say that he is not afraid of death? Why is he hopeful that death is good? What do you think about what he says? Socrates refuses to fear death because he feels “wherever a man has taken up a position because he considers it best, or has been posted there by his commander, that is where he should remain” (Plato 27) Faithfully taken up the position as a philosopher, Socrates has been commanded by his god to examine himself and others, which he claims “is the duty of leading a…

Socrates refers to himself as a gadfly in the sense that he is there to push the Athenians to find greater wisdom. He tries to push or what you would call “sting” them into action or in a sense criticize their way of thinking so that they can think deeper into what they feel is true and question it. Socrates is there to show that there is more to an examined life than an unexamined life. Meaning, if we don’t find greater knowledge the world and ourselves we will began to act without a reason…

Matthew Giglio in fear of disrespecting the law. Frustrated with the parole commissioners, MacKenzie stated in an essay that “giving a man legitimate hope is a laudable goal; giving him false hope is utterly inhuman” (qtd. in Jesse Wegman A18). Socrates believes that rhetoric should better one’s soul.…

The Unexamined Life In The Last Days of Socrates by Plato, Crito, an old student of Socrates, comes to visit Socrates in hopes of helping Socrates escape from his impending execution. Crito argues that not escaping from prison and avoiding his execution would be unjust. Socrates’ refusal to escape death relates to the maxim in the “Apology” through Crito’s arguments that if Socrates didn’t escape then he would be aiding in his own demise, allowing his children to be raised without him, and…

Socrates was a Greek Philosopher that was put on trial and killed because of his teachings. He was also charged with the following: not recognizing the Gods recognized by the state, inventing deities, and corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates claimed that the Men of Athens knew nothing and were ignorant. During the trial Socrates did not apologize or show remorse for his actions. In fact, he kept preaching and claiming that he was merely telling the truth. He explains that he believes it is…

Plato’s Euthyphro A1. Socrates explains to Meletus that he is under indictment. Socrates is being charged with two accusations: “corrupting the young” and “not believing in the gods.” A2. The two charges against Socrates are that he has been accused by Meletus for “corrupting the young “and “for not believing in the gods” in which the entire city believes. This is considered a tremendous accusation back then. A3. Euthyphro is in court because he prosecuted his own father for the murder of a…

In the court of Athens, Socrates was being tried for allegedly corrupting the youth, according to Meletus. Socrates argued that his corruption of the youth was done unintentionally and that there was no malicious intent in the conversations he had with them. Athens was a democratic state in which the people were able to think and speak freely. It will be argued that Socrates was not corrupting the youth because everyone in society has the potential to corrupt the youth. The analysis of this…

Republic, Socrates and Polemarchus debate the assertion “it is just to give to each what is owed to him,” that Simonides originally theorized. The postulation develops from Cephalus’ prior claim that a just man is one who “speaks the truth and repays his debts” (331d). Socrates undermines Cephalus’ definition of justice by proposing a scenario wherein a madman lends a sword to a friend, and the friend may either return the weapon or keep it from the obviously dangerous individual. Socrates…