Sophist

In Chapter 2, “The Greek World”, I learned that in ancient Greece, they believed in the balance of philosophy. Their two traditions of “philosophia,” were Pre-Socratic which focusses on the natural world and Sophist which focusses on the human mind (power point 2). Hippocrates was known as the father of medicine and he focused on natural philosophy. According to the power point, he would have patients undergo physical and spiritual cleansing. Hippocrates was also famous for his healing, teaching…

character and contributions. Anytus was not seeking wisdom, nor did he want to learn. The contrast of each character shows different willingness to learn. The slave was of lower power in society but he did have an open mind and willingness to learn. Sophists…

In both The Republic and Antigone, the reader finds a set of characters who have different beliefs on the idea of justice. The Republic follows the story of Socrates, a philosopher who questions what justice means to everyone he meets throughout the day. He creates conflict between characters by questioning every answer they give. In Antigone, King Creon has prevented the burial of one of his nephews involved in a civil war with his brother. Antigone is found desperate to bury her brother since…

emphasized the idea of virtue that an individual should possess. Both of the philosophers constructed the above mentioned idea because at their time, the Sophists were the one responsible for teaching the students but then, some critics said that they were not properly teaching the real things because of their vested interest. Another thing, the Sophists were not able to establish a specific school of thought that would cater the students, and also, there were no organization among them, thus…

In On Secular Authority, Luther outlines his famous “Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms”, where he argues for an understanding of two realms of authority and action; the realm of God and the Kingdom of the world. For Luther the Kingdom of God exist in the lives of Christians and the church, and is to be understood in terms of spiritual authority and commands of Christ. The Kingdom of the World exists for non-Christians, and consists of magistrates and secular authorities. It is these authorities that…

In order to discern the personas of Socrates, one can create an image of him and his scope using the works of Aristophanes and Plato; specifically Clouds, Ion and The Republic. Even though Socrates’ thoughts and ideas were never personally composed, one can dissect the works of these authors in order to adequately gain an understanding of Socrates’ convictions as a philosopher. There is a solid distinction between the two authors; Plato wrote mostly philosophical dialogues, whereas Aristophanes…

In 399 B.C.E the athenian philosopher socrates, stood on trial for: corrupting the youth, believing in false God’s not of the city, for studying things in the heavens and below the earth, and for making the lesser argument into the stronger. Of the four charges Socrates was only technically on trial for corrupting the youth and believing in false God’s not of the city. However in order to defeat these two charges he must first defeat the other two in the eyes of the jury. Socrates would argue…

Ancient Greece Reading Challenge: 5.2 Required Reading: Ancient Greece: 1. Explain the importance and development of the Greek city-state and the difference between a citizen and a non-citizen: A city-state have city or town that is surrounded by villages and farmland. The city-states in Greek were very independent and they often quarreled. The citizens were strongly patriotic. Many of them participated in public affairs. Only citizens could own land and participated in the government.…

In this paper I will argue that Socrates’s claim at 96c-d of the Meno that virtue cannot be taught because there are no teachers of virtue is not valid. Specifically, I will show Socrates reasoning and claim as to why there are no teachers of virtue, which means virtue cannot be taught. Then I will demonstrate why Socrates’s reasoning is false due to a missed detail in his argument. I conclude Socrates’s reasoning behind his arguments are mostly logical and sound, however he made the mistake of…

believe in God, the does Justice matter?" asked by Daniel Frankel. The answer is no, Justice would not matter if one did not believe in Him and I will prove my thesis through the definitions of Justice in the eyes of Cephalus, his son Polemarchus & a sophist named Thrasymachus. In Book 1 of the Republic, Socrates asked an old man by the name of Cephalus, what Justice was. To that, the old man replied that Justice is living up to your legal obligations & being…