Trial of Socrates

In the Greek system, active members of the chapter are noted as the foreground who help to influence and mold conceptions of self-identity in new and impressionable members and establish the groundwork for a life of prestige and elitism in their campus community. The search for identity is one of the most challenging issues that a college student will face. Often, the difficulty to precisely define individual identity is due to the fluidity and many multi-layered facets of identity. Personal…

1 Plutarch and Public Works Read the excerpt from Plutarch speech on public works programs on the course page. After you do, discuss the reasons Plutarch felt that Greece should appropriate funds to pay some of its citizens to do public works and building projects? ?Is there anything similar to this in the current structure of the United States government, or has there been in the past? ?Is/Was this a wise governing decision? Why or why not? In order for us to answer this question, we got to…

of the stronger” to people who have the authority or power to make rules and regulations for others to follow; Thus abiding by the laws and one will be Just, however, if one should break that laws, he /she is unjust. He then cited an example for Socrates that “the different forms of government make laws democratically, aristocratically, tyrannical, with a view to their several interests; and these laws, which are made by them for their own interests, are the justice which they deliver to their…

The debate for nurture vs. nature goes as far back as 350 b.c, between philosophers Aristotle, and Plato both trying to identify the driving force between human behavior. Although the term wasn't coined until 1869 by, Francis Galton. Plato believing that knowledge was present at birth, and that environment did not teach anything new. Aristotle theorized that humans are born with a clean slate, and everything about their behavior comes from their experiences. Both opinions are easily disproved in…

the Republic book VI and VII, Socrates argue about in the ideal city, a real Philosopher with good understanding of forms will promote a balanced cooperation with all the citizens in the city. The Philosopher Socrates mention actually is the king, and the king has to be intelligent, trustworthy and willing to lead an easy life, but Socrates point out that the king’s quality are not come naturally, it is come from the education and the study of the good. Just like Socrates sun and good analogy,…

state of sadness because they feel as though Socrates hypothesis has been disproven. But like always their mentor, Socrates, has a rebuttal towards Simmias. He recalls his discussion with them about the theory of recollection and asks if they still agree with him about its credibility. Simmias as well as others in the room agree that the theory is well grounded and a credible hypothesis because it is based on the theory of forms. Upon hearing this Socrates states how Simmias is contradicting…

Orwell presents his case regarding the fallibility of the human mind in several fashions throughout his book. He rejects the idea of mental “freedom” against oppression, and shows the futility of resistance, shown when Wilson recognizes Julia at the end of the book, but only loves Big Brother. The human mind, according to Orwell, cannot be trusted, and is best illustrated when Wilson states, “If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.” Even before he was mentally broken,…

Plato’s Symposium is a dialogue of a party that was thrown to honor Agathon on the success of his first tragedy. In order to explain what was discussed at the party, Apollodorus uses information that he’s gained from various sources to explain the events of the party as well as to explain the many eulogies given by men to honor the God, Love. At the party, the men decide to drink until they do not feel like doing so anymore and they also decide to eulogize Love; these eulogies cover a wide…

In Cultural Background the word παιδαγωγός is the word that was studied and it means a tutor or a guardian of boys as they went place such as school. Among the Greeks and the Romans the name was applied to trustworthy slaves who were charged with the duty of supervising the life and morals of boys belonging to the better class. The boys were not allowed so much as to step out of the house without them before arriving at the age of manhood. The use of guardian to refer to the Law would have been…

The character that I decided to stand by during this dialog is Socrates. It seems like he was the most logical and provided the most facts out of all of the characters. Socrates is for the people before he his for himself. Even though I connected most with Socrates I do stand by Callicles in some of his points. Socrates is basically the goody tushu of all the characters. When I say goody tushu, I mean that he is always trying to do the right thing. Regardless, of the consequence he may face…