Trial of Socrates

were many philosophers who contributed greatly to our way of thinking and living. In classical and Hellenistic Greece Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle became some very important philosophers that even to this day their ideas continue to affect us in our everyday lives. The ideas of Socrates affect us today in our day to day lives, because they make us question many things. One of Socrates ideas was to “know thyself, he urged self-examination and questioning of one’s own and others ideas and…

Socrates and Phaedrus discuss love and erotic love throughout the dialogue of Plato’s Phaedrus. The dialogue also discusses rhetoric itself and the ways in which it is and should be practiced, as well as subjects such as metempsychosis. The dialogue in Phaedrus does not allow for any introductions to explain the story. This is somewhat unusual as it comes as a first-hand dialogue, uninterrupted by nobody and nothing. It plays out almost as if we are witnessing the events ourselves. Socrates’…

Plato’s Crito In Plato’s knowledgeable scrip, Crito, Socrates argues that retaliation is wrong. That if he was to leave the prison and scape Athens then his credibility won’t be of the one he had before he committed that crime. It is also mentioned, that doing so and escaping not only would do harm to his reputation but would be bad to return a wrong with a wrong. I believe that Socrates argument of retaliation is true and I would definitely side with his understanding on escaping the prison.…

` Apolgoy Socrates is very well known in the Athens community for several of things he is known for being an influential part of the young people in Athens lives. Which was seen to be a negative thing. Socrates is facing the death penalty, he is accused of being a criminal and also for meddling in matters where he has no business to be in “He makes the worst cases look better” for this he is guilty. Throughout his…

In Mythology by Edith Hamilton, the Greeks thought love was extremely important, but also hurtful, deadly, and destructive. The Greeks treat the love myths in a way that is different from most of our modern-day ideas of love. In the love stories, love is described as a force which ends in a tragic tale of death. Also, many stories of unrequited love that ends in sadness when address their love to the objects they fall in love with. The stories of “Pygmalion and Galatea”, “Narcissus” and…

Socrates is one of the best known Greek philosophers from Athens. He is founder of Western philosophy. His philosophies are well known and are studied by thousands of people in today’s world. The way he used to communicate with people was by cross-questioning; this method is known as “The Socratic Method”. This method used to leave people confused. Because of his method he is known as ignorant but he used to think he was wise man because he knew the fact that people think is being ignorant. The…

conditions. Euthyphro attempts to convict his own father of murder not because the gods wanted him to, but because he believed convicting his father was morally right. Euthyphro believes anyone who commits murder should suffer some sort of consequence. Socrates asks many questions in hopes of having Euthyphro realize his decision is made based off his own morality and not out of piety. He tries to please the gods…

Stoicism is defined as “a philosophy, based on the ideas of Zeno that held that people could only be happy when living in accordance with nature and accepting whatever happened.”(McKay et al. 138). Zeno of Citium traveled to Athens with the intent to form his own school, the Stoa, which took its namesake from the covered walkways where he preferred to teach. Stoicism instills the development of self-control and resilience to overcome “destructive emotions”, such as passion. Rather than eliminate…

abandons his attempts to explain it. (point) By leaving his explanations obscure and turning attention elsewhere, Apollo reveals that even he may not know what he is saying and was using technicalities in place of sound judgement in order to win the trial in favor of Orestes. (evidence) After briefly attempting to explain the reasoning that led to his argument in favor of Orestes, Apollo immediately defers to Athena by stating, "And therefore, Pallas, since in all things I / Shall strive to…

Did you ever wonder who was one of the smartest philosophers of all time? Well, this is an essay about the person who did that Anaxagoras. First I’m going to tell you about some of his childhood, second I’ll tell you about how he trained/educated his students in Athens, Then I’ll tell you about his legacy and his beliefs, lastly I’ll tell you about some random facts about Anaxagoras, and how he was one of the best philosophers in Athens. Anaxagoras was born in Clazomenae Anatolia (Now know as…