Essays 301 - 330
a person even know if those opinions are really yours or the opinions of others which you have adopted as your own without testing...
childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...
manifestation that Gorgias was forever attempting to read between the lines of what Socrates had to say, perpetually wondering if ...
are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...
also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...
interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...
Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...
words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...
background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...
In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
support for the notion that people must obey the laws of the place in which they are born. How is this accomplished? Aristotle d...
"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...
to shake off these social controls and become the master rather than the slave. This, he argues, is the true justice of nature: la...
profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...
The writer discusses the moral and ethical positions of several philosophers including Ayer, Smith, Mackie, Socrates and Glaucon. ...
of fire (The New York Times, 2008). He lived during the late fifth century BC (The New York Times, 2008). The Eleatic school for i...
individuality and happiness are intrinsically related, as the achievement of personal happiness is associated with obtaining the i...
Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...
wish, they have other freedoms that are perhaps not as obvious. Brave New World supports the hedonistic view. That is, Huxley (199...
always do the good" and, therefore, is someone goes astray, it is because they lack the knowledge of how to "act rightly" (Shiraev...
ethical theory that supports killing off twice as many people to save half as many because you like them better. That is unethica...
This essay pertain to the way Plato and Nietzsche perceived the character and philosophy of Socrates. Seven pages in length, five ...
teaching, in which he pretended not to know the answers to questions, so that students would come to understanding on their own. ...
to be achieved. This scenario, by its very nature, assured the manifestation of orderliness and moderation rather than the less a...
guidance that gives meaning for man. Rather, as he explains, mans actions and intellectual activity seem to provide meaning. This ...
wiser (21a). This news confused Socrates greatly as he realized that he was not particularly wise. He, therefore, set out to find ...
ground, whether that is through dialectical discourse or reason (1994). Barber claims that neither approach leaves any room for po...
student sees in relationship to what the image can present: "but of the ideas which they resemble; not of the figures which they d...
ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...