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Socrates' Life and Relevance

things in the sky and below the earth, who makes the worse argument the stronger " (cited in Ross, 2000, p. PG). This is a formula...

Ethics and Socrates' Philosophy

some sort of graft then the government will also. Socrates, if one reads any of Platos works, seems to be a...

Socrates' Arguments in Phaedo by Plato

soul has two principal parts. The first part of this argument is that nature inevitably follows a cyclical pattern. All vegetatio...

Socrates' Trial in Apology by Plato

his words appear incredibly arrogant and seem to stray off the topic, as the words illustrate his intelligence and depth more than...

Socrates' Life and Contributions to Philosophy

(Kemerling, 2002). Lacking professional teacher training, Socrates elected to do some "free-wheeling" by partaking of spirited di...

Jury Member Speaks Out on Socrates’ Innocence

brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...

Principles for Life/Apology and Crito

if "what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or bad man" ("Apology" 28b)(Plato 32-33). In regards to how ...

Jesus and Socrates

For example, Bostick (1935) makes copious use of footnotes, drawing on the works of Plato and Xenophon, who were two of Socrates d...

Martin Luther King Jr. and Socrates

your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations. I ...

The Theory of Knowledge from the Socratic and Taoist Perspectives

would lead to an early death, he said, "... a man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; h...

Cultural Values in History

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

Plato/Apology of Socrates

Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...

What is Wisdom?

for centuries. This paper uses Platos description of Socrates and his methods to try and answer the questions. Discussion Is wis...

Trial of Socrates

The only manner by which to acquire good statesmen and lawgivers, according to Socrates testimony, is to assure their individual a...

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche and Symposium by Plato

something in Platos morality which does not really belong to Plato but is only to be met with in his philosophy, one might say in ...

Forms and Recollection in Phaedo by Plato

leg only" (Plato). If this were true, if there were only one process in regards to life-death, then everything would ultimately co...

Open Mindedness and The Republic by Plato

a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...

Piety and Socrates in Euthyphro by Plato

(4e). Intrigued by this conclusion, Socrates implores Euthyphro to share with him his definition of piety, distinguishing betwee...

Socrates and the Need for Philosophers

this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...

Justice Discovered by Socrates in Books Two and Four of The Republic by Plato

offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...

Socrates, Crito, and Euthyphro

In seven pages this paper considers the great philosopher Socrates' dialogues with Crito and Euthyphro and the accusations that ha...

Socrates, Euthyphro and Crito

In eight pages this report examines Socrates' dialogues with Crito and Euthyphro and also examines the accusations against him in ...

'Unexamined Life' Concept of Socrates

In eight pages this paper examines Socrates' philosophical views on self examination and the importance of motivation within the i...

Prisoners Analyzed in Plato's 'Allegory of the Cave' in The Republic

In five pages an analysis evaluates the accuracy of Socrates' description of the cave's prisoners as 'like ourselves.' There are ...

'An Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living' Contention of Socrates

Applying Socrates' philosophy to one's own life is the focus of this paper consisting of five pages. Four sources are cited in th...

Was Socrates a Patriot or a Traitor?

tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...

Innocence Lost in Literature

In five pages this paper examines how innocence is corrupted in a literary comparison and contrast of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bo...

Pre Socratic and Socratic Philosophical Differences

the soul. In understanding the influence the pre-Socratics had, it is beneficial to consider some of the major questions and the ...

Comparative Analysis of Plato's Apology and I.F. Stone's The Trial of Socrates

threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...

Ascetic and Hedonistic Ideals in Protagoras by Plato

In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...