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The Trial of Socrates by I.F. Stone

after a lifetime devoted to the pursuit of truth and virtue, Socrates, at age 70, was put on trial in Athens and charged with dish...

Justice and the Argument Between Socrates and Polemarchus in The Republic by Plato

do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...

Athens, Duty, Pericles and Socrates

that Pericles was a man who felt a powerful sense of duty to his city. He was, after all, an official who stood as one who support...

Socrates

would have meant he was born in 469 B.C. (Taylor 4). According to Socrates trial indictment, he was born in Alopeke, which was lo...

Ideologies of Machiavelli, Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle on Democratic Rule

of the United States. Without the philosophies of those that lived in the centuries prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence...

Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, and Thucydides on Government, Human Development, and the Soul

In eight pages the philosophies of these great ancient Greek thinkers on these topics are examined with terms including peitho, ag...

Dialogue Between Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates on Virtue and Vice in Daily Life

In five pages this paper examines a hypothetical contemporary dialogue between these 3 philosophers on how daily life features vir...

Man's Intellectual Reasoning Development an the Contributions of Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato

is often called the father of Western philosophy, reinforces a legal system that survives to this day in the United States, and in...

Matthew Fox and Socrates

purposes, that they are omnipresent, and that they give signs to men of all that concerns them (X Memorabilia I, I, 19) (Beck ppg...

Crito's Argument That Socrates Should Escape from Prison

In five pages this paper considers why Crito believes Socrates should attempt a prison escape instead of subject himself to capita...

Guilt or Innocence of Socrates

In six pages this paper assesses whether or not Socrates was innocent or guilty of the crimes alleged by his accusers. Five sourc...

Meno and Socrates in Meno by Plato

In five pages this paper examines the philosophical questions resulting from the dialogue between Meno and Socrates as presented i...

Crito, Euthyphro, and Socrates

In eight pages this report examines Socrates from several perspectives including his discussion of issues with Crito and Euthyphro...

Afterlife and Socrates

In seven pages this paper examines the religious views of Socrates as described by Plato in Apology with the focus being upon hi...

Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

In eight pages this paper examines these 3 primary Greek philosophers in a contrast and comparison of their similarities and diffe...

Sophocles, Aristotle, and Socrates on Political Man and Sense of Duty

In seven pages this paper examines the conflict of man's struggles in accepting duties and responsibilities to the polis from the ...

Debating the Innocence or Guilt of Greek Philosopher Socrates

This paper consists of eight pages and considers the injustice of the trial Socrates received in an attempt to determine whether o...

Religion and Socrates

This paper consists of five pages and argues that Socrates was a religious man despite arguments to the contrary and cites evidenc...

Civil Disobedience and Socrates

In five pages this paper examines the justifiability of civil disobedience in a consideration of several philosophers and theori...

Dialogue Between Gorgias and Socrates

In six pages this paper examines Plato's Gorgias which describes a philosophical dialogue between the title character and Socrates...

Philosophical Perspectives of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

In ten pages this trio of philosophers and their philosophies are contrasted and compared. Ten sources are cited in the bibliogra...

School Prayer and the Perspectives of Socrates, Henry David Thoreau, and Martin Luther King Jr.

In 5 pages this paper examines the reactions to public school prayer by this trio of social philosophers and what advice each woul...

How Friedrich Nietzsche Viewed Plato and Socrates

upon expressing an objective truth. For example, approving of an action and stating that the action is right can be construed as ...

Life and Death Concepts as Perceived by Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle

In six pages this research paper considers how the death concept was applied to the scheme of life through the classical Greek phi...

Socrates as Seen Through the Eyes of Plato and as Presented in Phaedo, Protagoras, and Meno

In three pages this paper discusses how Socrates can be studied by reading the dialogues of his most famous student. There are no...

Virtue and Socrates

This paper consists of five pages and discusses how virtue is exemplified by the Greek philosopher Socrates with 2 Platonic dialog...

Socrates and the Great Dialogues of Plato

Plato demonstrates Socratess reason for remaining imprisoned even though he had opportunity to escape and the Phaedo addresses phi...

'Just' Guilty Verdict for Socrates in Plato's Apology?

This paper consists of four pages and evaluates the guilty verdict Socrates received in terms of whether or not it represented the...

Defense of Socrates in Plato's Apology

(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...

Comparison of Socrates, Alexander the Great, and Confucius

assignment to the highest post in the state which could be obtained by a commoner such as himself (Owen, 1997). In...