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Essays 271 - 300
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...
classes in the State severally did their own business; and also thought to be temperate and valiant and wise by reason of certain ...
time. And, he was not content to attempt to dispel theories of old, but was also one to attempt the disruption of more modern appr...
best and brightest citizens." After the candidates shake hands, the moderator presented the first topic for debate, that of taxat...
84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...
the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...
own life? Not all philosophers would agree with the path he ultimately chose. First, it is important to keep in mind that practi...
is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...
for Plato and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily...
(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...
In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
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...
profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...
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...
to shake off these social controls and become the master rather than the slave. This, he argues, is the true justice of nature: la...
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...
new ideas. The body supplies the means by which knowledge can be attained, for it is necessary, according to Plato, for things an...
as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...
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...
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 ...
a person even know if those opinions are really yours or the opinions of others which you have adopted as your own without testing...
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...
manifestation that Gorgias was forever attempting to read between the lines of what Socrates had to say, perpetually wondering if ...