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This 5 page paper examines the way in which one can use the Socratic method to find the truth. The writer also discusses the conce...
it would seem. Socrates agrees for he sees that by having such an argument with Euthyphro he may find a better way to plead his ow...
tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...
Plato's Apology and Aristotle's Poetics are both considered masterpieces of ancient Greek philosophy. This report compares the two...
knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...
has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...
most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...
brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...
ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...
in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...
This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...
that is skilled in hearing what Thasos, a proud soldier enjoys hearing. Phaedria has a slave, Parmeno. Parmeno is supposed to de...
In five pages this paper examines four of Plato's dialogues in order to provide answers to various questions. There are no other ...
(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...
pious is to act like him, and not tolerate any ill act. Socrates wants more detail. Euthyphro says that what pleases the gods is ...
In this paper of fifteen pages it is Plato that is accused of treason in this new version of 'Apology' and must defend himself aga...
This narrative essay consisting of five pages rewrites the Apology of Plato and features Socrates' arguing to have his life spared...
threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...
wiser (21a). This news confused Socrates greatly as he realized that he was not particularly wise. He, therefore, set out to find ...
"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...
so that his assets could be pro-created and he could be put to death. Will Socrates did refuse the request, he simply went home ra...
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 ...
art of argument. He is a lost cause at the school and he is deemed too stupid to really be taught this fine art. He then sends ...
In twelve pages this paper considers how Aristophanes criticized the politics, morality, and society of his time through the use o...
of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...
In fourteen pages this paper examines Socrates in an overview of his life and philosophical views regarding law, religion, reason ...
In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...
In five pages this paper discusses the philosophies of God as espoused by Socrates and Aristotle in a comparison and contrast of A...
In seven pages this paper examines the religious views of Socrates as described by Plato in Apology with the focus being upon hi...
In seven pages this paper considers how social isolation is represented in Philoctetes by Sophocles, Apology by Plato, and Night b...