The good life for Epicurus is pleasure. If you aim for that throughout your whole life, you have a good life. Happiness is simply pleasure; so, doing what pleases you and no one else will essentially bring you the true happiness that we all search for in our lives. Moreover, there are two kinds of d...
This notion, later elaborated upon and coined the Divine Command Theory, was once pondered by the Greek philosopher Socrates. ... Say we are to take the former option of Socrates question and assume that the right conduct is right because God commands it. ...
Socrates was being punished for the words he spoke to people and the wisdom he knew was brought into questioning. Also, Socrates was accused of, "attempt[ing] to educate human beings and mak[ing] money from it." (PA, p. 66, ln.19e) Socrates went on to tell the judges how he got labeled as "wise", from the people, even though they were "harsh" and "grave". ... Later, Socrates spoke of Meletus" attack against him. ... Also, it is evident that Socrates shows no remorse for his actions because of the language he uses when addressing the judges. ...
In Plato's dialogue the Euthyphro, Socrates argues against all the definition of piety Euthyphro gave him. ... Socrates asks this definition Euthyphro gave him. ... Socrates urges Euthyphro to continue the search for the meaning of piety. ... I think neither Socrates can give the definition of Piety that he was looking for. ... Socrates believes in a standard of morality that is something more than human opinion. ...
Socrates is said to have been on a search for the truth. ... The god of Delphi named Socrates the wisest man alive. ... Was Socrates really the smartest man alive? ... They were never questioned or suspected by anyone but Socrates. ... As with Socrates, truth was never fully attained. ...
After hearing Agathon's views of love, Socrates relates his theory of love through a speech that was given to him by Diotima. ... Socrates begins his speech by refuting what Agathon said, that love was a great god, and was a love of beautiful things. ... Since Socrates agreed that love does not possess good and beautiful things, he has claimed love to not be a god. ... Diotima builds an inference upon what Socrates has already said, by saying that Love was the beloved, not the lover. ... The question is brought up by Socrates as to what use is love to mankind. ...
The first and greatest philosopher of all time, Socrates, didn't answer every question that was posed to him. ... From Socrates and onward, Philosophy grew and took off into a field of study that is used all over the world today. Is Socrates alive today, He most certainly is. ... Kenneth Star could be considered a philosopher, for he pursued the truth in the case of Bill Clinton, just as Socrates would have done. ...
1. 60 million years ago, the age of giant reptiles came to an end. Dinosaurs ruled the earth, while mammals were not able to evolve because they could never challenge the dinosaurs. Then, a comet hit the earth and the dinosaurs disappeared. Mammals, including primates, were then able to evolve. Over 5 million years ago, primates walked on all fours. ...
In the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans, there was a growing unsettlement with traditional religion. People were becoming less accepting, taking less for granted, and wanting more; more knowledge and more answers. A new age of questioning was surfacing. Searching for alternative answers and...
The famous charge made against Socrates was that he had introduced "strange [new] daimonia" (Xen. Mem. 1.1.1), but Socrates himself said that his daimonion was only an inner voice that cautioned him against doing any wrong, not an evil spirit. ...
People have always searched for a belief system that explains the world. Many people end up discovering that there is a God. However, people come to very different conclusions about God. Some may find that God is very involved in the world. They may see God as very caring or very upset with what is going on. ...
1. PREHISTROIC/EGYPT/MESOPOTAMIA Early on, when man had but a basic understanding of himself, it is theorized that he (they) had a basic religious belief. The belief was in Animism and The Locus Mundi. Animism is the term given to the belief that everything has its own spirit, or energy. Not just things we consider "alive", but hills, waterfalls, the air you breathe, all of these had energy. ...
God, Morality, and Meaning in Cormac McCarthy's The Road Erik J. Wielenberg Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road is, among other things, a meditation on morality, what makes human life meaningful, and the relationship between these things and God. While the novel is rife with religious imagery and ideas, it suggests a conception of morality and meaning that is secular in nature. In this paper I show that while the existence of God remains ambiguous throughout the novel, The Road contains both a clear moral code and a view about what makes life meaningful. I describe this moral code and e...
