Socrates lived in a time when the ruling class used Polytheism to govern a great empire. The men of Athens put Socrates on trial. ... Socrates was one of many men to philosophize. ... Socrates paid the highest price for philosophizing. After a receiving a guilty verdict, Socrates was executed. ...
Socrates (470 B.C.-399 B.C.) was born near Athens, and spent most of his life in Athens. ... Socrates was not a wealthy man because he did not accept money from his fellow students. ... Now you may ask what is Socrates most noted for? ... Socrates also believed that philosophers looked upon death with good cheer and hope. ... Which is better God only knows" (Socrates). ...
Socrates believes that the everyday world is an illusion compared to the world of knowledge. ... Socrates says, "the capacity for knowledge is innate in each man's mind." ... Socrates explains that the mind, body, and soul must all be in unison in order to be healthy, then happiness will ensue. ... Socrates believes that every man is part beast, and part lion. ... In order to avoid this, Socrates places limits on the subjects that the arts deal with. ...
The philosophy of Socrates was as liberating - perhaps as salvific - as the religion of Jesus. ... Socrates and Jesus were very similar. ... Jesus and Socrates had lived similar lives but this is not all that was similar. ... Both Jesus and Socrates were judged and sentenced to death for their beliefs. ... Socrates was also viewed by the Athenian government as a threat to their way of living. ...
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 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. ...
According to Socrates, the true philosophers are appropriate for ruling. Unlike inadequate rulers that love sights and sounds for their spectacles, Socrates describes the true philosophers as "those who love the sight of truth." (475e4) Unlike true philosophers, inadequate philosophers are only interested in small parts of wisdom. ... Socrates presents the true philosophers as having a different kind of mind structure. ... With the Divided Line as a backdrop, Socrates presents the Allegory of the Cave as a metaphor that presents a person's travels from ignorance to wisdom. ... Socrates ...
Socrates was asked by Plato who was his pupil to define soul and body. Socrates" answer to this question was that body is "human" and "mortal" and that soul is "divine" and "immortal". This is important because from Socrates, Plato learned about body and soul and this education was the groundwork for Plato's philosophy. ...
Is death considered the greatest of all blessing or the greatest of evils? I agree with Socrates. Not knowing death and its" result, one cannot fear it. However; people fear death for different reasons. For example, their religious beliefs and personal beliefs. Nevertheless; death can also be view...
Priest and ministers make up panels that handle moral issues. People feel that they have the upper hand in knowledge when it comes to morality. Most hospitals have an ethics committee, which include healthcare professionals, lawyers, and religious representatives. The reason why priest and ministers...
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...
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. ...
