Plato's character Socrates is the primary force used to pick this question apart. ... Socrates immediately rejects this idea, saying We need not go far to see that true belief is not knowledge. ... Socrates advances only one premise in support of this conclusion. ... In this passage Socrates says, True opinion is no way a worse guide to correct action than knowledge. ... (Meno, 85) Socrates invokes the example of a man providing others with directions to the city of Larissa. ...

• Word Count: 1457
• Approx Pages: 6
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Descartes has often been compared and associated with Socrates in terms of their knowledge and beliefs. ... Socrates believed he knew nothing despite being a very sociable and intelligent man although he did in fact have values. ...

• Word Count: 1251
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is through the publication of the Republic that he expresses the viewpoints of Socrates and his thoughts on the influence of music to the world. ... Socrates references metals that inevitably voids the idea of unity as it enforces a division in class. ...

• Word Count: 1685
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

• Word Count: 1434
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School