Socrates would definitely counter his definition by simply asking Euthyphro to briefly explain what acts he thinks are pious and impious to the gods? ... Socrates in the early pages asks Euthyphro something very similar towards this. ... Finally both individuals come to Socrates descion that there is a combination between both good and bad acts. If Euthyphro would come with an answer it would probably be something still undefined and very much unjustified with Socrates. In both dialogues of "Apology" and Crito" I feel Socrates views death as simply a true blessing. ...

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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...

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The Euthyphro Moral Problems The moral dilemma involving Euthyphro and Socrates begins when Socrates challenges Euthyphro by asking him what holiness really is, since Euthyphro claimed he was an "expert" in religious matters. ... Socrates found this definition unacceptable, seeing that there are many other more worthy deeds than persecuting people. ... Socrates then went on to say that the God's fought with each other, so what might be agreeable to one might not be to another. Basically, Socrates was trying to prove that holiness cannot be defined by the Gods. ... Socrates again...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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Euthyphro doesn't realize it, but his definition for piety is an identity claim, or at least Socrates constructs it as one. Socrates is arguing that the pious is not the same as the god-loved. ... When I say that the 1) author of The Apology was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle, it is identical to saying that the 2) author of The Republic was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. ... Socrates' argument undermines Euthyphro's definition for piety by showing Euthyphro that if he holds his definition as true, then he is also saying that he believes that ...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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The philosophers Socrates and Epicurus both taught their students ideas and concepts which encouraged students to have different views on the nature of deity, simple living, and not fearing death. (ESSAY) Socrates and Epicurus had different teachings in regards to the human soul, which support immensely different ideas of what the pursuit should be in a person's life. ... Both Socrates and Epicurus were philosophers that talked about the simplicity in ones life and warned that one should not strive to be wealthy with riches. ... Socrates preferred the simple life because he believes the ...

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He begins by debating the meaning of words, a common technique acquired from Socrates. ... In the Phaedo, he reports a conversation in which Socrates argues that the nature of knowledge may demonstrate the soul to pre-exist the conception of the body. ... In the dialogue Meno Socrates attempts to demonstrate this argument using a slave boy with no previous knowledge of geometry. ... Socrates asks Euthyphro 'What is Piety?' ... With correspondence to the religion at the time, Socrates acknowledged that moral goodness cannot be the command of the gods as they squabbled, disputed, and ...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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William Paley continued the argument of Socrates, Plato, and Aquinas. ... Great minds like Socrates, Plato, Paley, Aristotle, Augustine, Anselm, Descartes have made arguments for the existence of God. ...

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Furthermore during the same period, a great philosopher named Socrates was teaching that we should question more the things that we do to better understand them. Although a patriot and a man of deep religious conviction, Socrates was nonetheless regarded with suspicion by many of his contemporaries, who disliked his attitude toward the Athenian state and the established religion. He was charged in 399 B.C. with "neglecting the gods of the state and introducing new divinities, a reference to the daemonion, or mystical inner voice", to which Socrates often referred (Vlastos...

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Sophie's World presents the history of philosophy in the form of a novel. A young girl learns about life and philosophy. One day a few weeks before her fifteenth birthday Norwegian schoolgirl Sophie Amundsen looks inside her mailbox and finds a mysterious letter addressed to her. Opening it, she d...

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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. ...

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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...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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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...

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