Socrates is known as one of the greatest philosophers of all time, but he never actually wrote any of his thoughts down on paper. ... It was therefore Socrates' attempt to rebut the charges against him (Burrington, 2009). ... The origin of Socratic irony can be traced back to when the Oracle of Delphi told a friend of Socrates that no man was wiser than Socrates. This was the beginning of a journey by Socrates to figure out what the oracle meant. ... The "in-crowd" made up of Socrates' followers would get the wit and humor in his remarks, while the outsiders, who were eithe...

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Thus making the people of Athens the chourus and Socrates the dicordant member or making the people of Athens the singer and Socrates the untuned lyre. ... Socrates could not live with being untrue to himself. ... Socrates speaks of the sense of being ashamed in the Crito. ... In the Apology Socrates is convicted for unjustified crimes. ... It's then when Socrates questions his good friend about escaping. ...

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In the dialogue of Meno, Socrates explains the idea of recollection within the question and answer period between himself and the boy. ... Therefore, Socrates believes that since the truth is always inside the soul, then it must be immortal. ... Socrates declares, "[Light] is the bond which links together sight and visibility" (The Search for Knowledge 93). ... Socrates explains, "Light and sight may be truly said to be like the sun, and yet not to be the sun."... The process of the question and answer period between the boy slave and Socrates is...

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Socrates, on the other hand, is very much concerned with inquiry. Socrates does not accept relativism. ... Socrates was not a skeptic, either. ... Socrates did what was right and I will explain why I think this. ... Socrates" other reply is the Argument from Gratitude. ...

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Socrates focus was on morality and politics, which affected everyone's life. ... It was the fact that Socrates questioned everything that got him in trouble. ... Plato, a student of Socrates, was born to a wealthy aristocratic family and became Socrates" student at age twenty. ... (Socrates wrote nothing) Therefore what we know of Socrates is based on the writings of Plato. ... In Plato's dialogue, Phaedo, which documents Socrates" final hours, Socrates discusses the fact that the soul is merely an extension of the body that dies with it. ...

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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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Socrates suffered the consequences of "corrupting the youth" by an ancient Athenian court. ... Socrates' legendary apathy for the will of the majority is exemplified when he tells his friend (translated by G.M.A. ... Euthyphro enters his dialogue with Socrates overconfident. ... One of the main themes in Socrates' dialogue with Euthyphro is what constitutes a definition of a term, as Socrates begins the argument by inquiring Euthyphro what is the definition of piousness. ... Ultimately, the answer is to humble oneself, and state what Socrates did two thousand, four hundred years ag...

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When Socrates heard Lysius' speech, he immediately presented a counter argument of his own, or so it seems. Instead of disagreeing with Lysius, Socrates presented the same argument, but from the opposite point of view. ... Socrates employed empty, but crafty, rhetoric just like Lysius, in order to seduce Phaedrus for his own. Just like Lysius, Socrates used his words for his own benefit. ... Afterwards, Socrates expounded upon the nature of rhetoric. ...

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Xanthippe, Socrates's wife, was one of the few women who didn't fit into this mold, and stood out as a "shrew" for often shouting at Socrates and berating him publicly.2 However, she was an expectation to the norm, alongside a group of foreign-born, well educated, courtesan woman, called hetaerae, that were paid to accompany men to places that other woman were not permitted to attend.3 Aspasia became the most famous and influential of the hetaerae. ... For example, Xenophon mentions Aspasia in two of his writings about Socrates, the Memorabilia and in Oeconomicus. ... She b...

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Xanthippe, Socrates's wife, was one of the few women who didn't fit into this mold, and stood out as a "shrew" for often shouting at Socrates and berating him publicly.2 However, she was an expectation to the norm, alongside a group of foreign-born, well educated, courtesan woman, called hetaerae, that were paid to accompany men to places that other woman were not permitted to attend.3 Aspasia became the most famous and influential of the hetaerae. ... For example, Xenophon mentions Aspasia in two of his writings about Socrates, the Memorabilia and in Oeconomicus. ... She b...

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He also had Socrates as a mentor and it was said that they were also lovers. ... Socrates believed that Alcibiades would one day be a great leader so he protected him and made sure that others didn't have an influence on him. ...

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Similarities and differences between Aristotle's beliefs (pertaining to the best life) and those of Socrates and Saint Thomas Aquinas will also be examined. ... To illustrate this, Socrates turns to his "city in speech." ... Socrates creates a parallel between the relationship that the body has with the soul and the relationship that the guardian class in the ideal city has with its subjects. Socrates' believes that his primary notion of justice being the greatest virtue is verified in both the soul/body and the [philosopher] king/subject relationships. ... Aristotle is in full agre...

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Socrates was convicted for corrupting the youth of the city and for innovation regarding religion. Meletus' justification for the indictment of Socrates represents piety as seen through the eyes of most people of the time. ... Through his teaching, Socrates was also charged with corrupting the youth of the city. ... The charges brought against Socrates result in a conversation with Euthyphro where he supports all of Socrates actions. ... Socrates showed immediate shock at the very idea that Euthyphro could be pressing a charge against his own father in court. ...

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Art for Politics Sake: Art Censorship in Communist China, And The United States We want one single, grand lie which will be believed by everybody - including the rulers, ideally, but failing that the rest of the city -Plato from his Republic Today if an average American was asked if he or she believed that censorship was an important part of the perfect state, they would not only answer "no" but they would say that the perfect state must have no form of censorship in order for it's people to be happy. The average person believes also, that any true philosopher would a...

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Chrysippus argues that Socrates's death is a simply event, and this would be consistent with Zeno's doctrine that fate is simply the inescapable landmarks in a person's life. But this would not be any different from the complex events since Socrates's death was dependent on Senate. Even if they argue that the Senate was not necessary in the outcome of Socrates's death, something still would be. ... Though there are still variables for saying that a child is fated to be born to a woman, such as sex being fated to bring about the result, it is equivalent to the death of ...

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Where Socrates puts it to Glaucon that an imitator is "he who is not in direct contact with nature", with Aristotle the best poets, in order to work their imitations, must be closely allied with nature. ... Plato therefore seems to cover the case of his own dialogues, where he speaks through the mouths of Socrates, Adeimantus and Glaucon. ...

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"This response to a published statement by eight fellow clergymen from Alabama (Bishop C. C. J. Carpenter, Bishop Joseph A. Durick, Rabbi Hilton L. Grafman, Bishop Paul Hardin, Bishop Holan B. Harmon, the Reverend George M. Murray, the Reverend Edward V. Ramage and the Reverend Earl Stallings) was c...

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As ancient Greek history has played such a pivotal role in subsequent cultures throughout time, that to learn about women in this society enhances our understanding of western civilization. Ancient Greece was not a united nation, but a collection of individual sovereign communities with a common language, and similar religious rituals and beliefs. Communication was difficult due to the numerous islands and mountainous terrain that bisected the communities of people. Democracy, classical art and architecture, philosophy, and drama all can trace their lineage to ancient Greece. Antique vases and...

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Ayres, and Socrates to allow him to delineate the many facets of a situation in terms of the Twins philophicalal traditions. ... The catholic nature of absolute truth, as established by the early greek philosphers like Socrates view the absolute as being outside the human condition. ...

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"Plato's Republic" begins and ends with a discussion of justice. In fact, most of the book follows dialectic between Socrates and interlocutors on the nature and proper implementation of justice. A central element of this dialectic is the question of whether or not justice is an intrinsic good or if...

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The so-called "death penalty" has been around since the ancient Greek times, when Socrates, at the age of 70, was brought to trial and charged with "not believing in the gods the state believed in, introducing different new divine powers, and corrupting the young. Socrates was summoned to drink the cup of hemlock, for having criticized the tyranny of Critias, the oppressor or Athens. ...

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Taking a course in philosophy is like taking a journey to a foreign land. Lets start by defining the word orient. Orient means to so as to face the East, to place in a definite direction to the points of the compass or other fixed or known directions. In the following paragraphs I will discuss the m...

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Taking a course in philosophy is like taking a journey to a foreign land. Lets start by defining the word orient. Orient means to so as to face the East, to place in a definite direction to the points of the compass or other fixed or known directions. In the following paragraphs I will discuss the m...

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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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The most notorious death during this time was that of Socrates, who was accused of heresy, or belief in something different than your superiors, and the corruption of youth. Socrates was forced to drink poison, which killed him within minutes. ...

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