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citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...
still perhaps not arriving at solid answers when his friend tells him he has to leave. Socrates tells him, "Alas! my companion, an...
In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...
Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...
pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...
of submitting to such solitude seems to be particularly poignant in todays society, where we all live such hectic, fast-paced live...
. . For government is an expedient by which men would fain succeed in letting one another alone; and, as has been said, when it is...
are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...
noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...
being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...
has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...
most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...
knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...
brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...
ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...
in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...
This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...
profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...
In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indic...
from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there w...
of death, as well as the mystery of death. This establishes a foundation from which we can learn, especially considering that Nula...
tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...
it would seem. Socrates agrees for he sees that by having such an argument with Euthyphro he may find a better way to plead his ow...
In 1896, Plessy v. Fergusson asserted that "equal but separate" accommodations for blacks on railroad cars did not violate the "eq...
being. If it was all the same to them, he must have said, Ill stay where I am. His famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" were pub...
Plato's Apology and Aristotle's Poetics are both considered masterpieces of ancient Greek philosophy. This report compares the two...
This 5 page paper examines the way in which one can use the Socratic method to find the truth. The writer also discusses the conce...
only a satire of society and politics, it is also an example of ones examination of his life. Although this work is a satire, it ...
Plato's Apology is examined in 5 pages in a structural and rhetorical analysis of the philosopher's defense of his teacher Socrate...