... "if you kill the sort of man I say I am, you will not harm me more than yourselves" (pg. 33,30c-d). By saying this, I believe Socrates was stating that so many people were unaware of how to find truth, and they would only hurt themselves by killing the one who could teach them how to do ... corrupting the youth unintentionally, the law requires one to take you aside to tell you, not take you to court(pg.29, 26a). This demonstrates how brave Socrates was because even though he knew he could possibly be killed, he proved the accuser Meletus wrong. Instead of trying to bargain or lie his wa...

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... tougher, the fact remains that to commit injustice is in every case bad and dihonourable for the person who does it" (49b). And as Socrates also says, to live an honorable and just life (which he has already said is the only life worth living) one must never commit an ... been consummated upon them. Furthermore, Crito agrees that neither shall a man commit an injury on another, even if they have been injured themselves (49c). Socrates continues by proposing that "Both in war and in the lawcourts and everywhere else you must do whatever your city and your country commands, or else ... Whi...

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... it is the most blameworthy ignorance to believe that one knows what one does not know.' If we were to analyse this more closely, we would see that Socrates makes three arguments which leads to a conclusion. Firstly, he says that no one can be sure that death would not be the greatest blessing to a ... what one does not know, I would agree with his statement. However, as he used the word 'most', this renders his argument unsound. Another argument that Socrates puts forth regarding not fearing death is that "Whether to die be evil or good, I know not, though many think they know it to be ...

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... goes on to explain his views on the just individual which he grapples with many people throughout the duration of the text. Here we see Socrates' real ideal and philosophical beliefs coming to the forefront in the way he refutes others ideas, and how he frames his own Utopian society ... rigorous training and balancing of learning that the guardians have to engage themselves in just to be considered wise. This brings out a particular issue with Socrates' view of wisdom, it is not just the acquisition of knowledge, for anyone could gain knowledge, but it is knowledge that is tempered and ...

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... good" but rather, of the emptiness and shallowness of life. The allegory of the cave illustrates the difference between the materialistic world and the intelligible world. Socrates describes a man with his arms and legs chained, and his neck in a brace, which only allows him to look at a wall with shadows. ... mind. Reality does not change, nor the things that are considered beautiful. They are always there; it is only a matter of discovering them. Socrates believes that if man does not transcend to the world of knowledge, then he really only knows the bottom and middle layer. Man will ...

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... world of shadows, which is based on appearances, rather than the world of light, which is based in thought. 2) How do we learn truth? Socrates believed that truth could be attained by questioning people and situations thoroughly. He developed a method of cross examining individuals who were supposedly wise, to show ... his thinking, as he believes that one can find the truth in tangible ways, not merely in thought. 3) Is truth accessible to everyone? Socrates was under the impression that any person could obtain the truth through dialectics. He often sought out common people, claiming t...

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... called Sophists these people received money to teach people how to argue. The sophists did exactly what Socrates was apposed to, they advertised that they had knowledge and claimed to be able to pass it on; Socrates seeks knowledge without possessing any himself. Sophists also only wanted to win arguments and not find the ... truth. Where Socrates wanted to find truth and to do that it did not necessarily mean the argument is ... says that to find truth you might find a presence of ignorance and it is necessary to find the presence of ignorance to find genuine knowledge of virtue. Socr...

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... of knowledge and believed that there is no standard of truth. The sophists did not teach at the same time as Socrates, but the Sophists would have objections to what Socrates believed and taught. The sophists were concrete people and excelled in the areas of grammar, writing and public discourse. Theses ... none at all. He had little faith that an individual could process anything and if he could process anything he could not convey it. Socrates on the other hand believed that a man's life should be dedicated to gaining knowledge and collecting information to find the truth. This was .....

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... religions see God as a lawgiver who creates laws for us to obey. This notion, later elaborated upon and coined the Divine Command Theory, was once pondered by the Greek philosopher Socrates. In a recorded dialogue, he posed what is considered to be one of the greatest philosophical questions in history: Is conduct right because God commands it or does God command it ... has created a very large philosophical puzzle. This question presents a major dilemma if we accept the theological conception of right and wrong. Say we are to take the former option of Socrates question and assume that ...

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... best way to argue would be secluded meditation. Assuming that all knowledge is internal, all questions and all answers are also internal. With all the questions and answers, Socrates should have conducted a dialogue with himself. He could have phrase and responded to his own questioning and satisfy his thirst for philosophical understanding. Since he sought others for discussions he ... understood the value of other's knowledge. Socrates" theory that all knowledge is held in each individual soul of each individual person would outcast philosophers from society. In their pursuit of great...

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... state. He rejected the sentences of prison or exile, offering instead to pay a fine. When the jury rejected his suggestions and sentenced him to death, Socrates accepted the verdict and said that no one but the gods know what happens after death and so it would be foolish to fear what one does not ... warned the people who voted against him that by silencing him rather than listening to him, they have harmed themselves much more than they have harmed him. Socrates opened his case by asking the jury to listen to him openly and to pardon him if he went into his usual style of speaking. Hi...

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... all one's purported knowledge as "negating."" This negation is achieved through irony, which is actually seen by Kierkegaard as the whole essence of Socrates' character. Socrates is an ironic and negative character because, in his search for knowledge and truth, he is actually seeking to negate everything, or empty ... with a necessary degree of conceit, but it is also an unrelenting pride that sees necessity in adhering to one's values, regardless of the cost. Socrates, as the wisest of all men, had a calling, or daimon as he called it. This daimon that possessed him also made it necess...

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... , people who pursue wisdom, believe that the soul is the most sophisticated thing of the human being. Like any other philosopher, in Apology Socrates defends himself from being sentenced to death by trying to persuade the jurors that he does not deserve a death sentence. The main idea is ... you in jail shows how important words are. Words itself have the ability to shake a whole system. That is what some people are afraid of, considering Socrates" beliefs and values. " I do live in a country where the authority and radioactive effect of words are demonstrated every day by the sanctions w...

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... one should ask, "Do the culprits who committed these heinous crimes and died feel more miserable than those who the crimes were acted upon?" Socrates, one of the greatest minds in ancient Greek philosophy, asked this very same question. In a conversation with Polus in Plato's Gorgias he outlines ... In outlining the specific steps throughout this argument I will show that it is a sound one. To assess the argument between himself and Polus, Socrates begins the conversation that is located in Gorgias from pages 468-e to 479-e by asking Polus if tyrannical rule is in fact good by definition...

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... Gorgias telling people exactly what they want to hear, and throwing dust in the eyes of councils of justice who hear them in the law courts. Socrates refutes this easily because it turns out that "oratory doesn't need to have any knowledge of the state of their subject matters; it only needs to ... would only be truly happy when he was punished for all the wrongdoings committed in his quest for power. Actually, the disagreement here between Polus and Socrates is rather controversial, as the two men are speaking of two completely different things. Polus speaks of Archelaus" happiness in t...

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... knowledge of romance. However, as Diotima teaches, romance is only half of the equation. Thus, Diotima never found anyone she felt she could truly share her knowledge with – until Socrates. For Socrates, his unending search for the truth was an obsession. However, his dialectical methodology had proved that humans are, inevitably, fallible creatures – and so his cause to discover the ... truth amongst this facade seemed all but lost. When Socrates met Diotima and asked her to instruct him on her wisdom of Love, it seemed that she had the answers he had been looking for. Her growing ...

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... makes them unhappy. I will try to explain my doubts through comparison to modern day religions and our uncertainty as to the discovery of the truth. In the allegory, Socrates describes a dark cave deep in the Earth. In the back of the cave there is a fire, the only light and the only way to see in the ... come to see the stars, moon and objects in the light of the sun; thus realizing he is in a better, more genuine place than in the Cave. Socrates explains that is if the escapee, the now enlightened thinker, were to ever try to return to the Cave and explain to others what he has seen an...

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... all Meno's questions. By doing so, Meno gets perplex and forces us to think. To defend the theory of recollection Socrates uses many examples such as the geometry problem with the slave boy. With each wrong answer from the boy, Socrates proceeds to lead Meno to the correct conclusion. At the end of the problem, the slave boy knows enough to not ... . This exercise proves that the exercise can be recalled. He has a general sense of equality and has acquired his true opinions through recollection. Meno is finally convinced of Socrates theory. Following the geometry exercise, Socrates discu...

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... , but the rest of the society is brainwashed into believing what the leaders want them to believe. All of these societies also are corruptions of Socrates" vision. First of all Fahrenheit 451 has a downfall. The society censors the views of the society, but a few still manage to know ... people think are equally important. Finally, in 1984 the society is a dystopia and a terrible place to live. These societies are all very similar to Socrates" society. This proves that his society will too have a fault. No society can be perfect. All of these societies address the question of either justi...

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... desire knowledge. A philosopher is a lover of wisdom. Lovers of wisdom desire not to posses merely a part of which they lover. They desire to possess the whole. Philosophers desire all wisdom. Socrates presents the true philosophers as having a different kind of mind structure. In my perspective, the philosopher king's ability to appreciate the whole makes them worthy of ruling. I would see it ... ." The Divided Line is split into four segments respectively: shadows and reflections, physical objects, mathematics and hypotheses, and lastly is first principles and forms. With the Divided L...

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... are, in reality, merely shadows. I think that Plato's Cave Allegory was very much influenced by his predecessor, Socrates. Socrates was the first philosopher to really "step out of the cave". Socrates was also ridiculed by his peers, like the prisoner, and was then rejected by them. Socrates was actually sentenced to death by his society. It shows that Plato's society, like ours today, does ... not value, or fears, those who think outside of the box. Athenian society saw Socrates as a threat to their beliefs, customs and traditions so they had him killed. He challenged the works of Hesi...

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... be able to ask the question, "is this right or wrong" either before or during the choice is presented to an individual. As Herrick tells the tale of Socrates, the great Greek philosopher, he explains who he was, how he was, why he was, and the reasons for his death ... . Socrates said, "The Unexamined Life is not Worth Living!" Herrick tells us how Socrates would go to the "agora" and question people casually "What is truth? "What is justice?", "What is the highest good ... ?" and my favorite, "Why do you believe that?" Socrates was advocating for the examined life, so in my mind the "Un...

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... gods are in fact demons who have designs to distract man from truth and reason. Justin also makes mention of Socrates' importance, in saying that he was one who sought to utilize reason and truth, and the charges of atheism against Socrates resulting in his death were in fact the demonic gods reacting to a man who might have awoken people to reason ... the heavens with the Logos, and thus come to know all things. Justin's apology is in some ways modeled on another philosopher's great apology. Socrates offered an eloquent defense of his position just before his execution. Like Socrates, ...

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... greater for the masses is in turn best for the individual. The last paradox to be covered is the nature of virtue. As shown by the debate between Protagoras and Socrates, there were differing opinions as to whether virtue can be taught. To raise this question would be to inquire about the legitimacy of the Sophist's profession. The Sophists were paid ... students in the subject of virtue. The Sophists, obviously, believed that virtue could be passed from one person to another. Their opponents (including Socrates) felt otherwise. The paradox in this argument comes from the discussion bet...

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... , is because that's the "myth" we were exposed to when we were children. That is what we were taught to believe in. The first and greatest philosopher of all time, Socrates, didn't answer every question that was posed to him. What he did was challenge people to think for themselves, and most importantly, ask questions. 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. We have Martin Luther King Jr., who died for what he believed in. Kenneth ... Star could be considered a ...

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