... , the protagonist Socrates delineates the responsibilities and obligations of man in relation to the State. This same perspective is found in Sophocles" play Antigone where Antigone, the protagonist, goes against the State due to the moral obligation she has by the Gods to her family. This perspective of standing ... ideal state. In an ideal state, no one must question the laws and beliefs of the so-called "wise men". The actions of Socrates and Antigone disturbed the "ideal state". Their actions, however, were just and so according to Socrates, would have made the state better and more...

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... away. Creon believes that Polyneices' body shall be condemned to this because of his civil disobedience and treachery against the city. Polyneices' sister, Antigone, upon hearing this exclaims that an improper burial for Polyneices would be an insult to the Gods. She vows that Polyneices' body will be ... as critical to proper moral consideration as reason. This explains why he does not respond accordingly with the reasoning of the guard, Tiresias the prophet, Antigone, her sister Ismene, or even his own son Haemon. Throughout the whole play, Creon emphasizes the importance of practical j...

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... However, the ambiguous laws made by Creon's government end up doing the complete opposite. This can be clearly seen thorough the character of Antigone. Antigone's loss of life is caused by ambiguous secular laws, which ironically prevent her from following the divine laws. Divine laws as George puts ... to burial decreed by divine justice?" (Sophocles 31). The laws made her by her uncle Creon prevent her from doing the very same thing. However, Antigone, being the heroic character that she is, gives her brother Polynices a proper burial and makes sure that she follows the divine laws. Thi...

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... a hero. Courage is something that all heroes must show; it's where a hero starts and where they end. In the play Antigone the characters that stand out and could be heroes are the ones that stand up for what they believe. Antigone can be a hero because she won't let evil prevail. She stands up for justice even though she knows this is disobeying ... be to me, for she does not back down from evil, but stands firm on what she believes. Socrates in many ways had to go through the same trials that Antigone had to endure. He was ridiculed for believing in something that he thought was right ...

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... let Crito have his way because he disagreed with what Crito had to say. Another example of the inability to persuade comes from Sophocle's Antigone. In this play Antigone's sister, Ismene tries to stop her from committing the crime she is about to execute. Their brothers were killed in the battle against Thebes ... a proper burial, but Polyneices fought against his people and was therefore left to rot. This was the law given by the ruler Kreon. When Antigone hears of her brother not being buried she decides that she will take it upon herself to give him a burial. She asks for her sister...

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... pride is so great in fact, that he can't even be swayed by his son Haimon. Haimon asks his father to take his advice and not have Antigone executed, but, because of Kreon's stubbornness for the law of the state, Kreone gets furious and makes the situation worse then it already was. He was ... way too proud to take advice from someone younger, and in his anger he decided to kill Antigone right away in front of Haimon's eyes. ""Just understand: You don't insult me and go off laughing. Bring her here! Let him see her. Kill ... but that does not give anyone the right to create their own la...

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... both around 500,000 - 800,000, of which 120,000 were employed in the military, which possessed 120 ships (Civilization). However, these are not the exact figures. While translating the notes of Solon, Plato made an error. He interpreted the Greek symbol for 100, as the symbol for 1000, thus throwing every statistic off by a factor of ten. Despite the resulting ... quarried from under Atlantis: "one kind of stone was white, another black, and a third red" (Plato 45). The first sight of Thera that modern tourists see are the sheer cliffs that remain. These cliffs are a breathtaking mix of...

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... Greek writers. In Plato's Apology and Crito, through critical reasoning, Socrates acknowledges the word of the law. In contrast, Sophocles" play Antigone makes the point that justice should be put ahead of the law, otherwise more problems can surface instead of good. Comparing and contrasting these ... much more so to use it against your country." (51 c) Social obligations, to Socrates, take priority over ethical obligations. On the contrary, in Antigone, Sophocles portrays an opposite view on law and justice, than that of Plato and Socrates. In the play, King Creon makes a decree prohib...

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... , kalokagathia, and physis were terms that could define these new contributions to Greece. In literary works such as "The Odyssey", "Allegory of the Cave" and "Antigone", and in such forms as "Sculptures", or the Parthenon, we are able to see these how the Greeks developed these new concept words. Odysseus' will to ... the sun it becomes a source of purpose for them, as if it is their fate. This relates to the concept of ananke. In the tragedy of "Antigone" the concept of humartia is manifested. Humartia meant an error, an unintentional sin or a tragic fault - something that did not go ...

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... strapped down in chairs staring at shadows being made by creatures dancing in front of a fire behind them. This is all they know; these shadows are the prisoners" reality. ( Halsted notes October 6, 2003) Plato's calls this common sense. The Second stage is Recognition. The prisoners now break their chains and headgear and turn to see the creatures that are walking in ... the comfort of the cave to go into the sunlight of the world. Plato sees this as a person Neumann 2 becoming aware of a truer and more real world that exists. (Halsted notes October 6, 2003) The fourth level is Observa...

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... , I meant to be wrong. I knew what I was doing. Helping humankind I helped myself to misery And yet I never dreamed it would be like this, this wasting away against the air hung cliffs the desolate mountain top the loneliness So don't now, don't cry over this, the sorrow that is." {PB, pp. 42-43, ln. 402-414) From this quote, it is evident ... ...

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... their confessions. Dante makes the point through the confessions that sinners elect their Hell by an act of their own will. (Dante's Inferno pg. 62 notes #4" Cerberus - Circle III - Gluttons - The three headed dog of hell that rips and tears those in the circle with its claws and teeth. ... placed at the gate of the underworld to allow all to enter and none to escape. His ravenous disposition makes him an apt symbol for gluttony. (Dante's Inferno, notes on pg. 69. #13, 14) Plutus - Circle IV - Hoarders and Wasters - overseer of prodigal (wasters) and miserly (hoarders). In Greek mytholo...

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... see what I missed and what I needed to study more, than to cheat. There are four reasons why we should behave justly. 1) To avoid punishment. (Benko, notes) If we behave unjustly we will soon be punished for those acts and most human beings don't like to be punished in any way. People will kill themselves to ... avoid punishment. 2) If we could get away with crimes, we would commit them. (Benko, notes) If we knew that we could get away with killing someone we would have a major decrease in population. Today so many people have so much hate for one ... just. To be truly unjust, he or sh...

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... see what I missed and what I needed to study more, than to cheat. There are four reasons why we should behave justly. 1) To avoid punishment. (Benko, notes) If we behave unjustly we will soon be punished for those acts and most human beings don't like to be punished in any way. People will kill themselves to ... avoid punishment. 2) If we could get away with crimes, we would commit them. (Benko, notes) If we knew that we could get away with killing someone we would have a major decrease in population. Today so many people have so much hate for one ... just. To be truly unjust, he or sh...

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... . The theme of the plays was about justice. He also introduced the second character to the stage.. Another playwright was Sophocles. He was most famous for three of his tragedies, Antigone, Electra, and Oedipus Rex. He was fascinated in divine justice. His tragedies focused on the connection between the community and its individuals. Sophocles introduced the third character and also the ... ...

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... that he believed that chaos would be punished because order (and law) is the ideal state. Sophocles is best known for his pornographic and incest-filled plays of Oedipus and Antigone. Those plays dealt with family and civic loyalty. The Greeks emphasized, particularly in their plays, the importance of loyalty as a goal to strive for. We learn a lot about Greek views ... ...

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... and ignorance and that would be "opinion". Knowledge pertains to the reality, it is awake and sees "the thing itself". Opinion is what one thinks, not certain, its dreamy.(Lecture notes) In the Republic knowledge, justice and beauty are meaningless, there is something higher and that is "The Shape of the Good", without the shape of the good there wouldn't be ... citizens are to be taught the "ideal vision of God", philosophy should be introduced to all. Education for the reader is when the individual has the capacity to learn. (lecture notes) Knowledge in Plato's "Apology" is seen more ...

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... because of his astounding strength, but that ended when he received a serious injury. Sometime after, he met Socrates and became open-minded to his opinions. Plato would spend hours taking notes on Socrates' deepest thoughts. But Socrates was soon charged with blasphemy, the act of not expressing reverence for God. He was forced to drink hemlock and died. "It is better ... behind the Socratic method. It is critical to science and is taught by questioning. He focused more on the soul instead of science. Socrates influence Plato and let him take notes on his thoughts. Plato, Greek's best ...

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... it was fate that made events occur. "Willing cooperation with the "Divine Will" is the only sensible course of action and the essence of Stoic virtues." as stated in the notes for Hellenistic philosophy. The "Divine Will" may be God and it may be Zeus, but what is clear is that they believed that the most logical path to take was ... the one in which you cooperated with the Gods (or God). Plus it was, as the notes say, "Stoic virtues". There was also a huge leap in mathematics, astronomy, and medicine because of philosophy, unlike Hellenic philosophy which suffered in these things due t...

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... dialogues. Apart from a few fragments almost all of these dialogues have been lost in time. Still extant, however, are his lecture notes for carefully outlined courses having to do with almost every branch of knowledge and art. Texts based on these notes on logic were called Organon ("instrument"). For Aristotle, psychology was a study of the soul. He defined a soul as a "kind of ... ...

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... , we are trying to remove it. Similarly for the violinist. We aren't trying to kill the violinist, we just want to remove ourselves from being attached to it. Also, Thomson notes that she is not arguing for the permissibility of abortion; she is arguing against its impressibility in certain cases (rape, a killer pregnancy etc.) Bork: Not surprisingly, Bork is against abortion ... ...

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... in varying situations (1). God is the ultimate final cause. Aristotle wrote a work entitled, On the Heavens where he portrayed his studies on God and heaven. Starting with ordinary observation, Aristotle notes that things move, and that the source of their movement is some other moving thing (Kraut 1). If what readily causes x to move is always some other thing y, then there can ... ...

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... to recognize when they are falling into the natural tendency of making a cognitive error and therefore not seeing the true reality of the situation. In order to make these mental notes one must first fully understand when they are apt to make these errors. Thomas Gilovich attempts to aid humans in their detection of these errors by revealing that humans tend ... ...

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... another musical ensemble that needs the collabaration of others in order to stay in tune. One string or person out of tune causes dissonance. Dissonance is a conflict in tonality between notes. That part of the phrase is shown in comparision to Socrates and his realationship with the Athenean society. In this segment, "or that a great namy people disagree with me and ... ...

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... " him; he wants to show the man "body wisdom". I believe this excerpt relates to Socrates because of what has been said in the excerpt is basically what is in our notes. Socrates believes that to learn, one must go farther than just books. He also says this in the excerpt, "Your only recourse has been to read books and listen to ... ...

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