... , he can leave and live anywhere else he pleases. By staying in Athens he has tacitly agreed to never break the laws. This argument, which Socrates gives, cannot be adopted to show that I have tacitly agreed to never break the laws of the United States of America. His argument is defective ... state representatives and through city halls if they want to change a law. Overall, the people of the country run the country if everyone participates. In Socrates argument he states that he could have left his country if he didn't like how the country was ruling [52e]. Since he stayed in Athens, h...

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... Plato's Crito and MLK Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail," this question is addressed. There are similarities and differences in the way Socrates and MLK Jr. deal with this issue. Both Socrates and MLK Jr. use a nonviolent method of disobedience. Neither man used violence in his means of showing his dislike for certain ... unjust laws and yet both were punished for their actions and beliefs. Socrates and MLK Jr. believe that the majority does not matter. If people are not satisfied with the terms of the law, it is not just and ... they both have faith that some greater force is guiding t...

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... outlooks on the authorities, and the laws in which they must abide by. Both stories are taken from an earlier date in which Socrates and Dr. King were placed in prison after breaking the law. I think that Dr. King and Socrates have completely different outlooks on weather it's right to intentionally break the law. I think that the argument between Dr. King and ... Socrates is very apparent that they disagree on weather a person should intentionally break the law. Socrates being a firm believer in what is just and unjust supports his position that escaping from prison and fleeing in exil...

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... he would have stayed in Athens to be executed. Actually, I think he would have left Athens when he was a young man. There were other alternatives for Socrates, but they all betrayed his personal beliefs. He could have been exiled, but he loved Athens and refused to leave his homeland. He could have vowed to stop ... teaching(sharing) his supposed impious views. Socrates could not stop sharing his knowledge with others, because he was told to do so by a God and that was more important to him than living. ... to make this nation pay attention to justice. Neither of these men believed in ...

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... to the Webster's dictionary, justice is: the principle of moral rightness; equity. Justice and fairness are synonyms. Henry David Thoreau would completely agree with Socrates" above quotation. Thoreau argues that government should be based on conscience and that citizens should cease associating with an unjust government. Thoreau writes: "How does ... is formed, one that is based on majoritarian politics, people should stop being involved in politics. Thoreau and Socrates both agree that it is not possible for justice to exist in the political world. Both of these intellectuals give ver...

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... he couldn't let the natives down and risk looking like a fool. (Orwell, 68) Orwell can also be compared to Socrates. This is because Orwell felt regret after killing the elephant; he knew that shooting it went against his morals. Socrates also felt regret. Socrates was imprisoned for speaking irrelevantly of god, and seeking truth by questioning the scholars of the village of Athens ... cannot disobey his punishment or the morals of the state, although he has not disobeyed the state in his mind. (48-54) Socrates believes that one must follow the truth and divine commands, even at the pe...

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... To obtain an answer to this question, it is possible to look back at history and literature written by "the greats" such as Plato(the thoughts of Socrates), Homer, and Virgil. In Homer's the Iliad, Achilles struck back against Hector because Hector killed his friend, Patroclus. Achilles could be described as irrational ... it is just for America to defend itself against Iraq, but does that mean that it is just for America to seek and destroy Iraq? Socrates also said that in order for true justice to occur reason must rule over spirit and appetite. Many of the characters, such as Aeneas ...

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... years following Pythagoras' death a religion made up of followers of his teachings persisted (1). As a religious practice it dissipated, but the teachings were responsible for influencing the likes of Plato and Socrates. Plato frequently makes reference to the migration of souls across species lines (1). This is in no way a proof that he himself was a Vegetarian, but it does show that one of ... western philosophies premier philosophers had a regard for animals with certain sensitivity. In Plato's Republic, there is a documented dialogue between Socrates and his student Glaucon. Socrate...

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... 's departure for basic training was approaching very quickly. A lot of outside pressure made Tim grudgingly go to the next level. Throughout the book he referred to Socrates and other Greek characters. He remembered that Socrates had a chance to escape to Sparta or Crete since he was going to be executed. He finally realized that living anywhere else but Athens would not have ... been worth it. This reference back to Socrates made Tim think about escaping to Canada to avoid going to the war. His thoughts went as far as exiling himself with no cares. Canada looked better and better to ......

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... types of deaths today, and you think a firing squad is bad. 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. Mosaic Law led the way in enforcing capital crime and what ... ...

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... funding the concentration camps and eventually their own death (Bower 276). Even in cases were survivors did have the policies in writing to receive the money they were still denied. Socrates Folkas tried to cash in on a $4,000 life insurance policy to Victoria zu Berlin; he was told the policy did not exist even though the policy was in his hand ... ...

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... 308). Dustin Cox: Capital punishment is a method of retributive punishment as old as civilization itself. Both the Greeks and the Romans invoked the death penalty for a wide variety of offenses. Socrates and Jesus were perhaps the most famous people ever condemned for a capital crime in the ancient period. Hammurabi's Code, a code of laws developed by the king of one of the ... ...

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... here. In regards to its government, Greece is currently a parliamentary democracy. Although Greece in its history was one of the first countries to come up with the ideal of democracy (i.e. Socrates, Plato, etc.) the referendum that was to do away with the monarchy that Greece was under did not come until much later. The current government has only been effect since ... ...

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... who question, the critics, are one step up. They question the fundamentals. They ask why we're here, what we're doing, where we're going. They question everything. And Socrates is their patron saint. We see a lot of this from the anti-war crowd, and much of it is useful. Critical examination is vital, the tearing down of established orthodoxy ... ...

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... citizens individual rights against intrusions by the federal and state government. The perception that human beings have inalienable rights and liberties that cannot be violated is not new. Philosophers like Socrates and Locke all preached about the importance of individual rights. This belief still holds some truth in our society today. In an age of modernization, the advancement of technology has ... ...

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... or herself, but to the state. He also did not accept Plato's theories. Aristotle wrote his works on ethics, logic, politics, poetry, astronomy, geology, biology, and physics. Plato a student of Socrates is considered one of the many greatest philosophers of Western civilization. He wrote down everything. Plato wrote about many things. One of his well-known writings is The Republic, based ... ...

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