... affirms my belief in questioning every aspect of life from authoritative figures to the origin of my own opinions. It also strikes fear deep within the hearts of those who conform to another's definition of life; we should choose our path wisely, for we only get one. From the second we are born until our last breath, human nature drives us to explore and grasp the ... didn't bite, so Socrates, always ready with a question, posed, "Who makes the young good? The Jury? The Council? The Assemble?" Meletus answered yes to all of them. Then Socrates asked if he (Socrates) was the only force c...

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... by an ancient Athenian court. As a brilliant philosopher hundreds of years ahead of his civilization who was seeking to define the nature of ethics by asking seemingly awkward questions, Socrates' quest exposed the ignorance of those who believed themselves to be wise, with one of the most documented incidences being his debate with Euthyphro concerning the origins of piety. In Plato's "Euthyphro" (translated by F.J. Church), ... use, Socrates, and Euthyphro would not be superior to the majority of men, if I did not have accurate knowledge of all such things" (8). One of the main themes...

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... rolling cylinder. Imagine a person that pushes a round cylinder down a hill. The pusher is the cause of the cylinder starting to roll down the hill, but it is the cylinder's own nature that keeps it rolling down the hill. The pusher does not continue to exert force on the cylinder to keep it rolling. The pusher's action was done after the initial push. Therefore ... men become good " (Long & Sedley, pp. 380, 381). This would suggest a confliction since "becoming good " would have to be somewhere between virtuous or vicious. This would also mean that a person's nature would have to be ch...

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