Creative Writing - Socrates Dialogue

Socrates was a man that believed in the superiority of an argument over writing, since he left no literary legacy of his own, we are dependent upon writers like Plato and the historian Xenophon. ... Therefore spent the greater part of his mature life in the marketplace or other public places of Athens, engaging in dialogue and argument with anyone who would listen or who would be willing to submit themselves to interrogation. In the Socratic dialogues, he would question the students and carefully apply his dialectical method. ... Plato socrates deciple was one of the most creative and influen...

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Socrates was a man that believed in the superiority of an argument over writing, since he left no literary legacy of his own, we are dependent upon writers like Plato and the historian Xenophon. ... Therefore spent the greater part of his mature life in the marketplace or other public places of Athens, engaging in dialogue and argument with anyone who would listen or who would be willing to submit themselves to interrogation. In the Socratic dialogues, he would question the students and carefully apply his dialectical method. ... Plato socrates deciple was one of the most creative and influen...

• Word Count: 1341
• Approx Pages: 5

These centuries are considered by many to be the most creative and influential period in history. ... Plato (427-348 BC), a student of Socrates, wrote down the work and ideas of Socrates on paper. ... He composed over 20 dialogues. All of his dialogues have more than one speaker. ... Later, Herodotus (ca. 485-425BC.) and Thucydides (ca. 455-397BC.) founded history-writing. ...

• Word Count: 1162
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Plato, a Greek philosopher was among the most important and creative thinkers of the ancient world. ... The writings consist of some twenty-six dramatic dialogues on philosophy and related themes. O"Connor states, "The philosopher Socrates was a close friend of Plato's family as well as his teacher... This could be a good explanation to why Plato uses Socrates to voice his own opinions about his Ideal State. ... Plato contributed to the cause by writing twenty-six dramatic dialogues in his life time. ...

• Word Count: 1255
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Literature is a creative act. ... He described literature as, "imaginative writing in the sense of fiction" (Eagleton 1). If one then believes that 'writing in the sense of fiction' is the meaning of literature then who is it that decides what is true and untrue - and thus ultimately, literature? ... Plato therefore seems to cover the case of his own dialogues, where he speaks through the mouths of Socrates, Adeimantus and Glaucon. ... Such a claim recalls the dialogue of The Ion, in which "a whole series of the inspired" (Ion, p13) arose from a poet's recitations; th...

• Word Count: 5585
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

King uses an effective transition to reinforce the parallel between the struggle of Socrates and that of the people of Birmingham: "...so must we see the need for...." To explain this principle and lend credence to it, King cites Socrates" employment of this same method: creating healthy tension to stimulate intelligent thought. ... The description that the South has "been bogged down in a tragic effort to live in monologue rather than dialogue" indicates that the presence of only one viewpoint (that of the white populace) in conversation (daily life), as opposed to the presence of two points...

• Word Count: 4137
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: Undergraduate