Higher Level (EV)
... SOCRATES: But my dear Crito, why should we pay so much attention to what ‘most people’ think? The most sensible people, who have more claim to be considered, will believe that things have been done exactly as they have. CRITO: As you can see for yourself, Socrates, one is obliged to bear in mind pop ...
... SOCRATES: But my dear Crito, why should we pay so much attention to what ‘most people’ think? The most sensible people, who have more claim to be considered, will believe that things have been done exactly as they have. CRITO: As you can see for yourself, Socrates, one is obliged to bear in mind pop ...
Slide 1
... Our knowledge of Socrates comes to us from numerous dialogues which Plato wrote after 399. In nearly every dialogue – and there are more than thirty that we know about – Socrates is the main speaker. The style of the Plato's dialogue is important – it is the Socratic style that he employs throughout ...
... Our knowledge of Socrates comes to us from numerous dialogues which Plato wrote after 399. In nearly every dialogue – and there are more than thirty that we know about – Socrates is the main speaker. The style of the Plato's dialogue is important – it is the Socratic style that he employs throughout ...
A Summary of Glaucon`s Argument
... they can get away with it. Glaucon thus challenges Socrates to prove the goodness of being just after he forcibly argues his two main points against it. Glaucon’s first point supports Thrasymachus’ argument from Book I: a belief that everything good and of value in the world can be presented through ...
... they can get away with it. Glaucon thus challenges Socrates to prove the goodness of being just after he forcibly argues his two main points against it. Glaucon’s first point supports Thrasymachus’ argument from Book I: a belief that everything good and of value in the world can be presented through ...
What is Philosophy?
... Socrates' deserves credit for rigorous, ethical investigation. His conversations with his fellow Athenians are the first records we have of an individual, by careful reasoning, trying to discover the guiding principles of moral choices. ...
... Socrates' deserves credit for rigorous, ethical investigation. His conversations with his fellow Athenians are the first records we have of an individual, by careful reasoning, trying to discover the guiding principles of moral choices. ...
Philosophers descend on Athens
... church on the Ilisus river, where Plato's Phaedrus dialogue took place. Professor Karalis says ancient Greek philosophy is just as relevant now as it was in its beginnings and is still a strong influence on modern day philosophers. "As for contemporary philosophy, nobody can understand how Heidegger ...
... church on the Ilisus river, where Plato's Phaedrus dialogue took place. Professor Karalis says ancient Greek philosophy is just as relevant now as it was in its beginnings and is still a strong influence on modern day philosophers. "As for contemporary philosophy, nobody can understand how Heidegger ...
Day 15: Establishing the Republic
... “The Republic shows us why Socrates was accused and why there was good reason to accuse him. Not only does he tell us about the good regime, but we see his effect on the young men he was said to have corrupted. Socrates, in leading them to a justice which is not Athenian, or even Greek, but is rathe ...
... “The Republic shows us why Socrates was accused and why there was good reason to accuse him. Not only does he tell us about the good regime, but we see his effect on the young men he was said to have corrupted. Socrates, in leading them to a justice which is not Athenian, or even Greek, but is rathe ...
Socrates This is supposed to be of Socrates, but it was made after
... but it was made after he had already been dead for some time, by someone who did not know what Socrates looked like. Socrates was the first of the three great Athenian philosophers (the other two are Plato and Aristotle). Socrates was born in Athens in 469 BC, so he lived through the time of Pericle ...
... but it was made after he had already been dead for some time, by someone who did not know what Socrates looked like. Socrates was the first of the three great Athenian philosophers (the other two are Plato and Aristotle). Socrates was born in Athens in 469 BC, so he lived through the time of Pericle ...
The Most Influential Group of Philosophers
... Socrates was born in 469 B.C. to Sophacles, an Athenian stone crafter. He was born at a time of political upheaval, causing him to be well versed in his political knowledge. The city of Athens in which he resided would eventually use him as a scapegoat for their political downfall, resulting in his ...
... Socrates was born in 469 B.C. to Sophacles, an Athenian stone crafter. He was born at a time of political upheaval, causing him to be well versed in his political knowledge. The city of Athens in which he resided would eventually use him as a scapegoat for their political downfall, resulting in his ...
SOCRATES
... • Topic: the nature of some moral virtue (areté), such as courage, piety, self-control or justice. • Aims: Testing ideas for logical consistency; proving that politicians and others who have claimed to have ‘wisdom’ about human affairs in fact lacked it; drawing attention to at least apparent errors ...
... • Topic: the nature of some moral virtue (areté), such as courage, piety, self-control or justice. • Aims: Testing ideas for logical consistency; proving that politicians and others who have claimed to have ‘wisdom’ about human affairs in fact lacked it; drawing attention to at least apparent errors ...
Symposium (Plato)
The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a philosophical text by Plato dated c. 385–370 BC. It concerns itself at one level with the genesis, purpose and nature of love, and (in latter-day interpretations) is the origin of the concept of Platonic love.Love is examined in a sequence of speeches by men attending a symposium, or drinking party. Each man must deliver an encomium, a speech in praise of Love (Eros). The party takes place at the house of the tragedian Agathon in Athens. Socrates in his speech asserts that the highest purpose of love is to become a philosopher or, literally, a lover of wisdom. The dialogue has been used as a source by social historians seeking to throw light on life in ancient Athens, in particular upon sexual behavior, and the symposium as an institution.