Socrates

Plato's Republic transcribed by Plato, Socrates argues with Thrasymachus on the matter, is being just good and wise? Socrates asks Thrasymachus a question that eventually makes Thrasymachus rethink his position. Socrates makes the argument that justice is wise and good and injustice is ignorance and bad; however, Thrasymachus thinks alternatively in a sense that he defends injustice as being better of the two. Through Socrates’ method of elenchus, Socrates comes to the conclusion “the just has…

meaning of what virtue truly is. Meno gives the readers many different meaning of what virtue could be, but Socrates always challenges his definitions. There are various reasons as to why Socrates contests Meno’s answers. Socrates is looking for an explanation of what virtue is that helps demonstrates what the idea of knowledge truly means, and that will show us what we do and do not know. Socrates first challenges Meno with the question of what virtue is, and whether or not it is taught,…

concluded from Socrates’ philosophical approach and teachings in The Apology and Crito, that politically speaking he is an idealist. This in turn is a stark contrast to Machiavelli’s more practical writing in The Prince. Therefore, the two inherently diverge on their political perspectives and thus, would differ in what they would deem an ‘ideal’ prince, and consequently the political system that would form as a result. In both The Apology and Crito, it is rather ambiguous as to what Socrates…

is a digression from the previous speakers’ because he illustrates a personal instance in which eros (love) is and is not felt, whereas the previous speakers defined it. Additionally, he shows eros as not always beneficial. His unrequited love for Socrates proves that it is not always a mutual emotion and can have a detrimental impact, unlike the other speeches which portray love as a beneficial force for both lovers and society. However, it would be remiss of me not to mention that his speech…

Plato 's argument of recollection in Meno tries to solve the puzzle of how knowledge is acquired or learned. Plato, a classical Greek philosopher who is a famous writer. In Plato 's Meno Socrates , a philosopher who questions a slave into recollecting prior knowledge and not drawing any conclusions from information that is being ask of him for the first time. Plato 's idea of true knowledge is based on its usual nature and his theory of recollection, that suggest that all knowledge can…

“Crito” happens in Socrates’ jail cell, where he awaits execution for corrupting the morals of the youth and insulting the gods. He is visited before dawn by his old friend Crito (whom the dialogue is named after), who bribed the guards to look the other way while he smuggles Socrates out of prison to the safety of exile. Socrates appears to be very eager to anticipate his up and coming execution, thus Crito presents the greatest number of contentions as he can to induce Socrates to get away. On…

conception of justice makes practical use between Socrates and fellow Athenians to examine the many aspects of the complex conception, especially justice’s value. Through Glaucon and Adeimantus’ challenge towards Socrates, the question of whether justice is good only for its consequences or worthy in itself is raised. In this essay, I offer an account on what Socrates means by justice and whether it’s good in itself, drawing on Plato’s “Republic” where Socrates praises the intrinsic value of…

this change is good or bad. Plato and Socrates are no different. Much of Socrates’ work is through the written texts of Plato, despite many historians believing that the dialogues of Socrates had been expanded upon by Plato himself. “His ideas and life as a teacher and philosopher are mostly known through the writings of his best student, Plato, in his dialogues,” states Westervelt. This begs to ask a very interesting question, what is and what is not Socrates’ work? Despite these ideologies,…

Plato’s Euthyphro Plato’s Euthyphro is an avid discussion at King Archon’s court between Socrates and Euthyphro about the definition of piety. During their conversation they share their reasons for coming to court. Socrates was being charged for impiety by Meletus while Euthyphro had come to prosecute his father for unintentionally killing Euthyphro’s servant for drunkenly murdering one of Euthyphro’s slaves. Socrates flatters Euthyphro, suggesting that Euthyphro must be a great expert in…

Plato remained in Megara for three years, and then traveled to Cyrene, a city in Africa to study with Theodorus the mathematician. Plato’s early works were heavily influenced by Socrates. After more than a decade of traveling, he went to Sicily. There, Plato made contact with the followers of Pythagoras. Here, Plato learned of Pythagoras’ discovery of the relation between number and musical harmony, and that correlation led him to…