Essays on Socrates

Pythagoras, a Greek, very influential philosopher back then but also nowadays. He was a mathematician and he founded the much known Pythagoras theory, but he is mostly known for his significance in numbers, he contributed in the developing of mathematics we know today. None of…

Notes on Dialogue Reading Journal Vocabulary: Ecumenism (noun): The principle or aim of promoting unity among the world’s Christian churches. Volubility (noun): The quality of talking fluently, readily, or incessantly; talkativeness Adumbration (verb): Report or represent something in outline Bedlam (noun): a scene of uproar…

Both Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and Plato’s Apology explore the limits of human wisdom. Socrates spends times trying to understand the nature of wisdom and whether the people who claim to possess it actually do. This investigation stems from the oracle, who proclaimed that Socrates…

Plato, born circa 428 B.C.E, was a prominent ancient Greek philosopher. A teacher of Aristotle and student of Socrates, Plato’s writings explored justice, beauty and equality but also contained discussions of political philosophy and theology. Plato’s most famous work is The Republic, a Socratic dialogue…

We usually understand freedom as the possibility to do as we wish. In this sense, to the extent that an individual is not constrained in his/her desire to accomplish a goal or satisfy a desire, we can say that the individual is free. However, upon…

Socrates and Euthyphro don’t come up with a clear definition on piety by the end of the Euthyphro, but this does not entail a lack of progress entirely, as a conclusion is not inherently fruitful, nor is it Socrates’ style to settle for any conclusion…

As it is known, the father of Political Philosophy, Socrates, did not compose any written works himself. Instead, his students Plato and Xenophon wrote the majority of dialogues pertaining to Socrates and his teaching. In particular, in Plato’s Republic, Plato sought to capture Socrate’s finest…

To get started with answering question one, yes I do believe Socrates is an admirable character, however I do not think he is worthy of being an influencer due to many factors that I will talk about are inspiration and pleasure vs happiness which I…

Plato’s “Protection of Socrates” takes after the preliminary of Socrates, for charges of misguidance of the young. His opponent, Meletus, claims he is doing as such by instructing the young of Athens of a different otherworldliness from that which was generally acknowledged. Socrates’ contention was…

Phaedrus started the speech by explaining that Love is one of the most ancient gods, bringing people goods and guidances. Phaedrus explained that, people will be more guilt or proud in front of their lovers, and they don’t want their lovers to capture the moment…