Essays on Socrates

Socrates was a Greek philosopher, and a founder of the Western thought (Guthrie, 2012). He was born in Greece, Circa, in the year 470 BC to Sophroniscus, a sculptor and Athenian stone mason, and a midwife mother, Phaenarete (Guthrie, 2012). Very little is known concerning the life of Socrates except...

The author introduces two main characters who are great friends; Crito and Socrates. Socrate was in prison waiting for the final judgments which could result in a death sentence. In the beginning, the author introduced us to Crito who went to visit his friend Socrate in jail to see how...

At the beginning of the story, the author introduces two main characters who are great friends; Crito and Socrate. One of the main character; Socrate is in prison where his friend Crito visit him (Crito 43a-44a). The main aim behind Crito’s visit to his friend in prison was to plan...

In his essay What Would Socrates Say? Peter W. Cookson Jr. explores the viability of combining technology and Socratic inquiry in the twenty-first century. Despite the benefits of using technology, the author contends that it runs the risk of impeding the learning process. The internet era makes it easier to acquire...

As a juror, I would find Socrates guilty based on the reasons offered and the legal criteria taken into account. Reasons provided by Meletus Socrates commits a crime by exploring things beneath the earth and the heaven, corrupting them while believing he is making right out of them and imparting them to...

Epistemology is a discipline of philosophy concerned with the study of knowing that has long piqued the interest of philosophers. It is an area that has piqued the interest of great thinkers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, to name a few. They have various explanations for the source of...

Both the Euthypro's answer to Socrates and the ministers of Birmingham's response Both the Euthypro's answer to Socrates and the ministers of Birmingham's response to the freedom movement in Birmingham were based on a partial understanding of what is just. The two examples show how people might prescribe justice and holiness...

People will not cease striving to make their planet a better one, even if they appear uninterested in doing so. Humans, on the other hand, are unsure of what constitutes their best or worst performance or scale measurement. Socrates highlights the human confusion of desires notions to be ideal and...

Plato's Socratic Method in Analyzing Irony Plato's Socratic method is the analytical approach of analyzing irony in his dialogue Euthyphro. The iron is given in this scenario when Socrates pretends that Euthyphro is an ironist and attempts to confuse his reasoning for virtue, making him a self-ironist. The concept entails a...

We live in a legally governed community. However, there are times when people question their need to observe the law, even if it is terrible or unfair. The Socrates dialogue offers a unique viewpoint on legal obedience and disobedience (Garver, 2012). Ethics and the law are inextricably linked. The ethical...

According to Socrates' explanation in his apologies, a daimon is a decent person and an inner intuition of doing good, whereas a divine item is a holy substance or sensation. We can see from Socrates' trial how his arguments might be consistent with his convictions. In-depth discussion of Socrates' ideas,...

Socratic logic and ethical behaviors Socratic logic holds that ethical behaviors are defined by their goals. A moral deed has some virtue in it. The killing of the youngster was done to allow the two men to provide for their families who rely on them (Brewer, 2007). The youngster owed no...