Socrates Research Paper

In Plato's Gorgias, it is apparent that Socrates has no desire to be a good statesman as it is defined in the eyes of the Athenians. His calculation is that Athenian rhetoricians place no reliance on facts or truth, nor are these their aim. Instead, they rely on the illusion of knowledge, and this morally weakens both themselves and their audiences. It is clear however, that if he wishes, Socrates is able to match most or all of the other statesmen in Athens, as is clearly indicated by his very eloquent speech which ends the dialogue. Additionally, under his own definition of a good statesman, it is evident that Socrates is more than qualified.

Socrates was born in 470 BC, in Athens and belonged to the tribe Antiochis. His parents were Sophroniscus and Phaenarete. Socrates married Xanthippe, who was remembered in particular of having an undesirable temper. She gave birth to three sons, Lambrocle, Sophronisco and Menexenio. Socrates initially worked as a stonemason, and there was a tradition in antiquity, which was not credited by the modern scholarship, that Socrates created the statues of the Three Graces, who stood near the Acropolis until the 2nd century AD.

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were among the great philosophers of the Athenian Empire, and they expressed their views on Athenian democracy while also being among the most vocal critics of philosophers. Socrates criticized demagoguery as the result of common people voting in elections. He believes that voting is a skill, not a matter of random intuition. He did not believe in the common people's abilities, and he believed that democracy could not guarantee that the educated and trained would rule society. Politicians, poets, and artisans were thought to be the wisest people at the time.

Regarding these ideals, it is necessary to analyze Krishna’s actions, Socrates’ daimonion’s actions, and the similarities and differences between the two. A few similarities can be gleaned from these two things, the advice and the daimonion. For example, they are both out of the body. Krishna comes to Arjuna, to contact him and to speak with him directly.

The philosopher Socrates actions and beliefs, are known for opposing the Athenian societies traditional forming ideas as a citizen. An Athenian citizen has certain notions to become loyal and patriotic like to the society. He wants to replace that with a new kind of rational citizenship. His view of citizenship relies on one's own power of independent reasons ad judgement. HIs actions and beliefs is believed to what led Socrates being in trial, questioning if he is innocent or a perpetrator.

Having embarked on a quest to determine the goodness or badness of political justice, Socrates and company are led to discuss the origins of the polis (“city” or “city-state”). This discussion quickly leads to the topic of “guardians,” the class of citizens charged with defending the city’s regime against enemies, whether from without or within. What traits does Socrates claim these guardians will need to have? Why do they resemble noble, well-bred dogs? When Socrates stated that a guardian must resemble a noble, well-bred dogs because according to Socrates, a well bred dog has the ability to use its senses and be “quick to see, and swift to overtake the enemy when they see him, and strong too if, when they have caught him, they have to fight

In 404 BC, the Athenian democracy was dissolved and was replaced by a Spartan-installed tyrannical oligarchy, which soon became known as the ‘thirty tyrants’. (Broadie, 2003, p. 92) while the Thirty Tyrants were in control of Athens, over 5% of the population were killed, and thousand of people had there land and rights stripped from them. In less than a year the oligarchy was overthrown in a violent fight to restore Athenian democracy so dear to the demos (the people), which had now become even more important as they had experienced life without it (Broadie, 2003, p. 92). Suddenly Socrates’ rhetoric and ‘free-thinking’ became more prominent as something to be wary of by the demos and Socrates’ liberal use of parrhésia became distressing. Socrates continued to discuss his way of thinking with anyone who would listen, but most prominently to his students.

Why does humankind try to put a tag on something or someone good, beautiful, just or unjust? People have not found an answer for the question yet. Moreover looking for certain definition can be regarded as useless since human feelings are variable. However, Socrates was willing to define justice, beauty, piety etc. so that people or citizens are able to know how to live beautifully, well, justly according to their definitions.

1.2. The Socratic method is the method that Socrates used. He used to asking very broad questions that he thought would bring about a very precise answer. This method is used for developing critical thinking skills and incorporates inquiry, analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of different thoughts and ideas. This method is useful because the process of

HIST 1421 Learning Journal Unit 1 • Different classical Greek philosophers held different opinions about democracy, include Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato. Socrates saw republic as a defective system since it provided power to the uninformed people and held the view that only the intelligent and righteous should rule. He favored a system of governance where philosopher-kings would rule, using their knowledge and goodness to make judgments that would benefit the whole nation. Many of Socrates' ideas on democracy were also held by Plato, whom was a pupil of the philosopher.

The Resident of Invisible District Anybody knows what is “immortality”? According to Merriam-Webster, “immortality” is referring to the quality or state of someone or something that will never die or be forgotten. Whether a person accepts it or not, the concept of “immortality soul” is always a part of the religions’ teaching, for example: Judaism, Hinduism and many others. Generally speaking, people do care about the existence of their soul overall.

Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers throughout time, and as a philosopher he tried constantly to bring explanations to the world he lived in. Many other philosophers had created their speculations on how the world fundamentally works, defining different mechanisms and presenting certain ideas to try to explain why things are the way that they are. One of the greatest of these systems was created by Plato, the teacher and friend of Aristotle. Plato believed that reality consisted of the World of Being in which truth existed in the form of perfect forms, as well as the physical World of Becoming which is like an imperfect reflection. Aristotle rejected this idea, refusing to believe that truth lay hidden in a mystic realm in which we may never come to know it.

Considering my uncle’s case, people may believe that for a businessman the final end would be to run the business well. Even if my uncle loves his work, works hard, the happiness he gets out is in no way his only reason for doing what he does. His hard work creates wealth, which others may see as the final end that may create happiness; however as per the Aristotle’s view, wealth in itself cannot be the final end, since wealth itself does nothing unless this wealth is used in a certain way to bring about this feeling of happiness. My uncle works hard, does business parties, and chooses to use his wealth to make his children have a better life by buy buying a big house and expensive cars. These virtuous acts could be assumed as supporting actions which lead to a state of happiness.

Socrates is a key person of Athens and when he was charged guilty with the possibility of being executed, he wasn’t worried. Rather, he stayed true to himself and stuck to what he believed in. Socrates tries to protect the citizens of Athens by not angering the gods, “that you may not sin against the God by condemning me,” (104). Being a “gift to you [citizens of Athens]” Socrates wants people to think about what will happen to the city once he is gone, whether it will be better or worse (105). However with the way he states he is needed by the city, he tries to convince people that they will sin by going against him.

One of the biggest and most known person in philosophy, Aristotle has made never ending questions throughout the philosophy world. Aristotle is used in philosophy courses and is one of the first major people to go over if studying philosophy because of many schools of philosophy that he has made. Many of those schools being law, ethics, and science which we now use on a daily bases. Making a name for himself and being known throughout the history of philosophy, Aristotle is one of the greatest minds. Aristotle was raised in Stagirus, his fathers name was Nicomachus and he was the King of Mecadonia's, King Amyntas, physician.