A Different View of Love We have heard definitions of love through our lives that have been passed on for decades. Some of us have felt love, and some of us have been in love. But no one ever seems to question what love is, as if it is something that just plainly is. People tend to just go with it, and think that what they are feeling is really complete and substantial love. In Plato’s The Symposium, the reader is confronted with some very different views of love as brought to us by Agathon, Phaedrus
entirely. Alternatively, one Athenian, Socrates, had different perceptions on the way he viewed life and the latter, death. Socrates, a philosopher, believed that philosophy necessitated a dire connection with oneself and the soul. Considering the many accounts of Socrates explaining how this connection can come about, he stated, if practiced correctly, only true philosophers would be able to experience the fruits of the after-life. Given the process, Socrates explains that philosophy exercises the
Apology Socrates’ was on trial for corrupting the youth and for spreading atheism. Socrates defended himself in the trial saying that he was just performing a service to the god that complimented him saying that he was wiser than anyone else. Ultimately this defense did not work, therefore he lost the trial. He was sentenced to death. Most people would be sad, scared, or distraught over this sentencing, but not Socrates. He didn’t view death as a bad thing, he almost welcomed death. Socrates welcomes
least philosophical dialogue. The Symposium is comprised of a series of speeches. In order to draw a conclusion on Socrates view on love, we shall examine previous speeches and compare them to his speech. This will inevitably draw out similarities that will make a pattern emerge on Socrates viewpoint on love. Method and content remain the two key similarities. Considering the method, Socrates speech follows those of who preceded him by his use of mythology. This is seen in his story of the birth of Love
Socrates and Plato had a very distinct view on the human life and what constitutes a living of a “good life”-a life that would allow man access to the forms. Socrates was Plato’s teacher, and throughout much of Plato’s works, Socrates is the main character, who is ultimately the mouthpiece to express Plato’s ideas about life. These ideas were centralized around the idea of an immortal soul and one’s location of critical thinking and reasoning. Socrates and Plato believed that the soul was the home
can be applied to Socrates, a wise philosopher, who is on death row, for disobeying the law in the novel “Five Dialogues”. revised by John M. Cooper. Socrates believes that if he broke an unjust law, then one should still be penalized for these actions, even if that law that is being broken is considered unjust. Socrates would rather die than to actually escape from his wrongdoing. Is Socrates theory of the situation infact not conclusive? In this paper, I will argue that Socrates’ argument of what
is and ought. Socrates and Confucius, we have read, would agree that assimilation is necessary for education and for being moral, but, as I will show, consider that plagiarism is immoral. To understand Socrates view on plagiarism, we must first understand the basis for what he considers moral. Morality, Socrates believes, is that which induces happiness and is in our best, long-term interest and that to live unpleasantly is immoral or evil (Plato 1956, pg.56). Furthermore, Socrates believes that
Socrates agrees with justice as interest but finds fault when his interlocutor says it’s the interest of the stronger party; Socrates thinks that rulers don’t always command things that are to their interest, at times they mistake their interest and take decisions that are injurious o their interest. Therefore justice
democracy. Plato’s Apology of Socrates and Funeral Oration of Pericles shows us the different views both Socrates and Pericles had on Athenian democracy. Socrates and Pericles views of Athenian democracy are on opposite ends of each other. Socrates describes Athenian democracy as being unjust and unwise, however, Pericles describes it as having equal justice. Socrates believes that the government of Athens is nothing but an accuser. The reason for this belief of Socrates is because the court of Athens
Both Epicurus and Socrates have different but similar takes on what we need to do in order to achieve the “good life”, but come to the conclusion that not knowing the difference between wanting and needing are what holds back most people in the end. First of all, Socrates’ views on the good life were to live a simple life, and that happiness does not come from material goods, but from three things: (1) what we define as happiness, (2) our relationship between pleasure and happiness, and (3) the
Socrates believes that the aim or purpose in life is to find virtue to better one’s soul and then continue to do so everyday onwards. Richard Taylor believes that life has meaning as long as we work to put our own meaning into it. In this essay I will be comparing their two lines of thought and the similarities between them. Beginning with Socrates, he has a very existential outlook on the meaning of life. In the Apology he states “I say again that the greatest good of man is daily to converse about
delve into the topic of the soul, trying to denude its nature. As philosophy and religion sometimes resemble each other’s views, assumptions of similarity are made between the two. However, despite appearing similar, upon deep review of the subjects, philosophy and religion may differ in views. This is seen in Socrates’ view of the soul versus the Christian idea of it. Socrates idea of how a soul becomes purify through living a philosophic life rather than a materialistic life is different to the
reading opens up with Socrates and his friend Polus having a conversation about orators and tyrants while questioning the power they hold in there cities. Throughout the whole reading they engage in topics of power, Happiness, and suffering while each disagree with each other. Socrates uses the art of dialect and shows Polus that his opinions are flawed and eventually Polus concedes and sides with Socrates, contradicting his first statement. Although Polus now takes the views Socrates has, does that really
Socrates' Sides With? Through my reading of Plato's Apology of Socrates and Crito, I have been able to see how Socrates makes important decisions and what he primarily bases his decisions on. As a individual person we have individual morals which lead us to our own moral or immoral decisions. Sometimes are own morals or beliefs might oppose the views of the state or the enforced law that clams to find justice. In this case we rely on our own beliefs that may be through passed down morals or through
Republic uses dialogue between Socrates and fellow Athenians in order to tease out the complexities of the idea of justice. In Book II, the question of the value of justice is raised, through the dialogue between Glaucon, his brother Adeimantus, and Socrates. Socrates is challenged by the brothers to refute their view on justice, and to explain whether justice is good in and of itself or only for its results. Socrates fails to completely refute Glaucon and Adeimantus' view, by failing to answer one argument
As an Athenian philosopher, Socrates spent his life in constant pursuit of insight. He loved engaging in conversations that helped him derive philosophical views on a number of different issues. The birth of ideas through critical reasoning can be credited back to his method of teaching, which is now known as the Socratic Method. Although widely respected today, many of his teachings were found controversial in Athenian times. Socrates was placed on trial and put to death soon after because of
Socrates and Thrasymachus in Republic Socrates and Thrasymachus have a dialogue in Chapter 2 of Republic which progresses from a discussion of the definition of morality, to an understanding of the expertise of ruling, and eventually to a debate on the state of human nature. The Thrasymachian view of human nature has interesting implications in regards to Thomas Nagel’s ideal of egalitarianism, and Barbara Ehrenreich’s discontentment with the economic disparity in our democratic society. Although
Comparison of Sophists and Socrates’ Views Sophism and Socrates ideologies continue to influence the world today in many facets. Though there was repulsion in the application of thoughts of Sophists and Socrates, manipulation and unfairness seems to be the major born of contention among their views. Question of whether Socrates was a Sophist too have erupted in different platforms. Irrespective of all the analysis and speculations of Sophists’ and Socrates’ philosophies, it remains true that their
Socrates grew up at a time when Pericles was in power. Pericles was known as the first liberal politician who believed that all man deserved liberty regardless of their wealth and status. As an adult, Socrates was always mocked by society for his views. The people in his community originally thought of him in a comical way, like in the play Clouds that was written by Aristophanes. Socrates was depicted as a man "stalking the streets" and "rolling his eyes at anything unintelligent." By about 417
the discussion between Polemarchus and Socrates, the problems with justice are outlined. In the outline, Polemarchus, first, gives his definition of what justice is; then, during the conversations, Socrates explains why Polemarchus is mistaken in his definition of justice; and lastly, after analyzing their conversation, the problems with justice will be revealed. Polemarchus gives his point of view of justice while