Category: Plato

Table of Contents Introduction The Context Social Networks Ideology and Official Propaganda Communication Issues: Argumentation, Debate, and Questioning Media Fear of Losing the Illusion Ethical Aspect: The Category of Good Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The Allegory of the Cave is the cornerstone of objective idealism, illustrating the world of things and the world of ideas.…

There is a great multitude of debates in philosophy, and all these discourses have a shared aim of widening and enriching the human mind and soul through asking questions. Interestingly, the very subject of philosophy is constantly losing some of its branches, which become separate sciences like astronomy and psychology. Philosophy, the term that is…

In the suggested passage, the philosopher revolves around the price of freedom and whether it could be achieved by any means. If to speak about the main idea of this very text, it could be determined as the essence of the cogitations about justice, injustice, and the appropriate response to these phenomena. Being imprisoned, Socrates…

Moral intent According to Abelard and Heloise, moral intent is the best way of assessing morality because it determines the capacity and intention of a person to undertake moral or immoral acts. The notion of Abelard is that moral intent predisposes people to perform good or evil acts. In this view, people become good or…

We See and Understand Things Not As They Are But As We Are The assessment of knowledge as a subjective or objective entity can be seen as a question that is haunting humanity since the ancient times. Taking Platos allegory of the cave, where people chained since childhood to watch the shadows played on the…

Table of Contents Introduction The Context of the Trial Importance of Justice and Genealogy of Legal commitment The Contradictions of Law and Justice Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Socrates is a Greek philosopher and teacher of a great Greek philosopher Plato. His works laid a basis for the Greek thespian art and he is a pioneer…

The influential philosophers of antiquity who established the basis of modern human fields are St. Augustine, Socrates, and Plato. However, these philosophers have different perspectives on specific aspects of the worldview, although they voice similar motives in various directions. Thus, it is essential to analyze the main similarities and differences between the philosophers mentioned above,…

Introduction A great deal of what we know about Socrates the man, in fact, all of what we know of him, is what is written about him by others who may or may not have heard him speak. This is because Socrates chose not to write anything down in his pursuit of wisdom. Some of…

Analysis: Diotimas Speech Socrates quotes Diotima as saying that Love (the alleged divinity) is neither mortal nor eternal, lovely nor ugly. This is a titular claim that characterizes the speech, fitting the first requirement of the Toulmin model. The further direction of the speech mostly evolves around this claim, trying to support, destroy or interrogate…

Platos Euthyphro is a written dialogue between Socrates and Euthyphro that discusses the meaning of piety as a virtue. Generally, piety is considered to be the fulfillment of duty to a higher power and humanity. Euthyphro is regarded as a highly pious man who chose to legally prosecute his own father for murder. Meanwhile, Socrates…