Mary‚ The Mother of Jesus By Angelus Djugash Virgin Mary Jesus is God. Jesus was born to Mary. Mary is the mother of God. St.Luke introduces Mary when the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a virgin betrothed to a man Joseph (Lk: 1:26-27). The virgin’s name was Mary. Virgin means that one does not know human love‚ but only the love of God. It means that one has no other thought but for the Lord. It means to remain children in the flesh and angels in the heart. It means that
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philosopher by the name of Socrates was found guilty in two offenses. The city of Athens gathered to hear the trial‚ and The Apology by Plato allows to better understand what was said in Socrates’ defense and sort through the logistics of the case. Meletus‚ the prosecutor‚ charged Socrates with an account of living an impious life and with a second account of corrupting the youth of Athens. Yet‚ I can attest that truly Socrates was innocent in the case of these two accounts because Socrates greatest desire
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Describe Socrates’ reasons (in the Crito)‚ for refusing to escape from prison. In the text Crito‚ is compose of the Socrates’ and Crito’s dialogues whether escaping from the prison or not. Because of the corrupting youth Socrates sentenced to death. By ask questions Socrates made people questioned their belief. Therefore Socrates called as ‘god fly’. After all these cases Crito try to convince Socrates to escape from the prison. However Socrates does not want to escape. According to Socrates’ view
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Philosophy Midterm Paper Being compared to a torpedo fish may seem like an insult‚ but in Socrates’ case‚ it is nothing but a compliment because of the actions behind it. Socrates is known for his questioning and critical thinking abilities that might give him this nickname. Meno‚ frustrated by Socrates extreme questioning‚ says‚ “Indeed if a joke is in order‚ you seem‚ in appearance and in every other way‚ to be like the broad torpedo fish‚ for it too makes anyone who comes close and touches it
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Plato & Socrates: Excellence in Virtue introduction “Socrates’ positive influence touches us even today” (May 6) and we can learn a great deal about him from one of his students‚ Plato. It is in Plato’s report of Socrates’ trial a work entitled‚ Apology‚ and a friend’s visit to his jail cell while he is awaiting his death in Crito‚ that we discover a man like no other. Socrates was a man following a path he felt that the gods had wanted him to follow and made no excuses for his life
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story of Socrates after he was put on trial. This text shows the argument that Socrates made while he was fighting for his life. He was sentenced to death because the people of Athens felt like he was corrupting the youth that lived in the city. Plato characterized Socrates as a kind‚ innocent man who was unfairly blamed for a crime that he did not commit. The audience in this book is the jury and the citizens that appeared in court but the bigger audience is those who sentenced Socrates to death
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Socrates is a man who relies on his manipulative tricks of rhetoric and cunning wisdom to dismantle and disprove his opponents of conversation. “What is the pious‚ and what the impious‚ do you say?” (6) Socrates asks one of these opponents‚ a man named Euthyphro‚ who is at court to prosecute his own father - an action which Euthyphro thinks to be pious. Socrates asks Euthyphro to define piety‚ and as he does so‚ Socrates uses their conversation to mock and twist Euthyphro’s words so they contradict
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In Plato’s Apology‚ we are faced with the narration of the speech Socrates makes at the trial in which he is being accused of corrupting the youth of Athens for his lack of not recognizing the gods. Early on in the text‚ on page seven we are presented with the accusations to which Socrates is being accused of; “What do they say? Something of this sort: - That Socrates is a doer of evil‚ and corruptor of the youth‚ and he doesn’t not believe in the gods of the state‚ and has other new divinities
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Socrates and Zen The differences between Eastern and Western philosophies are very pronounced. Western mentality is generally based upon a rational‚ ordered system of categories that encourage the continual search for truth and knowledge through science or religion. Conversely‚ Eastern mentality maintains that life is a journey towards self-discovery of oneself and the unexplainable universe. However the drastic divide between Eastern and Western thoughts may not have always been so dramatic
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of Socrates‚ the value of piety and justice is emphasized repeatedly. To Socrates‚ it is never valid to knowingly commit an unjust action‚ as it does more harm than good. In other words‚ the most important thing in life is a good life that maintains the health of the body and psyche. Therefore‚ after failing to be acquitted from his trial‚ he must now determine whether it is just or unjust to escape without the approval of fellow Athenians. In his examination of possible liberation‚ Socrates rationalizes
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