Both Woolf and Socrates have been questioning society as a whole. Woolf questioned the ideals about how men and women where treated in society and how gender is just a social construct people made up. While Socrates questioned why society made something pious or impious and people followed it without understanding why. Why do Woolf and Socrates ask and tell us all these things? Its not as though they would be able to change the world‚ but just to be able to make people to think about the construct
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In Plato’s “Euthyphro”‚ Socrates has a conversation with Euthyphro about a young man that goes by Meletos‚ who had plans of indicting the philosopher following the claim that he’d been corrupting the youth. In what sounds like a hellacious situation to be part of‚ Socrates remains optimistic when he says‚ “And he alone seems to be starting out in politics correctly‚ because the correct way is to first pay attention to how our young people will be the best possible‚ just as a good farmer probably
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Chris entered the room‚ smiled at everyone‚ and with an even conceited voice‚ declaimed‚ “better late than never!” Yes‚ Chris was late again. And yes‚ he made a pathetic excuse again. Filipinos are tagged as late comers. This even necessitated the term “Filipino time.” As a matter of fact‚ nowadays‚ when you say it’s “Filipino Time‚” it means there really is no official time. You can come late and still feel proud that at least‚ you even came. It’s also interesting to note how we Filipinos
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They all go to the beaver’s dam to get warm‚ get something to eat and to get some rest so they can finish taking the kids to Aslan. When they reach Aslan the next morning they wait for them and have to bow down to him. Aslan is supposed to represent Jesus in Narnia. He is very wise‚ intelligent‚ gentle‚ and caring. The White Witch wants to kill
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The Republic Reflection Socrates was a man of distinction and a man with strong ideas on how to make a more perfect society. Although a lot of his ideas conflict with his ability to be just or unjust it does not in his mind. Being just or unjust is a major topic in the book and there are many different ways of being both. Socrates used the terms‚ not necessarily the way we would normally use the term today‚ but parts of his depiction made sense. He said a lot of different things could be
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an ode to Love. Socrates spoke last‚ alleging his speech was a reiteration of what Diotima had once told him. Diotima‚ a priestess‚ whom Socrates allegedly met in the past‚ told him of the secrets of love. Another attendee of the party‚ Alcibiades‚ was asked to make a eulogy for love as well‚ but instead‚ talked about the nature of Socrates. The nature of love‚ from what Alcibiades said‚ and the nature of Socrates turned out to be almost identical. In Plato’s Symposium‚ Socrates represents the quintessence
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manifested two opposing opinions: Jesus Christ and Aristotle. Both have defined virtue in their own terms‚ and this essay will compare these definitions and ultimately confirm their inherent differences. In the end‚ if given the chance‚ Aristotle would not approve of Jesus’ conception of virtue/excellence due to their conflicting views on the intention of action and defining virtue. In order to prove the dissimilarities of these men we will first examine the values of Jesus Christ‚ then later move on to
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Philosophies of Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle The philosophies of Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle had different points of-view but they were also similar in some ways. For example‚ all three philosophers had their own thoughts on the subject of justice and government. Socrates belief on this matter was that democracy was an unwise form of government. He thought that the electing of the people was unfair justice. Plato had some of the same beliefs. He believed that government should only have
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In Hobbes Leviathan‚ one might recognize the complete controversy between he‚ and Socrates. Socrates‚ was a man with little answers; he made you question things you did not know‚ and things you thought you knew. However‚ Hobbes‚ gives you immense immediate answers‚ and even claims that philosophers are wrong (page 57). Hobbes also claims that men has “restless desire of power after power” (page 58); he claims this explains how and why people act in a certain manner. Reflecting on our modern society
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In Plato’s The Apology‚ Socrates generates this speech at the trial where he is accused by Meletus of not believing in the gods that the city believes in‚ but believing in other spiritual things as he corrupts the youth with these ideas. He‚ then‚ attempts to defend and find the truth about these accusations. Socrates presents a sequence of questions for Meletus to answer‚ but aren’t; these questions showed the significant discrepancy in Meletus’ claim. As Socrates continues‚ it’s obvious how ridiculous
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