Comparing Pericles’ Funeral Oration to Sogoyewapha ’s Appeal to the Preservation Culture After the Peloponnesian War‚ Pericles delivered an oration to celebrate the soldiers who had died in battle. Similarly‚ Sogoyewapha’s oration delivered at the council of chiefs of the Six Nations to celebrate their religion. Both orations give an understanding of the inner workings of government in ancient Athens and in the aboriginal nation. The approach that will be applied to analyze the orations will be Burke’s
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Bobby J. Alexander Given the context of the speech‚ do you believe everything Pericles say’s about Athens in the Funeral Oration? Why or Why not. I feel that given the context of the speech‚ I would have to agree with what Pericles said in it to be true. First of all‚ I think that the way Pericles gives praise to his fallen comrades‚ couldn’t have been said any better. Of course maybe they were over exaggerated a little by the writer‚ but the way he spoke of them was as if he knew every
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Pericles Funeral Speech: Hype or Truth Several philosophers and thinkers have graced Athens but none probably have described Athens as vividly as Pericles did with his funeral speech delivered in honor of the martyrs of the Peloponnesian War. This speech was given almost a year after the Peloponnesian War started and its purpose was to inspire both the citizens and the army of Athens. In his speech Pericles describes Athens as a flawless state when compared with its contemporaries. Pericles highlighted
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A Manipulative Speaker: Marc Antony’s Funeral Oration George Bernard Shaw once said “Words are the postage stamps delivering the object for you to unwrap.” After the death of Caesar‚ Brutus and Antony give a funeral speech for Caesar. Both are excellent orators‚ and convince the crowds very well. However‚ Brutus made Antony promise that he “shall not in your funeral speech blame us‚ but speak all good you can devise of Caesar.” (pg. 106-7‚ 247-8). Marc Antony uses many persuasive devices such as
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The discussion between Socrates and Meno revolves around a single question “What is virtue?” Socrates is interested in knowing what the intrinsic nature of a virtue is and what makes all instances of virtue‚ virtuous. In other words‚ the reason why something is a virtue. Although Meno produces a myriad of examples when he says “There is a virtue for every action and every age‚ for every task of ours and every one of us…” it still does not answer Socrates’ question. He provides virtuous examples‚
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The discussion between Socrates and Glaucon in the story of the ring of Gyges is a response to a sophist named Thrasymachus’ idea of Justice in book one of The Republic. He made three central claims about justice: Justice is nothing but the advantage of the stronger. Justice is obedience to laws. Justice is nothing but the advantage of another. Thrasymachus’ “won” this argument against Socrates; however‚ Glaucon was not satisfied with these claims. The main theory of Glaucon in the ring of Gyges
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This reading is so confusing‚ I read it three times and still have some confusion about the Socrates statements. Basically‚ it is a conversation or arguments between Socrates and Euthyphro. Socrates is in the court because a man whose name is Meletus prosecuted him about corrupting the youth. Therefore‚ Euthyphro is in the court to prosecute his father for the murder of the servant. It is not proven that his father is killer but Euthyphro is trying to get justice on behalf of the servant. Euthyphro
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It was a great center of cultural and intellectual development‚ and thus home to philosophers. Socrates and Pericles‚ two of these philosophers‚ had polarizing opinions about the city-state and its citizens. While Pericles chooses to praise the Athenian citizen‚ Socrates criticizes Athens’ people. Pericles gave his opinion at a funeral during the first battles of the Peloponnesian War‚ while Socrates gave his during the trial that ultimately led to his death. The Athenian city-state has become
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At the end of Meno‚ Socrates said that if he can convince anyone of the things they have concluded‚ then Meno would have provided a great benefit to the Athenians. And given the context of the Apology‚ Meno would have also benefited Athenians in a way that Socrates said could not accomplish throughout his life—that is a point to the direction of how to put virtue into practice. Socrates believed that if Meno had successfully determined the nature and practice of virtue then he would have help Athenians
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