Vanessa Duran Professor Guiu Philosophy 107 October 25‚ 2016 Paper 1 In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave what I get from Socrates statement “The unexamined life is not worth living” is PIE-AST. PIE-AST stands for prisoners‚ illusion‚ escape‚ ascend‚ spiritual technique and‚ transformed. In today’s society I believe a lot of us are trapped in a cave just like Socrates was. We are prisoners of our own culture just like in The Allegory of the Cave because in Athenian culture they were only taught a
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“Life Is a Search for Justice” Everyone has a moment toward the end of their life where they can finally reflect back on their life as a whole‚ but that moment is not the most important. Throughout everyone’s life‚ we are all constantly searching for one common thing; Justice. In terms of justice‚ I’m referring to the search of finding out who you really are and what is your purpose. Oedipus Rex had a turn in his life which forced him to search for justice and find out who he really was. Oedipus
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June 20‚ 2011 Is Life worth Living? Is life worth Living? This is a question that I hear felinely. Some human beings believe that life isn’t worth living because it’s a lot of ups and downs in their lives or because they life is miserable. And it is some that believe that life is worth living. Life is a very beautiful and wonderful thing. Life isn’t meant to be giving to you or to be easy‚ God never said life was going to be easy and everything supposed to be giving to you. Life is what you make
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IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? We have so many reasons for us to give up our lives but are not the reasons to live it even more? Yes today I’m asking you’ll this question. Every time that something goes wrong in our lives we start complaining and finding out faults in ourselves. It’s not wrong to find out our faults in a situation but we go wrong when we start blaming ourselves for every mistake that occurred or every reason that we are in that situation. Our life is worth a million‚ and the reason is that
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Mysterious is what life seems to be and time seems too short for us to enjoy it. Most of us are often told to live life to the fullest but we were never told how to do so. As we grow‚ we continue to search on how we will make our life worth living. We tend to be adventurous to try to know the world and what we can do to say that our life is worth living. People have different perspectives on how is life worth living. For me‚ there are many things that make my life worth living. Life offers many challenges
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Philosophy‚ Sept. 18‚ 2014 The Unexamined Life When calling into question Socrates’ idea of an “unexamined life”‚ one must understand exactly what the purpose of examination is. In most cases‚ examination is used to help make decisions or judgements based on certain standards‚ beliefs‚ values‚ etc.‚ which are then reflected back upon to make sure that the subject of examination is in-fact living up to these ideals. Therefore‚ in terms of Socrates’ view‚ an “unexamined life” is one that is unjudged or
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Aristotle said “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles is the best Greek play ever written. The audiences might agree with Aristotle depending upon their understanding of the “healthy confusion” of both pleasure and perplexity portrayed. “Oedipus Rex” is one immense riddle that lifts the audience’s minds’ to a higher understanding of the human life. Greek culture would call this: Catharsis‚ which is purification of the mind. Thematic ideas in the play are derived from the axial age‚ which concentrated on logos
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Oedipus Rex The tragic play “Oedipus Rex” describes the life of Oedipus and the events that led to his ultimate downfall. Through specific dialogue and narrative progression “Oedipus Rex” is able to convey Oedipus as a victim of fate‚ and although the play was written many years ago‚ Oedipus’ experience can still be interpreted by modern society to debate whether or not man is in control of his/her own destiny. The over arching theme of fate‚ or a predetermined destiny‚ is developed throughout
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Aristotle’s Tragic Hero: Oedipus Rex The Athenian tragedy Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles‚ yields a rare quality of emotional and character depth that is unparalleled and has withstood the arduous test of time. Much of the stimulation derived from Oedipus Rex is in the unraveling of the protagonist’s fate. By the hands of the gods‚ almighty King Oedipus is prophesized to take his own father’s life and marry his mother. Never has a man stood so tall and fallen so hard. In Poetics‚ Aristotle describes
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The Tragedy of Oedipus A Greek tragedy is not like stories today. Certain elements separate Greek tragedies from modern day plays. The main aspect that distinguishes the difference between Ancient Greece and now is the sense of pity and fear. Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex proves to be a Greek tragedy‚ according to Aristotle’s “The Art of Poetry”‚ through its plot and dramatic twists of events. One could classify Oedipus Rex as a Greek tragedy because it contains the elements‚ such as suffering‚ peripety
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