According to Socrates‚ rearing in music is most sovereign (401d) Why would Socrates possible believe that music should be the foundation of education? Socrates‚ unlike the modern world‚ does not limit music only to what is sung by the tongue or played by the hands ‚ but instead defines music as all that arises from the heart‚ soul‚ and mind. According to this definition ‚ music includes literature‚ plays and television‚ and also songs. Once you begin to understand this broad definition of music
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democracy‚ executed the philosopher Socrates in the year 399 bce for the crime of impiety” (Nails 27) Why did Athens wait so long to put Socrates on trial? In order to explore my topic and try to answer my question‚ I began reading three scholarly sources‚ which gave me a better understanding on why he could of been put to trial. It still raises the same question as to what really happened and why was Socrates sent to trial at such a late age in life. Socrates throughout his life has been teaching
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about to gain the everlasting reward. To begin‚ I would like to state emphatically that by my understanding and reasoning‚ I agree with Socrates’ argument in Phaedo‚ which points to the fact that the philosopher “should be cheerful in the face of death”. This paper will then go on to show why I think what he says holds water and why I agree with him. In 64a‚ Socrates tells Simmias and Cebes that people who take philosophy as a serious discipline and apply themselves totally to it‚ are in all manners
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Plato vs. HomerHomer’s Iliad would have been severely criticized by Socrates‚ as depicted by Plato in The Republic. Plato is critical of Greek literature and mythology and even went so far as to propose a system of censorship in the ideal city. Plato believed myths to be lies and thus the propagation of these lies should be halted in society. In The Republic he wrote‚ "Whenever they tell a tale that plays false with the true nature of gods and heroes...they are like painters whose portraits bear
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politically; however‚ the idea had originated from philosopher Socrates during Ancient Greek time. A compromise between an individual or individuals government and themselves on the duties and responsibilities that they were born with. Socrates argument is that people should follow the Social Contract Theory since it was the origin point of how people were born‚ how one got educated‚ and how one were to act through adulthood. In the book‚ Crito‚ Socrates states that by the time they reach adulthood they could
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is the point of our existence. To find happiness‚ then we will be living a complete life. What makes happiness‚ or better yet‚ where happiness exists is a question that has been pondered by many great thinkers. Aristotle‚ Immanuel Kant‚ Plato and Socrates had quite a bit to say on the subject. All of these well-known philosophers have a road map to happiness‚ religion‚ passion and objectivity. Yet‚ their theories differ ultimately in how to go about attaining each of them. For both Plato and Aristotle
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Trial and Death of Socrates? In Ancient Greece‚ leading a good life is rather more complex than it is in today’s society. It is evidenced in Plato’s four dialogs in The Trial and Death of Socrates. Through the dialogues of Socrates we can learn that in Ancient Greece education‚ religion‚ society in general‚ law and values played a major role on a person’s way of living a good life. In the dialogues of The Trial and Death of Socrates‚ society condemned those such as Socrates for changing or questioning
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Works Cited As an Athenian philosopher‚ Socrates spent his life in constant pursuit of insight. He loved engaging in conversations that helped him derive philosophical views on a number of different issues. The birth of ideas through critical reasoning can be credited back to his method of teaching‚ which is now known as the Socratic Method. Although widely respected today‚ many of his teachings were found controversial in Athenian times. Socrates was placed on trial and put to death soon after
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execution of Socrates (399 B.C.) changed the course of his life. He abandoned his political career and turned to philosophy‚ opening a school on the outskirts of Athens dedicated to the Socratic search for wisdom. Plato’s school‚ then known as the Academy‚ was the first university in western history and operated from 387 B.C. until A.D. 529‚ when it was closed by Justinian. Unlike his mentor Socrates‚ Plato was both a writer and a teacher. His writings are in the form of dialogues‚ with Socrates as the
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Allegory of the Cave By Plato Socrates: --Behold! human beings living in a underground den‚ which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den; here they have been from their childhood‚ and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move‚ and can only see before them‚ being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads. Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance‚ and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way; and you will
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