Christine Gao #6 K. Kassakatis C&C Honors World Literature 17 September 2015 Siddhartha Socratic Seminar Questions 1. While Siddhartha’s journey is uniquely his own‚ it is also everyone’s journey. What connections to Siddhartha’s journey toward shaping and understanding his identity can you see within your own? Siddhartha’s life journey is representative of the worldly human desire to find meaning and success within oneself. Everyone’s journey is basically the same because they all require a certain
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The Apology Essay The Apology is Socrates’s defense to his trial and sentencing. He is defending himself and what he believes to be true. In this account‚ he reveals that he has found the secret to wisdom. He explains that Delphi had told him that he was the wisest man alive. He was curious as to why Delphi had said that. He went on a search to find a man that was wiser than himself. In this process‚ he discovered what it means to be truly wise. In Socrates’s quest to find the true meaning of
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Socrates – “The Apology” or (Defense) Socrates had no written work‚ never had a job and there are questions of whether he was even literate. However‚ Plato was a student of Socrates and recorded what occurred at his death trial. Socrates asked lots of questions and made people with political power look stupid. At no time during his trial does he claim to be innocent. He (attacks his accuser instead) There were two types of charges brought against him. - The new or (Official) Charges
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Mediations on First Philosophy‚ knowledge comes from our senses but the senses are only there to help improve all these aspects of life. His idea is the mind is a dominant weapon in everyday life‚ one that decides the certainty of all things. In The Apology‚ Socrates believes that all knowledge comes thru questioning of what he thinks he knows to what he truly is willing to find out. Therefore his ideas of what he thinks he knows
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Socratic Seminar Reflection Us humans use a lot of fuels during the day‚ food fuels and mechanical fuels. Each gives us energy to power through the day‚ mechanical fuels to cars and food fuels to our bodies. When being compared they have some similarities and differences. Obviously the main and most distinguishable difference is the fact mechanical fuels are used for cars and food fuels are eaten by us to give us energy. So they seem completely different right? But exactly how different? Our human
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Pre-Socratic Philosophers Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1. Who Were the Presocratic Philosophers? Our understanding of the Presocratics is complicated by the incomplete nature of our evidence. Most of them wrote at least one “book” (short pieces of prose writing‚ it seems‚ or‚ in some cases‚ poems of not great length)‚ but no complete work survives. Instead‚ we are dependent on later philosophers‚ historians‚ and compilers of collections of ancient wisdom for disconnected quotations (fragments)
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Examine in detail the main ideas in Sidney’s ‘An Apology for Poetry’ and comment on its significance. An Apologie for Poetrie may for purposes of convenience be divided into sixteen sections. 1. The Prologue Before launching a defence of poetry‚ Sidney justified his stand by referring in a half-humorous manner to a treatise on horseman-ship by pietro Pugliano. If the art of horsemanship can deserve such an eloquent euology and vindication‚ surely poetry has better claims for euology and vindication
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Winter Dreaming of a Socratic Seminar The Socratic Seminar was an educational and enlightening experience. Before the day of the seminar I was a bit apprehensive and was not sure whether the class‚ or I for that matter‚ would participate much or learn much. After the class I felt great about the experience and learned a lot‚ it was good to have a conversation with my fellow classmates about the story in a relaxed atmosphere. I was confused on several aspects of the story and wanted to discuss several
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Socratic Seminar Questions 1. Do you think Medea should’ve let the children live? If so‚ who do you think she would’ve chosen and why? If not‚ why do you think Medea killed the children? I think it was right for Medea to kill the children. The children are a “product” during Medea and Jason’s relationship. Since Medea feels like Jason betrayed and tainted their relationship‚ she feels like letting the children not live is like destroying every last remnant of their
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Question 1: Napoleon and Snowball each used propaganda tactics to persuade their audience in the book‚ Animal Farm. Snowball used tactics that gained him the support of his followers using a propaganda method known as “Plain Folks”. Specifically‚ “Snowball read it [the seven commandments] aloud for the benefit of the others. All the animals nodded in complete agreement” (43). By convincing the listeners that he was applying these rules for their greater good‚ he gained their trust and their
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