One of the charges in the affidavit written by Meletus against Socrates is that he is an evil doer "corrupting the youth" (Grube). Another charge brought against Socrates is that he is making up new Gods and disregarding the old Gods the Athenians believe in (Grube). Socrates starts his defense by addressing the jury and telling them that his accusers had a prepared speech, while Socrates' speech will be completely improvised (Perel). Socrates continued to further disassociate himself from the opponents by telling the jury to forgive him for his conversational tone in his speech, for that is how he best speaks (Perel). Socrates asked the jury to focus on the substance of his defense, not how his defense is delivered.
Colby's friends had been warning him for some time that they did not like the way Colby had been behaving. But after Colby did something, his friends decided that he should be hanged. They tried to rationalize their decision by saying that they, ".... had a perfect moral right to do so because he was our friend, belonged to us in various important senses, and he had after all gone too far." (Barthelme, 1973, pg. 194) His friends would not listen to Colby's argument that, "Going too far was something everybody did sometimes."
The policies that Machiavelli created for new rulers were often considered cruel. He also developed a guide on how to govern. Socrates would not have agreed with his policies and guidelines of govern. Socrates and Machiavelli would have agreed that Socrates being on trial for teaching the youth of Athens topics that may cause a disagreement to the government. Socrates and Machiavelli repeatedly share ideas of government and politics.
Unfortunately, many Athenians found Socrates to be a threat to them due to some events that occurred during the time. Because of his beliefs, he was brought to trial for “corrupting the young” and “ not worshipping the gods of the state” and was later executed in 399 B.C at the age of 70. One of Socrates teachings was about evil. He believed that nobody chooses to do wrong voluntarily. He’d also said that doing wrong always harmed the offender and no one tries to bring harm upon themselves.
And to find out some answers, we need to go through Plato’s dialogues, “Crito” and “Phaedo”. This conversation between Socrates and his dearest closer friends and fellows, may bring us some of the answers…if we have the good sense of reading it more than once. After been convicted in Athens for corrupting the youth and not believing in Gods, Socrates was given the chance to scape to another city to save his life.
Essentially, Socrates stated that he did not possess wisdom, like sophists believe they possess, but only human wisdom, which implies the fact that he knew that he knew nothing at all. First of all in this excerpt, Socrates addressed a counter-argument to his self-proclaimed innocence, in which his fellow civilians questioned his occupation. It was common knowledge that Socrates spent most of his time around the marketplace discussing a plethora of concepts and questioning people on whichever topic he desired. Thus, the public believed that he was nothing more than a traveling sophist, trying to obtain money in exchange for his knowledge; such activities were not deemed completely reputable or acceptable in common Athenian society and were characteristic of sophists. He continued to refute this assertion by making a slightly sarcastic, presumptuous joke at the public’s expense, “Listen then...some of you will think I am jesting, but be sure that all I say is true.” This quote can be perceived as a stab at the ‘inferior argument’ strategy, for which sophists are famous.
It encourages students to think outside the box and revel in the sea of innovation. I believe that challenging ideas is a learning tool. Not just for the challenger, but also for everyone listening. Learning does not come from accepting everything at face value or passively retaining given information. Learning comes from asking necessary questions and clarifying ideas and statements presented by the professors.
Hadot investigates the Socratic notion that virtue is knowledge and that an examination of your soul is necessary to become a ‘good’ man and live in a moral way. This analysis will investigate the many ‘masks’ of Socrates, through Plato, Kierkegaard and the ancient playwright Aristophanes and ask whether the examined life is truly the only way to live or whether this wisdom is beyond our human understanding and perhaps even our nature. Socrates is an illusive philosopher; a wandering hermit of ancient Athens who made philosophy and the true love of wisdom a personal life quest. He is also a figure we have such little factual evidence on it is difficult to argue who he really was and what he represented. This is ironic; as for many people Socrates has become a revered character both in his time and ours.
We already knew about his particularly verbose style of communicating from earlier in the interview. But this question alwaysmakes people feel uneasy. It originates from the old-fashioned aversive interview approach of the 1950s and 1960s, designed to make the candidate uncomfortable in order to gauge how he handles pressure. The question still feels like a put down. When you purposefully make a candidate feel embarrassed, she won't forget it, and will most likely never recommend your organization to a friend.
Socrates developed this elenchus as a means to examine and refute his students’ arguments. By pulling people into conversation, questioning their assertions, and dismantling their philosophies and premises and turning their own logic against them, such dialogue empowers the student to question the logic and ideas of the instructor even as the teacher gains insight from the student’s arguments) Socrates was unique among the scholars of ancient Athens by presenting himself not as master of knowledge but as a fellow student working toward the discovery of truth during mostly informal discussions(Tucker 2007). Personal Leadership Style In utilizing and defining my personal leadership style I often and intentionally use The Socratic Method, or elenchus in stimulating team members into thinking “Out of the Box” as part of my transformational theory of leadership. I strive to be honest in understanding of who I am, what I know, and what I