Philosopher King v. Despot It was a rather frequent occurrence for Socrates and his companions to gather in a public dwelling to converse about wisdom and life. On one of these occasions, the topic of rulers was brought up and thoroughly dissected. Socrates argued that a philosopher would be an idyllic ruler and pointed out how the despot is the exact opposite. A teacher tries to explain the different aspects of the conversation Socrates had with his disciples to a student. The teacher perceives that although the philosopher king would be the finest choice for a ruler, it was much more likely that for a despot to hold the position of power.
Graff goes on to further state that because of this every street-smart student has the possibility of being an intellectual. To find this potential intellectualism, Graff proposes that schools should allow and encourage students to write and read about their personal interests in order for them to transition easier from the street-smart thinking to more of an academic thinking. After this transition is started and/or made, Graff further encourages schools and colleges to teach the students to not just read and write, but read and write intellectually. Graff says a student’s writing should be challenged, forcing the student to come up with arguments to defend their opinions. Graff believes this action will further strengthen the intellectualism of our youth.
Conversation is important for everyone. People can impress their feeling or opinion by doing conversation. In Plato’s quote “in these conversations, sometimes a spark is kindled which henceforth nourishes itself”, the word “conversation” is meaning informal talking by people to people; and the author also says conversation is so easy to have, it does not spend lots of time. Conversation is a way that people impress their opinion to the other. They both share own opinion to each other.
“Apology” February 20, 2013 As I read the Apology written by Plato I noticed that Socrates makes his defense in a question and answer type of structure. He is very wise as to asking the right questions. He tries to make Meletos answer his questions as it will prove Socrates defense later. Socrates tries to make Meletos contradict himself and therefore, the contradictions are his defense. For instance, Socrates asks “Do not the good do their neighbors well, and the bad do them evil?
I think this quote opened the eyes of the people and made them realize they needed to help the country out and do their part in society. He also wanted to unite the people and explore the problems they were being faced with. He knew he couldn’t simply fix all the country’s problems by himself so he focused on the present and future citizens and set goals for the country as one, as well as the country’s we have friendships with. He had a goal of welcoming new states and cherishing them. A custom friendship was key to him.
Franklin developed a list of virtues to better himself in his everyday life. He considered the virtues to be for his own moral perfection. Franklin wrote his virtues down in a book and would practice each one of them at a time until he perfected it. Franklin promised himself that he would put these virtues and adapt them into his life, which helped him to be able to live a life that others could see. Through the way that Benjamin Franklin lived his life led to others looking towards him as a leader and others also wanted to change their lives around as well.
This essay will analyze the dialogue between Socrates and Euthryphro that takes place before Socrates’ trial with the gods of Athens. Though there were many concepts that were shared throughout the dialogue, I chose to discuss Socrates’ argument of piety, love, and what is just and unjust. Socrates’ dialogue with Euthryphro is one of many forms of tedious arguments that Socrates’ is able to present to his peers. This argument is a pivotal question in Socrates’ philosophy. It teaches us the meaning of free will and being able to independently decide what is truly pious or impious based on personal beliefs.
Socrates believed in asking questions, challenging the answers to said questions and then re-examining the logic in arguments that were formed from the Q and A that transpired. This way of thinking was, previous to his teachings, unheard of. He inspired the Athenian youth he taught (Plato was his student) a new form a free thinking. Creating an atmosphere
In Henry David Thoreau’s Essay “Where I lived and what I lived for”. He uses many different rhetorical strategies to gain the audience’s attention and get his point across about how he thinks about the world. He uses Pathos, Imagery and similes; he uses an abundance of these rhetorical strategies throughout his writing. These three are important because they help make his argument stronger and allow the audience to understand what he is trying to get across. Thoreau strongly uses pathos throughout his essay in ways that might not be obvious but definitely grasp the attention of anyone reading.
Smart man Beckman gets an A+ from those who can understand him, but a D from those who didn’t know what the hell he was talking about. The rest of my sources weren’t so bad. The journal (The Case Against Teaching Virtue For Pay: Socrates and Sophists, by David Corey) treated me much better, for in this source you didn’t have to have an extensive knowledge in Greek philosophy. The general gist of the text was arguing payment for teaching virtue because many felt that virtue could not be taught based on the fact that most did not know what virtue was in full. Socrates said that he had no