Apology Letter Essay

Around 427 BCE, the philosopher Plato was born in Athens as a part of a noble Athenian lineage, although as time went on, an admiration for Sparta began to grow in Plato’s ideal state or government. This tendency to Sparta would have been caused by the trial of his teacher, Socrates, in which the Athenian democracy condemned him to kill himself by drinking hemlock poison due to accusations of impiety and corrupting the youth in Athens. Another reason of why Plato based his political ideas on…

‘The Apology’ written by Socrates most famous student Plato, is a Socrates dialogue where he is defending himself from the accusations of corrupting the youth and not believing in the gods of Athens. He tells the court that these accusations are false and he does believe in the gods of Athens. He also tells them that he did not corrupt the youth, in fact the youth followed him on their own free will. According to Socrates the problem was that people who called themselves wise were not actually…

The inconsistencies of Socrates In life it can be very easy to tell when someone doesn't know what they are talking about, but there are the few who can disguise their ignorance. Socrates is one of those few, he is able to trick his peers into believing he has superior knowledge to what is and what isn't, but in reality he creates and develops his ideas as he is going in the Republic, his ideas are improvised and molded around the questions and comments his peers give to him. Throughout the…

Carl: Sam, would you say that Socrates' trial was not fair because he was not guilty of the sentenced crimes? Sam: Well it was an extreme denunciation for such petty accusations. Carl: Since we agree that Socrates was wronged, I think Socrates was stoically accepting unjust Laws. He didn’t try to convince the jury of his innocence. Do you think Socrates did right by staying and facing death, or should he have escaped? Sam: I think that Socrates believed that he was doing the right thing by…

Plato’s allegory of the cave is an excellent representation of misconception. Plato describes how countless people lack the knowledge in the Theory of Forms and as a result, the people are unable to turn and see what is behind them. Meaning that such people who are unable to move their heads will mistake what is in front of them for the truth, rather than try and look at what is behind them and learn from it. Whether one wants to accept the reality for what it is or stay in a blissful ignorance…

This essay is about Socrates in the Apology. Socrates was a philosopher, a religious fanatic and a man of reason who lived to questioned why things are the way they are, due to his occupation of questioning and reasoning he was later brought to court on charges of corrupting the young and encouraging people not to believe in godly things that are recognized by the state as said by his accusers. During his trial he said quite a numerous things in the Apology and he was found guilty by the juries…

In aphorisms 4 and 6, Nietzsche discusses his rather blunt perception of what he thinks of Socrates’ belief in reason, the Socratic equation, and the nature of dialecticism and those who practice it. After a rather painstaking analysis of his critique, Nietzsche’s disliking for Socrates can be attributed to what he believes to be dialecticism and how Socrates defended himself in court almost 2000 years before. The entire premise Nietzsche bases his argument on is a concept he calls “Will to…

The Apology written by Plato is about the defense of the philosopher Socrates in front of the folk court of Athena. Socrates' open criticisms directed to top Greek politicians had created many enemies. Thus, he was brought to court and was accused about the lack of faith in gods and the corruption of young people. The accusations raised against Socrates may seem ridiculous to us nowadays because of the different democracy we now have, but in ancient Athens they viewed them as attitudes to the…

Cassondra Britton A Modern Day Socrates: Bob Ross Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher who is considered one of the founders of Western philosophy. A man who was too progressive for his time, Socrates’ radical ideas, such as the rejection of materialistic society, challenged those whose wealth shielded them from the masses. This progressive man defied common beliefs, and confronted those who held those beliefs. An unexpected teacher of many, Socrates was a visionary whose ideas challenged…

Starting The Republic, Book I, Socrates goes down to Piraeus (Plato 327a, p1). He is stopped by Polemarchus and begins the debate on what justice is with Cephalus (329a, p3). Cephalus explains his view of justice which Socrates shows is incorrect. Polemarchus, then, picks up where his father left off and looks to explain what justice is. However, unlike his father, Polemarchus explains justice as “friends owe something good to their friends, never something bad” (Plato, 332 a10, p6). Continuing…