The Trial & Death of Socrates and The Ox-Bow incident Write a 4-5 page paper discussing some incidents that arise in the book: The trial and Death of Socrates, and the movie: The Ox-Bow incident.
Humanities Question Writing Assignment PROMPT Homer’s Iliad was a classic in its own time. That is to say ancient Greeks found it important, and continued to tell and retell the story. Young Athenians studied it in school, and performers would recite the poem at community festivals. Even philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle considered its […]
Clouds and Apology PART A- REACTION QUESTIONS The satirical play, Clouds, suggests that while the scientific revolution inaugurated by the Presocratic thinkers in the sixth century is an advance over the mythological thought of Homer, it also has created an ethical crisis that will be exploited by the school of thinkers known as the Sophists. […]
The Conflicted Truth What philosophical meaning does ‘truth’ have for Nietzsche? How does this compare to Descartes’ understanding, and/or that of Socrates?
What are the arrangements Socrates suggests for the housing and compensation (pay) of the guardians and of the auxiliaries? For what reason(s) does he favor such arrangements? The discussion of the topic of housing and compensation starts at 415d and continues to the end of Book III. But to answer the second part of this […]
In a page and a half, research and write summaries of the biography of Plato and that of Socrates. Also summarize p. 690 – 700
A. Assignment Guidelines DIRECTIONS: As reported in Plato’s account The Apology, Socrates famously claimed at his trial that “The unexamined life is not worth living.” In this course, you have had the opportunity to examine your own life and reality through the thoughts of the Ancient Greek philosophers. The purpose of this touchstone assignment is […]
Essay prompt: According to Socrates, must one heed popular opinion about moral matters? Does Socrates accept the fairness of the laws under which he was tried and convicted? Would Socrates have been wrong to escape?
Description Thrasymachus makes a bold claim in Plato’s Republic that ‘Justice is what is in the interest of the stronger party’. You should examine and compare his view to Socrates’ and John Rawl’s view on justice throughout the essay.
At Apology (41d) Socrates says that a ‘good man is not harmed in life or death’. Throughout the dialogue he also discusses his ‘divine sign’ which prevents him from engaging in wrong doing. In another dialogue the Gorgias Socrates says that ‘doing what’s unjust is actually the worst thing there is’ and that it is […]
