Philosophy

Mar 28, 2010 | Post by: Chris No Comments

Is God really Dead?

Friedrich Nietzsche was arguably one of the first people to write “God is dead”, or at least the first one to fully expand on that idea. This is one of the most profound ideas, in my opinion, ever to be cast upon human existence; the unfortunate fact is that most

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Mar 27, 2010 | Post by: Chris No Comments

Socrates’ good friend Plato

Plato is to most, the best source of information about Socrates, as he seemed to understand him best, for Plato was a philosopher himself. He was forty years younger than Socrates, and much of his beliefs, and theories where discovered due to Socrates help. He was one of many of

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Mar 15, 2010 | Post by: Chris 1 Comments

The influnce of the Delphic Oracle on Socrates as Plato describes

The Delphic oracle was understood in ancient Greece to be able to transmit the voice of God, and she became very influential in Socrates life when she told his friend Chaerephon that no one is wiser than Socrates. Some people could take this lightly, but Socrates certainly did not, he

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Feb 27, 2010 | Post by: Chris No Comments

The possible role of Aristophanes’ comedy on the execution of Socrates.

There are several different Socratic testimonies that have survived from primary sources, two of which are Aristophanes, and Xenophon. Both of these sources paint a very different picture of who Socrates was, and what he was like. Xenophon was a friend, disciple, and admirer of Socrates, so much of his

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Jan 03, 2010 | Post by: Chris No Comments

Plato’s allegory of the cave and the idea that what we often assume to be reality is often an illusion

Plato’s work The Republic presents the allegory of the cave, which is a dialogue between Socrates, and Plato’s brother Glaucon. This dialogue has great significance, especially in today’s world. Socrates explains that if someone is locked up in a cave, and only was to see a rock wall, with occasional

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Jul 20, 2009 | Post by: Chris No Comments

Socrates’ views about death as these are outlined in Plato’s Apology and in the Phaedo.

Socrates had very unorthodox views about death, especially for his time. Much of these were depicted in Plato’s Apology, and the Phaedo. Plato’s Apology showed Socrates views on death at the time of his trial one month before his actual death, and the Phaedo was a dialogue one hour before

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