Essays on Philosophical Works

The Apology by Plato is a first hand account of the events at the Socrates trial. Socrates defended himself to the accusations of falsely teaching Athens youth and having faith in deities that were not accepted by the nation. In Socrates and Plato’s lifetime, the...

In 399 BC, Anytus, Meletus and Lycon accused Socrates with reasons: first, spoil young people; second, disrespect to the gods by Socrates does not believe in the gods of the city. In the first part of “The Apology”, Socrates started his case by against sophistry...

In this essay, I will argue the question through the character of Socrates in Plato’s Book V from the Republic, how he chooses to stand on the base of having an efficient and prospers republic and the arguments he uses to reach that conclusion. To...

Republic is the mostly widely read, argued, challenged and disagreed book, written by Athenian philosopher Plato in 380 BC. Republic is his most famous work. Its highly palatable unlike other philosophy books and is in the form of dialogues between centre character Socrates and his...

Since the start of history and human civilizations, people have defined the guidelines of acceptable behaviors in society. The standards in regards to the proper thoughts and justifiable ways of living differ from society to society, yet they are alike in the sense that these...

The Republic is one of the most popular works concerning philosophy and politics in history, written by Plato, a Greek thinker within the fourth century A.D. In this book, Plato explores topics such as justice and political systems in great details. While Plato has written...

Plato had personal as well as rational reasons to be against Democracy. For example one of the personal reasons being that it was under a democracy that his mentor Socrates was executed unjustly, and the rational reasons, he expressed in his book “The Republic”. In...