Essays on Socrates

Wisdom is defined as the ability to think and make good judgment. In other words, wisdom is the quality of being wise. Wisdom is a great thing, always resulting in awareness. Genuine astuteness originates from knowing the enormous aspect of things throughout everyday life. To...

As technology increases so does the usage of social media, with the various platforms and the infinite number of opinions it is difficult to differentiate reality and illusions especially in psychology (Benjafield, 2015). Both Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and Socrates’ Limits of Knowledge relates...

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...

Benjamin Jowett’s Plato’s The Apology gives his interpretation of the dialogue of Socrates makes at the trial in which he was charged with not identifying the gods acknowledged by the state, creating new gods, and demeaning the youth of Athens. Socrates’ speech, however, is by...

‘The Apology” (originating from the Greek word ‘apologia’ meaning explanation) begins with Socrates defending himself in court by concisely and systematically dissecting and refuting all the accusations put forth by his accusers. In this essay, I shall attempt to expound and evaluate some of the...

In philosophy, providing an exact definition of not only philosophy itself but many other concepts as well, can be rather challenging. With human knowledge constantly expanding, and humans having different outlooks on things, philosophy and its branches can all be seen differently. To continue, philosophy...

In this paper, we will discuss the major achievements these two famous philosophers made in the development and change of the Western philosophy. They seemed to agree widely on most topics as they both were moving forward to change their world and introduce new ideas...