Essays on Socrates

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...

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...

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...