Essays on Socrates

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...

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...

In the Crito, Socrates comes to find himself in some trouble. He is in his prison cell waiting for his execution, he has been charged with corrupting the youth, and questioning the gods. Crito who is a good friend of Socrates comes to visit him...

Intellectual autonomy is the act of thinking for oneself. The conception of enculturation and intellectual autonomy are organized with two basic ideas that represent universal human needs and culturally defined constructs at the same time. Autonomy deals with the responsibility of control for one’s life....

In the dialogue “Gorgias”, by Plato; it speaks of justice, power, and temperance. This dialogue further speaks to the reader on how rhetorical and dialectic methods can influence one’s philosophy, and ideas on how society should work. In this paper I will be discussing how...

Art and exercise penetrate to our very souls. Our thoughts, feelings, and actions have been shaped for millennia through evolutionary biology as well as the crucial early years leading up to adulthood. Written around the fourth century BCE, Plato speaks through his teacher Socrates about...

In our modern, 21st-century world we live in a continuous automated routine; our society is in a constant state of being busy and overwhelmed. Thus, we never have the time to relax or have a break from the intense amounts of pressure that is consumed...