Month: April 2017

During Socrates’s life, the city of Athens was enamored with beauty, especially in relation toward men. Manifestations of their infatuations were reflected in stone statues of gods and male humans. Often the statues were chiseled to represent a well-formed muscular image, which portrayed the standard for male development. Unfortunately for Socrates, he fell far from … Continue reading Socrates: Early Life and Death

Interestingly, Crito began attempting to persuade Socrates to escape by considering what people may think if his friends did not come to his rescue. Socrates does a good job giving reasons why considering the opinions of the masses irrelevant; however, in true essence, it is relevant because Socrates still favors the opinion of a particular … Continue reading Socrates Should He Have Escaped?

In Euthyphro, what I realized the most from the dialogue is Socrates’ keen sense of logic. I’ll repeat again that I do not believe Socrates was sincere about being a student of Euthyphro, but merely used that as a reason to find mutual ground with Euthyphro; in order to engage in argument for the purpose … Continue reading Socrates, Just or Unjust Utility

In the Euthyphro, there were a couple of things that intrigued me about Socrates’s dialogue. The first is that Socrates noticed the justification of piety Euthyphro was using for prosecuting his father of murder. Euthyphro expressed that if anyone considered him impious for wanting to prosecute his father, then it reveals how little they know … Continue reading Socrates the Rational Realist

Empedocles (490 – 430 BC) had a very interesting mind. He was claimed to be an eclectic thinker, which means that he more than likely formed his worldview on the concepts of other schools of thought, instead of being dogmatic of one worldview such as; the Pythagoreans; nevertheless, like the Pythagoreans, Empedocles believed in the … Continue reading The Mind of Empedocles