Philosophy

Philosophy



Philosophy

Apology

Answer 01

Socrates says he has to refute allegations two different types: the old charges that he is a criminal and a curious question until heaven and earth, and the latest legal charges of corrupting youth and believe in things supernatural in his own invention, rather than the gods of the polis. Socrates undermined these "informal charges" giving a legal appearance saying, “Socrates commits a crime to investigate celestial phenomena and underground”, because, they say, makes the weaker argument the stronger, instructing it to others, and not believing the gods, that is, an atheist.

Answer 02

Claims not to fear death and ensures it will not act conflicting to their religious duty, so rely on its strong argument and truth to gain the verdict (Strycker & Slings, 1994). Indeed, the fear of death is nothing to be believed without being wise: it is presumed to know something which is unknown. For no one knows what death is and whether, ultimately, this is the greatest good that can befall a human being.

Meno

Answer 01

Meno is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato. Written in the style of the dialectic of Socrates, he is trying to determine the definition of virtue, or an edge, that is, in this case virtue in general, rather than virtues (justice, temperance, and so on. The goal is a general definition that applies equally to all personal virtues; Socrates moves the discussion past the philosophical confusion, or aporia, the paradox created by Meno with the introduction of new ideas Plato.

Answer 02

The distinction between right opinion and knowledge is related with the theory of knowledge, as recollection, history, and in the last lines of the movement to Platonic idealism. One of the features is the use of the dialogue, Socrates, to demonstrate his idea of history that some knowledge is innate and "remembered" from the heart through a formal investigation (Ionescu, 2007).

Meditation 1

Answer 01

Descartes writes that the man should be free from all the reviews related to the method of doubts, which may be regarded as uncertain. Man lives in a world which has a belief, issuing him a certain and true. However, he exposed to the God-deceiver, who hands him a false picture of reality. First, he ignored all evidence from which it convey the meaning.

Answer 02

Descartes left out many evidences that arithmetic, geometry and similar sciences teach as they are about general things and for ...