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Socrates, Philosophy and the Good Life. Socrates, Philosophy and the Good
Life Socrates’ belief was that he was called on by the ...
... to life than war, creating a good reputation, and ... gain, he continues to speak his
philosophy and his ... The unjust of Socrates conviction is unfortunate; no one ...
... Socrates is seeming to disprove the age old philosophy of, we ... And if it is beautiful
and good then it must ... is where I see the problems in Socrates’ arguments ...
... than mere victory over an opponent, Socrates employed the ... at least in Western philosophy)
to overemphasize ... me to look further into the good life/the unexamined ...
... one gain necessary knowledge to become a good man and ... central argument in the Apology
that Socrates tries to ... should never betray one’s own philosophy for any ...
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Socrates, Philosophy and the Good Life
Socrates’ belief was that he was called on by the Gods to live his life examining others and himself. He believed the necessity of doing what one thinks is right even in the face of universal opposition, and the need to pursue knowledge even when opposed. “I became completely convinced, to the duty of leading the philosophical life by examining myself and others.”¹ Socrates believed that to desert this idea was ridiculous and would make his life absurd. Socrates chose to live a life of truth and not to worry about things that did not matter. For Socrates not to live his life by the plans and requests of Gods it would be disobedient and untrue to the Gods. Socrates was brought to court to defend himself against two charges.
Socrates is guilty of corrupting the young, and of failing to acknowledge the gods acknowledged by the city, but introducing new spiritual beings.²
Thorough analysis of his defense of his court charges, his definition of the “good life”, and his practice of philosophy will prove his goal to live a “good life” or if his life was meaningless.
While defending his charges, Meletus’ first charge was of corrupting the youth. Socrates replied to the charge is as follows,
Meletus is guilty of trifling in a serious matter, in that he brings people to trial on frivolous grounds, and professes grave concern about matters for which he has never cared at all.3
Socrates questions Meletus whether or not the youth should be good as possible, and he replies yes. After much questioning, Socrates reveals that Meletus believes that everyone in Athens has a good influence on the youth, except Socrates. Socrates then proves his next point of view that horses are only improved by there trainers and everyone else simply spoils them. His comparison suggested that improvement is done in small group, whereas corruption is done by many. Therefore, like horses, it...
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