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- 131: Socrates
- ... or its laws." (5) His trial was very similar to that of Jesus. Both were long ago, without certain verifications and detailed facts and only known because of their pupils. Plato and Xenophone portrayed Socrates as a man of the greatest practical wisdom greater than that of the poets and an unrivaled master in judging human beings and in handling them ... 1966) 311. 6Strauss 14. 7James W. Hulse, The Reputations of Socrates (New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc., 1995) 0. 8C.D.C. Reeve, Socrates in the Apology: An Essay on Plato’s Apology of Socrates (Indianapolis/Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, 1989) 184.
- 132: William Butler Yeats
- ... a child would be considered worth it if she could see that child as a sixty year old man. Next, he considers the philosophers, first encountered in the theories of Plato, in the first section. He touches on the various theories they developed to explain the puppies of life. Plato sees nature, or reality as we know it, as a mist, half revealing, half concealing things, so that all we see is a ghostly imitation of the reality behind it ...
- 133: Socrates
- ... or its laws." (5) His trial was very similar to that of Jesus. Both were long ago, without certain verifications and detailed facts and only known because of their pupils. Plato and Xenophone portrayed Socrates as a man of the greatest practical wisdom greater than that of the poets and an unrivaled master in judging human beings and in handling them ... 1966) 311. 6Strauss 14. 7James W. Hulse, The Reputations of Socrates (New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc., 1995) 0. 8C.D.C. Reeve, Socrates in the Apology: An Essay on Plato’s Apology of Socrates (Indianapolis/Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, 1989) 184.
- 134: The Inherent Ignorance In Yout
- For over two thousand years, Socratic dialogues have had a deep effect on the progression of society. A key example of an effective Socratic dialogue is that of Plato s Euthyphro. Socrates demonstrates, among other things, the extent to which in our youth we are the most ignorant. In addition, he utilizes his conversation with Euthyphro to accomplish certain ... Socrates begins challenging Euthyphro s knowledge. While challenging Euthyphro directly, Socrates is setting a precedent for which he has abided through out his entire search, to disprove the oracle. In Plato s Apology, Socrates defines the absolute basis for all of his actions prior to his trial. Upon hearing the Delphi s prophecy, Socrates set out with the intent that if ...
- 135: Transcendentalism
- ... popularity of Transcendentalism whose members occupied themselves with social reform. Transcendentalism is a belief in a higher reality that could be perceived. The concept of transcendence was first developed by Plato. He believed in existence of absolute goodness, one beyond description. He stated that it could be perceived only through intuition rather than logic or rationality. Ralph Waldo Emerson would later use Plato's other theory that the world is an expression of spirit to develop his theory of correspondence. Kant was the first one to state that God and soul are transcendent ...
- 136: Impact Of The Renaissance
- ... which resides in the monastery San Sisto in Piacenza. He is also famous for his other painting being the school of Athens involving all the great western philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle. Michelangelo (1475-1564) was renowned for his eight-foot sculpture of David in which he glorifies the human form. Four different Popes commissioned him, the most famous being ... aspect of the renaissance we move to the mental and idealist influences of the era. During this period scholars and philosophers searched the works of the ancients such as Homer, Plato and Aristotle so that they can learn how to improve the way they lived their lives. Thus this is where the importance of the study of history is most essential ...
- 137: Socrates
- ... of the human soul. Rather than writing books and recording his thoughts himself, he orally passed on his thoughts to many young people of his time, one of which is Plato. Socrates felt so strongly bout his beliefs, that he lived by them, and in doing so, became the first martyr in history to die for philosophical beliefs. By teaching Plato his concepts and beliefs, Socrates greatly influenced Western thought and philosophy. Socrates' thoughts were more associated with man, instead of nature and man's surroundings. He also lead discussions about ...
- 138: Neoplatonism
- ... accomplished through a mystical experience in which the soul knows an all-pervading ecstasy. Doctrinally, Neoplatonism is characterized by a categorical opposition between the spiritual and the carnal, elaborated from Plato's dualism of Idea and Matter; by the metaphysical hypothesis of mediating agencies, the nous and the world soul, which transmit the divine power from the One to the many ... Byzantine and Islamic civilizations. Conclusion Proclus's works exerted a great influence on the next thousand years. They not only formed one of the bridges by which medieval thinkers rediscovered Plato and Aristotle, but also determined scientific method up until the sixteenth century, and through "Pseudo"-Dionysius gave rise to and nurtured the Christian mysticism of the middle ages. In 529 ...
- 139: Isaac Newton
- ... As a result Newton's uncle, having been himself educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, recommended that he should be sent there (Ipsen, 11). At Cambridge, Newton's studies were on Plato and Aristotle’s teachings, which he kept track of in his notebook. This notebook would later be known as “the philosophical notebook” to scholars. In his third year his interests ... of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo along with the work of many more contemporary scientists (Christianson, 22-23). In his notebook, according to Christianson was the sentence “I am a friend of Plato, I am a friend of Aristotle, but truth is my greater friend” (22). It was at this time when his mathematical abilities unfolded, but he did not get a chance ...
- 140: Higher Love In The Symposium A
- ... positive and strong. One’s opinion of love in general is often based one which branches of love he or she has encountered. This can best be seen when analyzing Plato’s Symposium and Augustine’s Confessions; because their visions of love were of different branches, their opinions on the value of love differ greatly. Plato’s understanding of the concept of love leaned towards the branch of Eros, while Augustine’s love was more Ludus based. In Saint Augustine’s pubescent age he resigned himself ...
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