Scorates Euthyphro: Breaking The Socratic Method

How someone grows up and experiences life causes them to create their own meaning for a word. A definition is something concrete, but what a word means to someone is not always the same for everyone. Especially when looking at bold words like love, courage, or happiness, there isn’t one true definition or meaning. Not everyone’s measurement of happiness is the same and not everyone’s way of showing love is the same. An example definition of courage given in the book is, “A man of courage is one who doesn’t run away but remains at his post and fights the enemy.”

Running head: STUDY OF EPISTEMOLOGY The Development of Epistemology Done By Socrates from 470 B.C until 399 B.C in Athens Ibrahim Mohammed Hajar Antalya International University English 102 Section 4 Spring 2015 Dr.Gustavo Albear Abstract

Philosophical thinking uses three acts of the mind: understanding, judgement, and reason. In order to have a sound argument all of the concepts must be applied. Socrates didn’t want to please the people by saying or doing what they wanted him to say or do. Socrates thought it was not important to seek wealth or fame; he was concerned with truth and virtue. He wanted to create an impact on humanity by relying on the truth and shining a light in people’s lives, even if they put him on trial.

Aristophanes and Sappho share parallels when speaking about the importance of erotic love. They both describe love as powerful, and speak about the influence it has on our happiness. Furthermore, Aristophanes and Sappho highlight how natural love is and that it should be sought after because of the happiness associated with being in a relationship. One could argue that Aristophanes and Sappho’s shared similar ideologies when it comes to sexuality. Sappho promotes homosexuality through her love of women, while through his speech Aristophanes identifies it as being a form of natural love.

CULTIVATING REFLECTION-IN-ACTION & REFLECTION-ON-ACTION Reflection is loosely defined as the way we learn from an experience in order to understand and develop practice. Reflection is a means of processing thoughts and feelings about an incident, and gives us a chance to come to terms with our thoughts and feelings about it. For example, if something did not go the way you wanted it, we would tend to reflect on it by asking ourselves questions such as why did it go wrong and how did it go wrong. John Dewey’s theory of Reflective Practice John Dewey (1933) was among the first to identify reflection as a specialised form of thinking.

Logotherapy Andrew Roper ShuoTzu Pan Mizusa Ushiroda Tran Thanh Phuong Phan Camosun College Authors Note This paper was prepared for Psyc 256, section 001, taught by Professor Pelling LOGOTHERAPY Logotherapy is a counselling theory which centers on the meaning of human existence as well as on man’s search for a meaning. The most important motivational force in man is the striving to find a meaning in one 's life. Logotherapy focuses on helping the client find meaning in their life, whatever their circumstances. Logotherapy is a term derived from “logos,” a Greek word that translates as “meaning” (Calabrese, 1974).

Generally speaking, I’m going to compare and contrast two schools of thoughts—Stoicism and Cynicism. In fact, in my opinion, there are several differences and similarities between these two schools. Indeed, I’m going to compare and contrast them by introducing several aspects of the way of lives of these two schools. Besides, my central claim is: The main thoughts between Stoicism and Cynicism are similar to each other, but the way they take action and the way of thoughts exists differences.

Introduction The Scythians were nomads who inhabited the Black Sea region in the early Iron Age on the territory of present-day Ukraine, Russia and Moldova. The term "Scythians" was introduced by the Greeks, while the Persians named them "Saka". The same style of life these peoples (typical for them pastoral breeding cattle, horses and sheep) and lively intertribal relations (conducting numerous conflicts and wars) were characteristic features of the Scythian culture (Kubczak, 1978). In the tradition of ancient Scythian community marked as one of the most vivid nomadic groups, which played a dominant role in Eurasia in the early Iron Age and who also create interesting cultural phenomena.

SCOLIODON The Chondrichthyes are also known as elasmobranchs. They are almost exclusively marine and include sharks, rays, and chimaeras. Scoliodon is an elasmobranch which is marine and is an active swimmer. Scoliodon is widely studied shark all over the world. The genus is represented by nine species, of which four are very common in Indian seas.

Another thing Socrates is famous for is his twisting of nature in a paradoxical way to serve his own desire to persuade: to Socrates, virtue, wisdom, and eudaemonia are directly linked, a recurring idea in many of his dialogues. His definition of happiness and morality is far different from anyone else’s, especially from Callicles’ and Nietzsche who believes that the law of nature takes over (also perceived this way by Nietzsche). E.R. Dodds mentions the idea that Nietzsche finds a reflexion of himself in Callicles, ascetic Socrates’ most interesting interlocutor in the “Gorgias”. Interesting in the fact that Callicles appears to be a purely hedonistic personage, whose definition of a good life is one where all pleasures of the body are maximised,

This is a dialog between Socrates and Euthyphro. Euthyphro is at court ready to charge his father with murdering his own slave. Socrates questions the intensions behind Euthyphro’s actions. It seems impious to go against his father, but it also seems pious to go against evil and wicked actions. At first Euthyphro thinks he knows what piety is and what it means to be holy: he thinks that piety is what the gods like, and impiety is what the gods don’t like.

In Euthyphro, Plato’s method of arguing obliviously proves the point that evidence and a clear thought out explanation is needed when trying to describe and explain the difference between two things—especially when involving right and wrong. Although it helps to prove it and make you truly think about the definitions as well as how to describe it, for the person, in this case Euthyphro, on the other side of the argument it can be very annoying; because you explain one thing and then are questioned and have to explain more or then you being to questioned on your own thinking making you have to restart. It is in a way similar to now how little kids go through a phase were they ask “why” to anything and everything; typically the one being questioned

Euthyphro Dilemma: A dilemma The Euthyphro dilemma consists of a question asked by Socrates in the Euthyphro text, “Are morally good acts willed by God because they are morally good, or are they morally good because they are will by God?” The problem of these two mindsets create is a running and leading to an unwanted answer, or nothing at all. What may the philosopher may choose or answer with, it may result with their answer proven wrong.

Socrates’ position towards the authorities was inconsistent in The Euthyphro and The Crito. He questioned the authority in The Euthyphro but defended and obeyed it in The Crito. In The Euthyphro, Socrates had a dialog with Euthyphro who claimed to be an expert on the subjects such as holiness, Gods, piety, justice, etc. Socrates began his philosophical debate by asking Euthyphro to define piety and impiety.