The Last Days of Socrates This site is designed to help first year philosophy students read the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and the death scene from the Phaedo. Euthyphro | Apology | Crito | Phaedo Research | Audio/Visual | Quizzes Philosophy Department | Comments| Spanish Version April 18, 2000 Copyright Kent Anderson, Ph.D. and Norm Freund, Ph.D. ...

The Last Days of Socrates This site is designed to help first year philosophy students read the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and the death scene from the Phaedo. Euthyphro | Apology | Crito | Phaedo Research | Audio/Visual | Quizzes Philosophy Department | Comments| Spanish Version April 18, 2000 Copyright Kent Anderson, Ph.D. and Norm Freund, Ph.D. ...

A brief discussion of the life and works of Socrates, with links to electronic texts and additional information.

Greek Philosophy Table of Contents (Clicking on the links below will take you to that part of this article) Presocratics Socrates and his Followers Plato Aristotle Stoicism Epicureanism Skepticism Neoplatonism Presocratics Our western philosophical tradition began in ancient Greece in the 6th century BCE. The first philosophers are called Presocratics which designates that they came before ...

Site contains links to commentaries on Socrates' life, attitudes, teaching style, philosophy, and influence, by Sanderson Beck.

A biography of Socrates and his philosophy, by Richard Hooker.

SOCRATES: Philosophy's martyr BY ANTHONY GOTTLIEB EXCERPTS BUY IT SOCRATES ON THE WEB Outstanding THE TIMES How was Socrates different from other martyrs - What sort of man was he - What is Socratic irony - Was he put on trial for political reasons - What was his attitude to religion - Why were the Athenians sick of him - Is Plato's Socrates the real Socrates - How did his views differ ...

Confucius and Socrates Contents BECK index SOCRATES Style and Methods Style and Approach Individualized Instruction Questions and Answers Poetry and Metaphor Discussion Now that we have looked at the life and character of Socrates, we can turn to an examination of his particular approach in educating. What techniques did he use to facilitate learning Style and Approach Socrates' attitude toward ...

Socratic Ignorance in Democracy, the Free Market, and Science Democracy Much controversy continues over Socrates's attitude towards democracy. I.F. Stone, embarrassed that the first democracy should have killed a man for exercising freedom of speech and freedom of religion, attempted to justify this by going after Socrates as an enemy of democracy (The Trial of Socrates); but since Stone was ...

Comments on the Euthyphro using the G.M.A. Grube translation (Plato, Five Dialogues, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, Hackett Publishing Company, 1981, pp. 6-22) The Euthyphro is one of the short dialogues by which Plato commemorated Socrates's technique and manner in questioning people. The structure of the dialogue, which is typical for Plato's Socratic dialogues, is reflected in the ...

F A Q Philosophy Pages Dictionary Study Guide Logic Tutoring Traffic History Timeline Philosophers Locke Socrates: Philosophical Life Socrates Socrates Life and Teachings . . Defining Piety . . Methods / Aims . . Civil Obedience . . Knowing Virtue Bibliography Internet Sources The most interesting and influential thinker in the fifth century was Socrates, whose dedication to careful reasoning ...

Socrates Had It Coming In the course of Western Civilization, there have been two trials ending in a sentence of death imposed upon two individuals later deemed grossly unfair and unjust by the verdict of history. One trial was that of Jesus Christ, the other that of Socrates. Of course, it can be said with justification that each man steered a course that ended with a fatal termination from the ...

Overview of His Life Personal Characteristics The Eccentricity of Socrates The Accusations Against Socrates Method and Doctrine The Socratics (After Socrates) The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates is best known today through his appearance in the Dialogues of Plato. He left no writings behind him, and indeed was by his principles precluded from dogmatic exposition. The only record we have of ...

Commentary on Plato's Apology of Socrates using the G.M.A. Grube translation (Plato, Five Dialogues, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, Hackett Publishing Company, 1981, pp. 24-44) Unless Plato had already written some short dialogues to illustrate Socrates' technique of questioning (like the Euthyphro), the Apology of Socrates is the earliest thing by him that we have. This would mean ...

Ancient Philosophy Socrates' Last Error Miroslav Ivanovic Institute for Criminological and Sociological Research ABSTRACT: In the dialogue, Crito, Socrates justified his decision to accept his death penalty. His decision was praised as principled and just. However, such a view was one of the greatest myths in the history of philosophy. Contrary to the accepted ideas, I wish to show that Socrates ...

Ancient Philosophy Spelunking with Socrates: A Study of Socratic Pedagogy in Plato's Republic Victor Boutros Baylor University Victor_Boutros@Baylor.edu ABSTRACT: Though Plato never wrote a dialogue that explicitly asks, What is education , few argue that he is uninterested in the subject; after all, Plato, like Socrates, was a teacher. In his magnum opus, the Republic, Plato deals with ...

Ancient Philosophy Responding to Socrates Pedagogical Provocation Anne-Marie Bowery Baylor University ABSTRACT: In this paper I examine the text of the Symposium to illustrate two non-philosophical responses to Socrates pedagogical provocation. While Apollodorus and Aristodemus, two Socratic disciples, demonstrate their erotic commitment to Socrates, they do not practice philosophy. They ...