Hello Intro to Philosophy classmates,
Tuesday, September 4, 2012, Group 1, now known as Autodidactic, reveled in discussion about the mighty Socrates and his counterpart Plato. Staying true to the previous night's assigned reading, we as a group discussed and examined the reasoning behind the death of Socrates, as well as his public appearnce to society, all while not leaving out Plato's and Aristotle's very dissimilar takes on life. Soon after,in the midst of discussing the late life of Socrates, we could not help but to ponder the thought of whether or not Socrates' ideas were shared through Plato or whether or not Plato was imposing ideas of his own, in order to enforce his own assertive views onto society. While thinking of those possibilities, not surprisingly,we came to the conclusion that Plato was not too many individuals favorite philosopher for very obvious reasons. With that being said, the majority of Group 1 members could relate more with Aristotles' take on society, with his more hands on approach to life. Staying true to philosophy, we could not dabble in a discussion about Socrates and more importantly Plato, without mentioning one of Plato's most prominent works, "Allegory of the Cave".
Shortly after summarizing the text, we all concluded that the "mysterious" views displayed in "Allegory of the Cave'' were not too much different from our own views, in the light that wisdom is the quintessence of life, and that it has to be strived for. All in all, Group 1 had a wonderful time going around our familiar circle and not only listening, but also respecting one another's views in the process. We look forward to the next class meeting.
Today was a good. It was very in depth and way deeper than last weeks. Keep it up #autodidactic! A question that has been pestering me today has been: Did Socrates' make all his students theoretically envision the cave or just Plato?
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ReplyDeleteTonight I was surfing the net,and I discovered a few facts about Socrates that I didn't know about beforehand. According to 2020site.org, one of Socrates' most memorable quotes pertaining to that of death was "Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."...eerie huh? That same website also stated that Socrates died well up in age,some might think, at seventy-one. I came across another website called Socyberty.com that informed me of the name and profession of Socrates' father. Did you guys know that his father was a sculptor named Sophroniscus? Lastly, I fell upon the third and final site of extremeintellect.com. Shortly after skimming, I dsicovered that someone we're all very familiar with...yes Socrates,was a military man back in his day. Who would have thought? Furthermore, I found it highly interesting to discover so many new things about Socrates himself.
Hello all,
ReplyDeleteThe more I read about Plato the less I like him. He definantly feels he is better than other people, most other people actually. I enjoyed our last group quite a bit and look forward to seeing you all next class. Hopefully I will finally make it on time.
Whats up Autodidactic,
ReplyDeleteAfter our group dicussion on Tuesday about Socrates it was clear that we all considered it plausable Plato contributed some of his own ideas into the works he created on behalf of Socrates. What caught mine, and most of our attentions was the "Allegory of the Cave" piece written by Plato. What do you think the "Allegory of the Cave" represented for the people of Athens at the time? Was it meant to enlighten the philisophical approach to life, or to prove that philiosophy can impose a great danger to society? Hopefully these questions will be useful tomorrow!
Hi everyone!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed our discussion on Tuesday and feel like we brought up a lot of great topics. I can't wait to talk about Socrates even more with all of you. Saw this quote while googling and thought I should share it with you guys, "By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."—Socrates. We don't know if he really said it since he has no written work but I found it amusing. Thinking back on our Tuesday discussion I feel that "What is The Allegory of the Cave?" would be a good factual test question. In class I'd like to talk about who we think Socrates really was from our points of view not just from Plato.
See you guys soon!
What's up my fellow Autodidactic members! As you all know, last class meeting we discussed Socrates and Plato. During the conversation I realized that I personally favored Socrates philosophical beliefs as apposed to Plato's. Plato seemed like a very arrogant and self centered person. But i have thought of one thing that i think would be interesting for us to discuss. This is whether or not we each believe that we are all brought into the world knowing nothing. Im looking forward to meeting with you guys again.
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