People used to work on the haciendas for food. However, they were hungry while working on the field, and did not receive their full money. At the end of 1912, people could not work on the haciendas because the arm troops burned and destroyed everything. In order to survive, Pedro Martinez mentioned that he and his neighbors went back to make lariats and plant tlacolol. As discussed in the reading, Martinez and his neighbors thought of rebelling because the carrancistas took away their families. Moreover, "the carrancistas had burned everything. the dead were hanging from the trees...Cows, oxen, pigs and dogs had been killed and the people, poor things, went about picking up rotten meat to eat. All
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In the Dialogue Crito, Socrates employs his Elenchus to examine the notion of justice and one’s obligation to justice. In the setting of the dialogue, Socrates has been condemned to die, and Crito comes with both the hopes and the means for Socrates to escape from prison. When Socrates insists that they should examine whether he should escape or not, the central question turns into whether if it is unjust to disobey laws. Socrates’ ultimate answer is that it is unjust; he makes his argument by first showing that it’s wrong to revenge injustice, then arguing that he has made an agreement with the city’s law for its benefits, and finally reasoning that he
“A person’s a person, no matter how small” (136). The ethics of abortion has been argued emotionally for many years. In The Unaborted Socrates (Inter Varsity Press: Downers Grove, IL, 1983), Peter Kreeft approaches this important debate using fictional characters and a logic based argument. Socrates, the great ethical philosopher who lived in Athens, Greece in about 400 BC, returns in the present day (then 1983) to challenge the pro-Choice position of an abortion doctor, an ethicist and a psychologist. The result is a thoroughly logical and entertaining exposure of flaws in the pro-choice platform. The author organizes the debate of this serious moral issue -- is abortion murder -- by engaging Socrates in three dialogs. In each dialog Socrates questions a pro-choice representative about his beliefs. In each case, Socrates shows his opponent the fallacy of his position using the opponent's own words. Socrates mission is to “follow the common master” (20), using rational thought to follow the argument wherever it leads. The Unaborted Socrates draws the reader into questioning thoughts of all human beings having the right to live, the harm and evil of liberal abortion laws, and being pro-choice or pro-force.
The wealthy sat in the comfort of their mansions while he was out on the field, working long and hard hours. He did not think it was fair that no matter how hard he tried, he will only remain a poor sharecropper while they will still remain the rich landowners. His resentment gave way to some vengeful tendencies, like burning barns. He purposely targets the barn because it plays a vital part in keeping the farm going. Owners benefited the most from the livestock and if they did not have any animals on their farm, then the farm would not be able to function properly and they would lose a significant amount of money. Even though he held a grudge toward his bosses, he did not want to kill them, instead, he focused on destroying something he viewed as the source of their happiness and comfort; their wealth. In a Marxist view, his carefully planned actions illustrate how his low social status affects his personality and leads him into doing harmful
The Athenian general and politician Alcibiades, widely respected for his heritage and upbringing, was a brilliant, although unscrupulous leader. Known for his extraordinary ambition and pride, Alcibiades proves to be somewhat of an enigma, attracting attention and creating tension in all areas of his life. In Plato’s Symposium, the disorder and revel brought about by the intoxicated Alcibiades serves to illustrate a fundamental misunderstanding of Socrates and his philosophical way of life. In Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades is instead portrayed as the physical manifestation of Athenian imperialism at its most potentially destructive and powerful. Socrates’ philosophical conceptions on the forms are in opposition to imperialism and thereby offer a more fruitful model for political enterprise than Alcibiades’ intertwined empiric and personal pursuits.
There are times in every mans life where our actions and beliefs collide—these collisions are known as contradictions. There are endless instances in which we are so determined to make a point that we resort to using absurd overstatements, demeaning language, and false accusations in our arguments. This tendency to contradict ourselves often questions our character and morals. Similarly, in The Trial of Socrates (Plato’s Apology), Meletus’ fallacies in reason and his eventual mistake of contradicting himself will clear the accusations placed on Socrates. In this paper, I will argue that Socrates is not guilty of corrupting the youth with the idea of not believing in the Gods but of teaching the youth to think for
In this paper, I will deconstruct and explain Socrates’ argument of that a person with justice in their lives is a person with happiness in their lives. Socrates argues about justice and its presence and how it works in the world, but I will only be talking about justice and its presence in people. He argues that justice the virtue that allows for people to live well and have happy lives though the relationship of justice, souls, functions, and virtues.
In Plato’s Republic, Socrates discusses the definition of justice with three different men. First, he talks to Cephalus, followed by Polemarchus his son, and ending with Thrasymachus. Throughout their conversations, Socrates subjects each individual to an elenctic examination. I will argue that none of the three individuals were suitable candidates for an elenctic examination.
By viewing the painting The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David, Socrates’ loyalty to the Athenian government was far more important to him than his own death or friendship. He was more interested in teaching his students about his belief in reason and the law of justice before he died. Still, the students and friends were arguing with him and trying to convince him to renounce his teachings. Socrates was strong in telling his students how it was for the good of society that he drinks the poison hemlock. He was not going to change what he was teaching all along when he truly believed in the democratic Athenian government laws. Socrates’ loyalty to the government was much stronger than the ties of friendship or acquaintances.
We started by Meletus giving us his main argument. He told us what Socrates was being charged for and why we should convict him. The charges were corrupting the youth, rebelling against the government, and failing to recognize the God. Socrates then took the floor and presented a speech of sorts that was riddled with questions to catch Meletus off guard. Socrates explained that he was a lover of truth and a seeker of knowledge. He proceeded to defend himself in a very eloquent way. He compared himself to a priest in the way they spread knowledge to better those around them, not to harm them. All the while referring to how the god was leading him in his quest. I thought that Socrates's argument was honestly a more thought out and persuasive argument. Meletus did not have much to say and his speech was
Thanksgiving is an opportunity to express our thanks for family, friends, and for everything we are lucky to have. Unfortunately, there are families that do not have that and at Ramapo we take pride in donating our time to help the less fortunate. On Saturday, November 19, 2016, I, alongside my Ramapo Baseball teammates, participated in the Thanksgiving Project Joy run by the SAAC Committee at Ramapo College. This is my third year volunteering and I realize that not only is it a volunteer project, but a team building event as well. Throughout the week, the players on the Ramapo Baseball team purchase food, toys, and other items to fill the Thanksgiving baskets which are delivered to underprivileged families in the Mahwah community. Consistently, every year the mood is energetic and we get acquainted with volunteers from various colleges, elementary schools and business around the
Socrates is believed to be one of the greatest philosophers of all time and he is credited as being the founder of western philosophy. This paper will explain some of his views to the most fundamental questions of today’s age. These questions will include topics about morality, the human condition, solution, and death. After Socrates’ views on these topics are explained, a critique will be done on his answers. I will start out by explaining exactly who Socrates is, and the time that he lived in. To start out, we will first examine Socrates’ view on morality.
Thoreau’s quote “Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison,” is a statement that Socrates, as portrayed by Plato, would attest to. Socrates stands trial and possible death charges, but in his last defense against the jury he sought to enlighten them in an arguably impolite manner. Given multiple chances to lessen his sentence through apology and other means, Socrates would rather stand firmly and die for what he believes is just than be molded by a social combine and be silenced unjustly. Thoreau continues with “…but more free and honorable, ground, where the State places those who are not with her, but against her-…” Socrates starts his defense by fighting the beliefs of the oldest
The problem with Socrates concerns the problem with the role of value and reason. Nietzsche believes that the bulk of philosophers claim that life is a corrupt grievance for mankind. Nietzsche reasoned that these life deniers were decadents of Hellenism, as a symptom of some underlying melancholy. For someone to paint life in such a negative light they must have suffered a great deal through the course of their own life. Furthermore, these no-sayers agreed in various physiological ways and thus adopted the same pessimistic attitudes towards life. Socrates was ugly, alike decadent criminals and by ways of these similarities was decadent as well. Nietzsche also claims ugliness as a physiological symptom of life in its decline supported by studies in phenology.
In 470 B.C.E Greek Philosopher, Socrates developed a theory that is supposed to clarify how humans obtained knowledge through the soul. Through the “Recollection theory,” Socrates tells and shows how human were supposedly born with non-empirical knowledge by stating how humans remembered what they past knew from re-living the experience. Therefore he claims that the soul existed before birth, proving that the human soul is immortal.