Perfection Is Impossible : Making Mistakes

In his various accounts, Socrates revealed his ultimate embrace of self-control. He particularly advocated for the development of an ethical system whose core value is self-control. Socrates developed a system that entailed getting acquainted with the good and ensuring that the good behavior is portrayed. This implies that people can only attain self-control if they are aware of the moral requirements in a given situation. People have to be conscious of evil to appreciate the good. According to Socrates, self-control is the driving force of the soul, and it helps one to assume the required rationale in every situation. He advocated for people to think critically in every situation to ensure they embrace good behavior and make the appropriate

As the wisest man in all of ancient Greece, Socrates believed that the purpose of life was both personal and spiritual growth. He establishes this conviction in what is arguably his most renowned statement: "The unexamined life is not worth living."

Prior to his method on error, Descartes has already proven a pair of foundational beliefs. In meditation one, Descartes proved that he was “a thinking thing” and that in order to be a thinking thing, “I exist”. In mediation three, he proved that God exists due to the fact that in order to have an idea of God, one must already have the idea innately implanted in their mind. Since Descartes is finite he believes that God innately implanted the thought of an infinite perfect being in his mind, so therefore God exists.

One argument Socrates used to back this claim was called the relativity of pleasure argument. This argument stated that most pleasures in life are not true pleasures but instead are a result of an absence of pain giving the user a false feeling of happiness due to the lack of pain they may be feeling. For example drug use is often used as a self medication of sort which results in “pleasure” but in reality all it does is distract the user from the pain that they may be feeling and after the high has passed they would go back to feeling that sadness and may feel even worse after coming down. Socrates also believed that one who had mental and spiritual harmony or otherwise known as a just soul would be able to persevere through anything that life happened to throw at them. Having a just soul would grant man the ability to stay composed and maintain inner peace through extremely difficult times. Another important idea of Socrates was his Questioning Habit this is also referred to as Socratic interrogation. Socratic questions can be broken up into six different categories each serving a unique purpose. These six different types of questions were created by R.W. Paul and are broken up into; questions for clarification, questions that probe assumptions, questions that probe reasons and evidence, questions

He emphasized throughout his life that men should be concerned about the welfare of their soul. It is not at all unlike Socrates to suggest that a criminal who receives punishment for his wrongdoing – in other words, correction of their evils – will, in the end, be far happier than he who does not receive any punishment at all.

Since Jr. and I had been sprung from the pokey we were broke and homeless and needed some cash. We decided that this time we were going to do things right and this time go for the big bucks. We were going to rob the

In Plato’s “Apology” and “Crito”, I believe Socrates’ philosophy of not doing harmful things on purpose, because of ignorance, or the act of doing it unwillingly, is false. First I will show you some contradictions introduced in the books of the Apology, and Crito and explain them. Next, I will explain how in the present day Socrates philosophy is false due to the vices of mankind, with evidence from the Apology, then I will show you how Socrates might argue his point and a counter argument in present day, and finally I will conclude that Socrates’ philosophy is an incorrect philosophy and has many holes within it.

I had asked my mom if she would take me to go get the game, and she said she would. We got to the store, and we looked at the price. Oh my goodness this game was a ninety dollar game. My mom strongly told me that if she bought this game then I would be doing chores for a month straight. Chores weren 't so bad so I took the chance in the game, and did my chores.

making some actions both right and wrong. Socrates lets Euthyphro off the hook on this one by agreeing with him, but only for purposes of

If we believe that the one who does good for one's soul participates in a life of true happiness, then Socrates is correct. By harming others, we are truly harming ourselves, destroying our chances for happiness and the good. It is an interesting point, however, that although Socrates claims that no one knowingly does wrong, is he not crediting his accusers, such as Meletus, with the evil intention of trying to unjustly put Socrates to death?

Socrates’ is able to use this ridiculous notion of unintentional law breaking to promote an idea that he has positive goals. Important

Socrates believed that the greatest quality of man is examining himself and others, to try to grow and reach our utmost

Socrates was considered by many to be the wisest man in ancient Greece. While he was eventually condemned for his wisdom, his spoken words are still listened to and followed today. When, during his trial, Socrates stated that, “the unexamined life is not worth living” (Plato 45), people began to question his theory. They began to wonder what Socrates meant with his statement, why he would feel that a life would not be worth living. To them, life was above all else, and choosing to give up life would be out of the picture. They did not understand how one would choose not to live life just because he would be unable to examine it.

Everyone, at some point in their life, has made a mistake. Sometimes we get lucky and only falter a little, making it through the problem relatively intact. Other times, we mess up a lot and have to fix what was damaged over a long period of time. However, the same is true for most, if not all cases—those who make the mistake learn from it. Often times, our failures teach us valuable lessons that we only gained because of the experience we gathered after messing up. I have personally achieved a wealth of knowledge and experience just from all of my own little mishaps, and a few major ones.

Throughout human history, humans have sought perfection and the ideal most likely to compensate for the unfairness and defectiveness of their day to day lives. The history of human kind has witnessed many in different cultures. The famous Greek philosopher Socrates, who was born 469 BCE and died some forty years later standing for his ideas and ideals in a famous trial as reported by one of his students, Plato (428-347) BCE, is an example that never dies.