The Ring of Gyges
The Great Three Plato (429 - 347) Socrates (469 - 399) Greek Philosophers (500BC – 200BC) Timeline The Great Three Plato, 20, meets Socrates, 60 Aristotle, 17, meets Plato, 62 Plato (429 - 347) 500 BC 200 BC Socrates (469 - 399) Aristotle (384 - 322)
Apology Socrates (470-399 BC) Plato (427-347 BC) Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Meaning of Life To pursue truth, justice and the greatest improvement of the soul
Apology What does “Apology” mean? Characters: Meletus = Poets Anytus = Craftsmen / Politicians Lycon = Rhetoricians
Apology Socratic Wisdom Socratic Method Socrates 2 Conceptions of Death
1. Charges against Socrates 2. The action of the story 3. Horses 4. Intentional? 5. Reductio ad absurdum 6. 1st Vote 7. 2nd Vote
8. Socrates 2 conceptions of death 9. “The unexamined life is not worth living” 10. “Heaping up the wealth and honor, yet caring so little about truth, justice and the greatest improvement of the soul” 11. Pirates of the Caribbean 12. Who is the only one who can hurt your soul
1st Argument (1) The wisest man will possess the most wisdom (2) The Politicians do not possess the most wisdom (3) The Poets do not possess the most wisdom (4) The craftsmen do not possess the most wisdom (5) Socrates possesses the most wisdom Therefore (6) Socrates is the wisest man
2nd Argument (1) It is easier to train horses than children (2) The best horses have only a few trainers Therefore (3) Children will have only a few trainers
3rd Argument (1) Corrupt people will hurt you Therefore (2) You would not intentionally corrupt your neighbors (3) Socrates would not intentionally corrupt the youth of his city
4th Argument (1) Socrates believes in demigods (2) To believe in demigods, one must believe in gods Therefore (3) Socrates must believe in gods