Monthly Archives: January 2020

The geocentric model was developed by Ptolemy in the 2nd century CE and it was widely accepted for over 1500 years. People believed that the sun, and the other stars and planets revolved around the Earth, hence “geocentric”. People simply saw that the stars were in a different place each night and assumed that they […]

“Isn’t it really the public who say this who are themselves Sophists on a grand scale…” (214, The Republic) Who is talking: Socrates Explanation and analysis of the quote: Socrates is trying to explain to Adeimantus that good characters can only remain good if they are brought up properly and raised in an environment that […]

The Sun, the Line, and the Cave are discussed in order of importance and relation. The Sun is the most important of the three because it represents the Good. It is what people strive to achieve, take in and understand. The sun is what provides the light that enables things to exist and the light […]

I think that the class could’ve done a better job with the documentaries, but I’m not going to speak for the class, but instead for myself and about my own experience. I got so lost in trying to meet all the requirements and trying to make sense of all the different domains that I ended […]

The four cardinal value virtues are: Justice, Wisdom, Courage, and Self-Discipline (page 130 +) The three parts of the tripartite soul are: Appetite, Spirit, and Reason (page (139+) The tripartite soul and the cardinal values are related because according to Socrates, society will only flourish and possess the characteristics of justice, wisdom, courage, and self-discipline […]

Appetite Spirit/Courage Reason

When you asked us to think of something that we contribute to society that people couldn’t live without (our techne), I wasn’t at all sure of what to write about. In all honesty, I’m still not very sure. It often feels as though my passions and contributions are insignificant when there are 16-year-olds like Greta […]

For a really long time, Justice triggered sparkly thoughts of the children’s clothing store I went to in elementary school. Below is a photo: Now that I’m older and don’t shop in the children’s section, justice doesn’t mean neon crop tops and jeggings. Doing the right or just thing isn’t always easy; it takes research, […]

Part one: –political philosophy -metaphysics and epistemology -ultimately on the concept of virtue and morality -Socrates never actually wrote anything down, the Republic is PLATO’s account  -Plato was a student of Socrates -The agora (the marketplace) people who wanted to listen to Socrates would go there for free and listen to his philosophy -If you […]