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- 1. Philosopher’s Views On Relating ArtAnd Aesthetics, Art And Policies LHORAINE C. TOLENTINO
- 5. Time Period & Location •Socrates was born in 469 BC and died in 399 BC. Socrates lived his 70 year of life in Athens Greece. • For Socrates, philosophy & the love of wisdom, was itself a sacred path, a “holy quest and not a game to be taken lightly. ”
- 6. • the fatherof Western philosophy. • He never wrote down any of his teachings, his student, Plato, did this for him • Socrates’ philosophy arose out of his negative feelings in relation to the SOCRATES
- 7. Who were they? •Intelligent men, who travelled from place to place, teaching subjects like grammar, rhetoric (debating, argument, logic)and literature; • Athens was an emerging democratic center and educated people were needed; • The Sophists charged for their services, usually employed by the wealthy and T H E S O P H I S T S
- 8. The problem withthe Sophist Truth was not the most important issue but rather the ability to persuade your audience of the truth of your position - this is how they taught their students The sophists’ philosophy created tensions in Athens. They suggested there were no
- 9. According to the “dialog Meno”,Socrates believed in the reincarnation of an eternal soul which contained all knowledge.
- 10. Not everyone inAthens loved Socrates, due to his “unorthodox political and religious views” it gave the people of Athens a solid reason to sentence him. Socrates died because he was accused of refusing to recognize the gods that were recognized by the state and was also accused of
- 11. David, 1786 The Athenian jury sentenced Socratesto death by drinking a cup of poison hemlock. He was not forced by other men to drink it. He drank the entire cup
- 12. The Historical SocratesI • A working class man, served in the army, a bricklayer by trade • The Oracle at Delphi labeled him “The wisest man in Athens” • Socrates did not believe he was wise, so he set out to prove the oracle wrong • “There must be someone wiser than I, since I am not wise at all”
- 13. The Historical SocratesII • Most of the men he questioned were Sophists, wealthy men whose profession was to teach aristocratic young men how to be successful. • According to the Sophists, success was the ability to gain and hold onto Wealth Fame
- 14. The Historical SocratesIII • Socrates believed that the Sophists were wrong • Wealth, fame, and power are not important. • What matters most in life is our moral goodness • In order to be morally good, we need to think and re-evaluate our moral values
- 15. Socrates’ Approach to Philosophy Goodnes s JusticeTruth Self- Knowledge
- 16. Socrates - HisMain Ideas I 1. Our interior life – our “psyche” or “soul” – is the most important part of life. 2. Our psyche is “healthy” when it seeks goodness, truth, justice, and self-knowledge. 3. A soul in search of wealth, fame, and power becomes weak, sickly,
- 17. Socrates - HisMain Ideas II 4. Being ignorant is to mistake the appearance of good for the reality of it. 5. All evil is caused by ignorance. 6. People who cheat, lie, steal, harm others are always motivated to do so by their own ignorance concerning what is good 7. They don’t know what is important in life, so they seek wealth, fame, power, and in doing so they find
- 18. Socrates - HisMain Ideas III 8. “The unexamined life is not worth living” 9. If we spend our lives examining and criticizing ourselves, our psyches become strong. 10.In seeking goodness, justice, truth and self-knowledge, we will not become self-satisfied, bigoted, and ignorant. 11.We may not find what we seek, but the life we live will be one that
- 19. SUMMARIZING SOCRATES Virtue (knowledge)is the most valuable of all things. Life should be spent in search of goodness. Truth is possible to achieve. People should focus on self- development rather than material wealth. It is the job of the philosopher to show people how little they really know. An action is right when it promoted true SOCRATES
- 21. Socrates teachings of absolutetruth will always apply to mankind. But truth requires knowledge. And that what is taught by law or parents is not always what is right in terms of your moral life. But to find this truth you first must explore and consciously make decisions based
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