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A 5 page paper which examines the philosophies of
Socrates in "Apology" and "Crito" and discusses whether he is a traitor or a patriot in
regards to the government of the time. The paper also examines the ideals of Socrates as
they compare to the four noble truths of Buddha. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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are not looking at them from the perspective of the society in which he lived. We are looking at his words through the minds that understand, hopefully, more than the
people of the time understood. These are important truths to understand when determining whether Socrates was a traitor or a patriot. And, it is also important to understand that he
was clearly seen as a traitor by the government of the time. Bearing these realities in mind we present an examination of Socrates Apology and Crito and discuss how he
could be seen as a traitor, but was, especially by our standards, a patriot. The paper then discusses how Socrates work fits with Buddhas noble truths. Socrates: Apology
and Crito In Apology, we gain a better and deeper understanding of Socrates perceptions and dedication to truth despite the fact that he has knowledge of his death. Jowett (2001)
in the introduction to his translation of Apology presents us with the following which serves to further emphasize how Socrates was facing the truths and his impending death: "In what
relation the Apology of Plato stands to the real defence of Socrates, there are no means of determining. It certainly agrees in tone and character with the description of Xenophon,
who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any moderate degree he would have conciliated the favour of the dicasts; and who informs us in
another passage, on the testimony of Hermogenes, the friend of Socrates, that he had no wish to live; and that the divine sign refused to allow him to prepare a
defence, and also that Socrates himself declared this to be unnecessary, on the ground that all his life long he had been preparing against that hour" (apology_summ.htm). In this
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