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(8 pp). Three major philosophers are associated
with the development of man's intellectual
reasoning and thought; they are Socrates, Plato
and Aristotle. Commonalities link all three, yet
definite differences do exist. Bibliography lists
6 sources.
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399 B.C., Athens sought someone to blame for its humiliating defeat in the Peloponnesian War with Sparta and its allies. This scapegoat, through default more than anything, became Socrates, the
legendary Athenian philosopher. Since Socrates often disrupted the intentions of Athens politicians, he was blamed for attempting to ruin Athens through slander of its leaders and religious tradition (http://www.csudh.edu/phenom_studies /greekphil
/greekphil_lect8.htm). Socrates defends his civil actions in The Apology, and defends his decision to carry out his personal conviction in Crito. When the court suggests to Socrates that he will
be acquitted if he agrees to stop practicing philosophy, he responds by saying, "Athenians, I hold you in the highest regard and love; but I will obey God rather than
you: and as long as I have breath and strength I will not cease from philosophy, and from exhorting you, and declaring the truth to every one of you whom
I meet...Either acquit me, or do not acquit me, but be that I shall not alter my way of life; no, not if I have to die for it many
times." Philosophy, which has the goal to improve the soul above all other things, is the essence of life, Socrates explains. By giving his life for his convictions, Socrates,
is often called the father of Western philosophy, reinforces a legal system that survives to this day in the United States, and indeed, in most of the Western world. Socrates
dies believing that the system, though not the people who judged him, was just. He knows that obeying its death sentence will strengthen Athens fledgling system of law. Many Americans
today even use Socrates argument: though people make mistakes, the system works. Plato (429-347 BC) Describing men ruled by their appetites, Plato remarks, "...they resent the slightest application of
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