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May 13, 2014 · Philosophy 101 by Socrates: An Introduction to Philosophy via Plato's Apology. Collection. opensource. Language. English. Philosophy means “the love of wisdom.” Kreeft uses the dialogues of Socrates to help the reader grow in that love.
Philosophy 101 by Socrates An Introduction to Philosophy via Plato's Apology (Forty Things Philosophy Is according to History's First and Wisest Philosopher) by Peter Kreeft IGNATIUS PRESS SAN FRANCISCO
This text shows itself as one of the results of a theoretical or bibliographical research, whose purpose is to explain this finality of the Socratic thinking, that is: the applying of philosophy into education, as the most efficient way of breeding the individual for a personal and collective existence which be, overall, reflexive.
Sep 16, 2005 · 1. Socrates’s strangeness. 2. The Socratic problem: Who was Socrates really? 2.1 Three primary sources: Aristophanes, Xenophon, and Plato. 2.2 Contemporary interpretative strategies. 2.3 Implications for the philosophy of Socrates. 3.
Western philosophy since Thales and Heraclitus – and freshly in the past quarter century – has made serious study of self-knowledge: its avenues, its limitations, and its charms.
Socrates, and do not imagine I will lead a reader to self-knowledge. For the sake of exposition I offer that Socratic self-knowledge has three faces: a metaphysical, an epistemic, and a practical face.
The following topics are examined: 1. the ‘intellectual movement’ around Socrates; 2. the literary context in which the texts of the Socratics are framed; 3. major topics discussed within this movement, their development within and outside the Socratic circle, and their reception in Late Antiquity; 4. the state of the art of the ‘Socratic questi...
Socrates was born in Athens, Greece, around 469 b.c. and died in 399 b.c. Whereas pre-Socratic philosophers examined the natural world, Socrates placed emphasis on the human experience.
Apr 30, 2015 · This text shows itself as one of the results of a theoretical or bibliographical research, whose purpose is to explain this finality of the Socratic thinking, that is: the applying of...
In the Apology Socrates describes an event that helped to shape his approach to philosophy. His friend Chaerephon went to the shrine of Apollo at Delphi and asked the priestess of the shrine whether there was anyone wiser than Socrates.
