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influences of socratic philosophy on western civilization
Title: influences of socratic philosophy on western civilization
Category: History
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influences of socratic philosophy on western civilization
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
In today's modern world, much of our own culture's beliefs and
morals are directly due to the impact of Socratic philosophy on
European thinkers, and therefore our own in the western world. This
philosophy, was based upon the thoughts of Socrates, who was an
Athenian philosopher and possibly the most enigmatic figure in the
entire history of philosophy.
To begin, after about 450 B.C., Athens was considered the cultural
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…showed last 75 words of 941 total…Lasting impressions of Socrates' issues include
in a sense, questions which the philosopher himself posed. Mankind
is faced with a number of difficult questions, for which their are no
satisfactory answers to. Using human reason, or rationalism, humans
should be able to separate right from wrong. Therefore, can a happy
life be led if one continually does things that deep down he or she
knows are wrong? Socratic philosophy insists that this is not so.
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