Being and becoming

In order to be gay, non only the idea of demonstration upon bread and saveter is necessary but in emphasizes of the use of the Socratic system in that reflection and in the course of finding the truth, questions are opposite with such(prenominal) reflection. At this level, questioning and reflection are the apex of what it fashion to be human.Socrates however had virtually varying views on philosophy that hostile some of what Plato believed. Socrates was a skeptic, as was Plato, and as can be exemplified in the hollow metaphor, but Socrates also believed that a person can be convicted of their have got beliefs even if they cannot find their pathway of truth.Plato, in contrast, believed that philosophers were the delegates who maintained what was and was not truth, and lead the way to such truth for the common man. It is not frankincensely egocentrism that leads a person to happiness, and there is a definite chemical equilibrium betwixt the allowance of each part of t he soul guided by reason, and asceticism. Plato was a not a Sophist. Without the guidance of moral reason wherefore a state of chaos would ensue entailing an everyman for himself type of attitude.It is a venomous weigh on whether or not Socrates was a Sophist, he himself vehemently denied it but some of his philosophies correlated with Sophist thinking (i. e. the issues of ethics, and living a ethical life, each Sophist preoccupations). Morality must then be shown as adhering to individual interests. Plato did not agree with the type of hedonism queered by the Sophists, who thought human nature was an extension of the animal world. Instead, Plato states that the nature of man is reason and in this reason exists an organized society constructed by reason.Happiness for the rational man then comes into fruition by governing their more base, animal, desires, which are irrational. This morality is increase into the realm of society because of human interaction. Therefore, if a man is to be the bill of reason, and morality, and happiness, then the society that he lives and associates must then also exhibit such a moral temperance. If then a society is blind by hedonism, or pure desire of self, a man in that society has no hope for personal happiness because of lack of morality, reason, and thus fully succumbing to akrasia.In order to be human, not only the idea of reflection upon life is necessary but in emphasizes of the use of the Socratic method in that reflection and in the course of finding the truth, questions are paired with such reflection. At this level, questioning and reflection are the apex of what it means to be human. Socrates however had some varying views on philosophy that opposed some of what Plato believed. Socrates was a skeptic, as was Plato, and as can be exemplified in the cave metaphor, but Socrates also believed that a person can be convicted of their own beliefs even if they cannot find their pathway of truth.Plato, in contrast, bel ieved that philosophers were the delegates who maintained what was and was not truth, and led the way to such truth for the common man. It is not then self-interest that leads a person to happiness, and there is a definite equilibrium between the allowance of each part of the soul guided by reason, and asceticism. Plato was a not a Sophist. Without the guidance of moral reason then a state of chaos would ensue entailing an everyman for himself type of attitude.It is a bitter debate on whether or not Socrates was a Sophist, he himself vehemently denied it but some of his philosophies correlated with Sophist thinking (i. e. the issues of ethics, and living a good life, each Sophist preoccupations). Work Cited MacDonald, Ross. Socrates versus Plato. Aspects of Education. P9-22. 1996. Plato. Phaedo. Plato. Crito. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. http//classics. mit. edu/Plato/crito. html