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"The Influence of Socrates on Western Political Thought: Understanding the Origins and Evolution"

February 26, 2023

Title: Understanding Western Political Thought: The Influence of Socrates Are you interested in understanding the origins of Western political thought and how it has evolved over time? Look no further than the influence of Socrates, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy. Socrates, a Greek philosopher born in 469 BCE, was known for his questioning approach to understanding the world and seeking truth. He believed that knowledge was the key to a just society and that people should be held accountable for their actions based on their level of knowledge. His ideas about justice, democracy, and virtue had a significant impact on Western political thought, particularly on the works of Plato, Aristotle, and other philosophers. Plato, in particular, developed many of his own political theories based on Socrates' teachings, such as his concept of the "philosopher-king" as the ideal ruler. Throughout history, Socrates' ideas about the importance of knowled

Socrates: Western Political Thought

May 10, 2022

SOCRATES:- Known as Father of Philosophy. There are different branches in philosophy, ETHICS as a branch of philosophy is said to have originated with Socrates. Ethics--> social morality(correct / right way of living in society.) Pre-socratic thinking & evolution of Philosophy Physical--> Matter--> Observation--> Physics Spiritual-->Idea-->Logic--> Philosophy Pre-Socratic philosophers were trying to understand physical, chemical & biological properties of universe but Socrates was not in favour of that. Socrates held that there is very limited amount of utility of understanding the physical or material aspects of life.The bigger questions are not what constitutes life but what constitutes a good life. According to Socrates purpose of life is Happiness How to be happy? We have to make distinction between real happiness and illusion of happiness. Socrates theory of knowledge: - Two types of knowledge:- ( 1) Real knowledge (Philosophy) : it is fund

कविता- नेता

May 07, 2022

तुम मंदिर-मस्जिद में मौत कमाओ ,वो वोट कमाता जाएगा, तुम्हारे बच्चे पत्थऱ फेकेंगे, वो अपने अमेरिका में पढ़वाएगा, तुम कट्टरता में लिप्त रहना, वो कभी भी सेक्युलर में बदल जायेगा, हाँ वो एक नेता है, वो तुम्हारी मौत का भी जश्न मनाएगा। ~शिखर पाण्डेय

व्यक्ति एवं इच्छाएँ

September 19, 2021

व्यक्ति जीवन जीता चला जाता है बिना कुछ सोचे समझे समाज के रीति रिवाजों को अंतिम सत्य मानते हुए बिना ये विचार किए कि किसी का सत्य किसी के लिए मिथ्या है। प्रसिद्ध मनोविज्ञानी अब्राहम मॉसलो तीन चीजों के बारे में बताते है : Need-->Drive-->Incentive । व्यक्ति इन्ही तीनो के इर्दगिर्द चक्कर लगाते हुए जीवन व्यतीत करता है। पहले उसे किसी चीज की जरूरत होती है(Need), फिर उसमे उसे पाने के लिए एक इच्छा पैदा होती है और जबतक उसे उसका लक्ष्य(Incentive) प्राप्त नही होता वो नही रुकता और इसी तरह फिर एक नई जरूरत होती है और ये चक्र चलता ही जाता है। बूढ़े बुजुर्ग सही ही कहते है कि इच्छाओं का कोई अंत नही है। हम एक ऐसे समाज मे जी रहे है जहां हर कोई या तो दूसरे को नीचा दिखाने में व्यस्त है या फिर अपनी इच्छाओं को दूसरों पर थोपने में परंतु खुद अध्यवसायी बनने के लिए कोई प्रयत्न नही करना चाहता। जीवन के इस चक्र में हम अक्सर भूल जाते हैं कि हम इस भूतल पर केवल अपनी इच्छाएँ ही पूरी करने नही बल्कि दूसरों की इच्छाओं को भी पूरा करने में भागीदार बनने आएं हैं, हमारे कुछ ऐसे कर्त्तव्य और दायित्व है जो हमारे न होकर भी

Where are we going & What can be done?

April 23, 2021

Where are we going & What can be done? Once I read somewhere, "In a society where the majority choose charisma over character, democracy does more harm than good to the actual progress of that society" . Now when I read it again, it makes more sense to me. We as a country are going through a phase where we really need to inspect the ground reality, our agendas, goals, issues and the direction in which we want to go. First let us talk about the elephant in the room i.e. Politics & Role of Media in our country. No doubt that election is a major exercise in a democracy but we have to understand that it is "just" an exercise. The media and the politicians have made it such a big event that it has become every household's common topic of discussion. During election season it seems like there is nothing else going on in the country other than election. Winning an election doesn't mean that the public is happy about all your policies, it just shows that t

Religion and Its Impact on Society

February 27, 2021

Religion and Its Impact on Society A ccording to Karl Marx "Religion is the Opium of M asses". Impact of religion on Indian society has been multi-modal and multi-dimensional. Religion is defined as a specific set of fundamental beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by number of person or sects. According to Article 25 of Indian constitution: everyone has the right to choose the belief and religious practices which he want to follow and it is also well enshrine in our constitution in too. Impact of religion on society:- (A) Negative impact of religion:- 1. Groupism : Religion divides people and in turn, may hamper development of India. 2 . Conflicts : Communal conflicts became a common phenomenon as seen in Cow vigilantism, conflicts on religious books and symbols etc. 3. Dogmatism : Every religion has a set of beliefs which may be superstitious quite often. Such ideas block the development of society and the progress of individuals. E.g.: —In some communitie

World war 1

December 30, 2018

World war 1 World War 1 ( 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918) is also known as THE GREAT WAR, THE WAR TO END ALL WARS and GLOBAL WAR. It is called as Great War because a lot of people died in that war. CASUALTIES : · Approximately 17 Million people died in that war · 11 Million were combatants. · 6 million were civilians. · Also 20 million wounded in that war. So this is one of the deadliest conflicts that human history has ever known. THE BELLIGERENTS: Another reason of why it is called one of the greatest wars because many countries were at war for the first time. There were two groups in the war: ALLIED POWERS and CENTERAL POWERS RUSSIA, FRANCE, BRITAIN, USA (1917-18) and JAPAN were the part of ALLIED POWERS. AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE, GERMANY and OTTOMAN EMPIRE were the parts of CENTERAL POWERS. CAUSES OF THE WAR:- There were generally four main causes of the war:- 1. MILITARISM: Many countries b

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