Monday, October 24, 2016

Socrates Pride a Fault or Virtue

One of my favorite readings this semester was Plato's "Apology." One of my biggest questions in this work was what is Socrates' actual wrong in the trial? Is his arrogance in the wrong, even if his knowledge may be correct? I think it is so interesting because Socrates exhibits a contradiction of humble arrogance because "he know what he does not know." The first correlation that comes to my mind is from Jane Austen's classic "Pride and Prejudice" where the main character Elizabeth is found asking, "is pride a fault or virtue." I think in the case of Socrates, it might just could be interpreted that Socrates pride is indeed a virtue.

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