Post by nathanabcede123 on Jun 28, 2015 16:49:52 GMT
Why was Socrates sentenced to death?
Socrates was brought to trial with an accusation of corrupting the Athenian youth as proven by this statement "Socrates acts wickedly, and is criminally curious in searching into things under the earth, and in the heavens, and in making the worse appear the better cause, and in teaching these same thing to others" (31). Many people (i.e. Euthyphro and Crito spoke to Socrates to try and reason with him,but Socrates was prepared for every question and statement that had been given to him. Another accusation towards Socrates was that he wanted to establish the fact that it is necessary under all circumstances to submit to the established laws of his country. They offered to drop all charges only only if here to longer pursue philosophy, which is proven by the statement "Socrates, we shall not now yield to Anytus, but dismiss you, on this condition, however, that you no longer persevere in so doing, shall die..."(43). Of course, Socrates refused the offer. Eventually, he was found guilty of these accusations and was sentenced to death by poison. He did not fear his death, he only prayed that his death would be a "happy" one.
Why is there conflict (for some) between science and religion?
Science is essentially based on fact, information that can be explained and/or proven. Religion is essentially based on beliefs and personal experiences, as well as encounters that have been brought from generation to generation. For information to be considered scientific it must be open to change, this is proven by the statement "In other words, for any endeavor to justifiably be regarded as "scientific" it must be willing to be corrected, or changed, to be wrong" (14). Further more, science cannot be in unison with religion because science cannot be used to explain religion and vice versa, this is proven by the statement "...Here's why: A is A. reality is real. To attempt to use nature to prove the supernatural is a violation of A is A. It is an attempt to make reality unreal. A cannot also be non-A. Nature cannot also be non-Nature..." (32). However, a person can hold on to scientific fact and religion as long as the person does not attempt to make reality unreal.
Socrates was brought to trial with an accusation of corrupting the Athenian youth as proven by this statement "Socrates acts wickedly, and is criminally curious in searching into things under the earth, and in the heavens, and in making the worse appear the better cause, and in teaching these same thing to others" (31). Many people (i.e. Euthyphro and Crito spoke to Socrates to try and reason with him,but Socrates was prepared for every question and statement that had been given to him. Another accusation towards Socrates was that he wanted to establish the fact that it is necessary under all circumstances to submit to the established laws of his country. They offered to drop all charges only only if here to longer pursue philosophy, which is proven by the statement "Socrates, we shall not now yield to Anytus, but dismiss you, on this condition, however, that you no longer persevere in so doing, shall die..."(43). Of course, Socrates refused the offer. Eventually, he was found guilty of these accusations and was sentenced to death by poison. He did not fear his death, he only prayed that his death would be a "happy" one.
Why is there conflict (for some) between science and religion?
Science is essentially based on fact, information that can be explained and/or proven. Religion is essentially based on beliefs and personal experiences, as well as encounters that have been brought from generation to generation. For information to be considered scientific it must be open to change, this is proven by the statement "In other words, for any endeavor to justifiably be regarded as "scientific" it must be willing to be corrected, or changed, to be wrong" (14). Further more, science cannot be in unison with religion because science cannot be used to explain religion and vice versa, this is proven by the statement "...Here's why: A is A. reality is real. To attempt to use nature to prove the supernatural is a violation of A is A. It is an attempt to make reality unreal. A cannot also be non-A. Nature cannot also be non-Nature..." (32). However, a person can hold on to scientific fact and religion as long as the person does not attempt to make reality unreal.