Socrates' demonstration with the slave boy

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Philosophy

 

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Jesse W

 

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July 8, 2015

 

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He must learn to recollect the knowledge that he already has. He shows this through the slave boy, who exhibits all the characteristics that one needs to live a life of virtue, the ability to reason, to examine and most importantly keep his mind active and hesitant to settling. Gordon Marino seems to generally agree with Socrates that the real source of acquiring virtue is an effort on behalf of the individual...
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Marino however, takes this a step further by introducing the concept of self-deception. Inherent in the ability to reason, is the ability to rationalize ones actions to make them seem pleasing, or acceptable. The challenge, as Marino quotes Kierkegaard, "is simply to abide by the knowledge we already have"...
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