Topic: Preception
Gorgias and Socrates both agreed that objective perception is not possible for humans. Socrates had a different opinion about human perception. According to American Heritage Online Dictionary (http://www.answers.com/perception) perception is the process, act, or faculty of perceiving. Gorgias argued in his work that (1) nothing exist, (2) if even anything exist, nothing can be know about it, and (3) Even if something can be know about it, knowledge can not be communicated to other. (http://www.answers.com/topic/gorgias) Gorgias did not have a family to be concerned about, lived a long life caring for him only, and never settled in one location for him to elaborate on perception. Socrates on the other hand believed (1) human wisdom begins with the recognition of one's own ignorance; (2) the unexamined life is not worth living; (3) ethical virtue is the only thing that matters; and (4) a good person can never be harmed, because whatever misfortune he may suffer, his virtue will remain intact. (http://www.answers.com/topic/socrates) Although Socrates did not write anything, he had strong beliefs and loyal followers. I feel that Gorgias’ philosophy would have the greatest possibility of distorting my perception because he never examined life, he did
feel that life was worth knowing about, and he did not think things that are known could be explained.
First of all, in order to have an opinion about life it should be examined by the person with the opinion. Gorgias did not have to deal with the issues of supporting a family and a household. He was not concerned with the care of life. He worked very hard to turn small issues into great debates. Many of his followers respected the straight-forth- one-minded debates that were not ambiguous. Although he lived a long life, he never explored outside his small circle of thinking. I know that Gorgias’ philosophy would greatly distort my perception because I think outside the box.
Second of all, he refuses to think life was worth knowing about. Socrates had a wonderful conviction that, “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Without examining life, Gorgias made a statement “nothing exists and if something does exist, it is not worth knowing about.” In my opinion, this quote is an understatement because Gorgias made an assumption based on no facts. How can you say nothing exist if you never researched wait exist? Although many supporters agreed, there were no facts to support Gorgias’ philosophy. My perception would greatly be distorted because Gorgias’ had no facts and did not have numerous life experiences to support his philosophy.
Finally, my perception would have been distorted because Gorgias did not know how to explain something if it was known. When a situation needs to be explained and an answer is not know; it is easier to avoid the situation altogether. Gorgias may not had the answers, so he stated, “if something can be know about it, knowledge can not be communicated to other.” The statements that Gorgias could not explain were clearly explained by Socrates. Although it is personal opinion, I feel that Socrates was able to explain life better because he did not rely on his opinions only. Socrates step outside of the thinking box; expanding his audiences. That is the final reason why my perception would have been distorted by Gorgias.
Socrates and Gorgias were both great philosophers in their time. Gorgias thought single-minded while Socrates thought corporate-minded. Gorgias thought only for him, his perception would have greatly distorted my perception.
3 comments:
PASS
The writes used correct format and punctuation. The subject caught my attention was completely understandable. Although the though was deep and true it failed to reason with her own life and ideas. The paper didn't really explain in detail any of the writers own experiences or perceptions of life. Also, alot of the paper where referals to other links.
pass good writing but dont forget to indent your paragraphs
Pass.
The topic statement was clear and although the links might prove distracting it does set up a good exposition for what the writer wished to articulate. Defining what perception is and who Gorgias and Socrates were and what they believed helped the argument.
The format and style was adequate, however there were typos and some grammatical errors.
As far as the argument is concerned, it was adequate in the sense that the writer's opinions were supported by selected examples and quotes by the philosophers, however, the motivations and the reasons for the philosophers' styles seemed more speculative.
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