Compare And Contrast Martin Luther King And Socrates

One of the major concepts behind philosophy is the idea of perpetual peace. What does it mean? How do we attain it? That is the question several philosophers across the centuries have aimed to answer. Two of the most prevalent philosophers being Socrates and Martin Luther King. Although from completely different time periods, both of these philosophers share very similar ideas that tend to go hand in hand with each other. Sadly, from reading both Socrates and Martin Luther King’s speeches as well as others over the span of history, it seems as if the concept of perpetual peace is quite glim. Even from Socrates time, leaders were still making the same mistakes they are now, and people were still prioritizing things such as status and wealth, just as they are now. It seems as though, over the course of history, as many philosophers as have come around, we never learn to change our destructive ways of living life. Priorities are

I am not sure there is anything we can do from where we are now to change that unfortunate fact, because this way of living has been ingrained into the people from the beginning of time. We can hope for perpetual peace, but the chances are we can never make it happen. Perpetual peace is a seemingly hopeless idea that seems impossible to achieve around the basis of ethics.
In Plato’s “Apology,” Socrates is defending himself in front of a Jury to decipher whether or not he will live or die due to several seemingly false accusations of not believing in the Gods at the time. Although somewhat arrogant, Socrates has virtually done nothing to disobey the law besides challenge the people to think deeply. He speaks about perpetual peace on the basis of providing truth and knowledge around him, in order to make a better society. Socrates has absolutely no speech prepared for his time in court, and speaks wholeheartedly off the basis of truth and honesty. The first quote I noticed was on page 23, and this was where socrates addressed his