In this essay I will be taking you back to the times of the Ancient Greeks. The time of the Greeks began in about 800 B.C.E. I will be talking about some major events that they went through and how they are still significant to this day. The first event from this time period that I’ll bring up is the Peloponnesian War; which was a long war between the two main city-states Athens and Sparta. Then, I will explain the philosopher Socrates’ horse training analogy that he used in the trial for his life for supposedly breaking the laws of the City of Athens. Lastly, I will talk about the beginning of a new style of art with the creation of the famous statue “the Venus de Milo.” So now let us begin with with the first point, the brutal Peloponnesian …show more content…
He was a famous philosopher back then, and is still one of the most famous to this day. Socrates was born in Athens in 469 B.C.E. and grew up there earning his nickname as the “Father of Western Philosophy.” Socrates was known for thinking a person was only wise if they didn’t claim to know something they didn’t. Socrates was known to never write anything. The reason we have information of his life and trial, is by the notes taken by his apprentice Plato. The time Socrates uses his horse training analogy is when he is brought to trial by the city of Athens. He is accused of breaking 2 of Athens laws. The first law was for “Not believing in the gods of Athens” and the second was “Corruption of the youth of Athens.” Because of these two charges socrates is defending his life because if he loses he would be sentenced to death. Socrates uses the horse trainer analogy to help defend his innocence against the charge of corrupting the youth. Meletus says socrates is a bad teacher and influence to the young. With a series of questions that pertain to good influences to the youth, he gets meletus to conclude that all people of Athens have a positive influence on the youth except socrates. This is where Socrates uses the horse trainer analogy to state why meletus is wrong. The analogy explains that horses are trained by specially trained horse trainers. These horse trainers are considered to have a positive influence on the horses while most of the rest of the people would only be a bad influence. Socrates chose this analogy to show it’s foolish to think that any person can improve a person, when it takes an expert to improve a horse. This analogy and the trial in general have impacted law and courts ever since. Not only was this time a big jump for philosophy, but also for