Socratic Dialoge
At the beginning of the Winter Term, we started our Forbidden Books course, where we discussed banned books and censorship. Censorship is when a private body of people, or government, decide what form of media, like books, videos, news articles, and so on, contains content that they deemed as offensive or crass. In class, we got to read books like Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” and “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie. We also got the option to read books like “Animal Farm” by George Orwell and “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. The reason why people censor or ban material varies from group to group. Many wanted Bradbury’s book banned because it was “obscene” and “vulgar,” religious people felt it is offensive as there was a depiction of burning a Bible. In other cases, due to descriptions of nudity, violence, and so on books are forbidden
Socrates was an Ancient Greek philosopher who lived between 470 B.C and 399 B.C. He could be one of the first cases of censorship after he was found guilty of corrupting the youth and not believing in the state’s gods. His execution took place by drinking hemlock. He is a fundamental part of Western Civilization because he developed what would later be called the Socratic Dialogue. The Socratic Dialogue is the process of proposing questions to an opponent until the opposite person makes a contradiction in their point of view. It was considered dangerous in the time of Socrates because it made the recipient have to think critically about what they were saying and challenging them to come to their conclusions. In our project, Nakiya’h and I address the topic of teen smoking and the dangers it may have on the user. Nakiya’h took on the role of our Meletus, who is answering the questions, where I am asking him questions and bringing up points as Socrates. Eventually, he starts to change his stance on teen smoking and acknowledges that he should make an effort to stop.
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Socrates was an Ancient Greek philosopher who lived between 470 B.C and 399 B.C. He could be one of the first cases of censorship after he was found guilty of corrupting the youth and not believing in the state’s gods. His execution took place by drinking hemlock. He is a fundamental part of Western Civilization because he developed what would later be called the Socratic Dialogue. The Socratic Dialogue is the process of proposing questions to an opponent until the opposite person makes a contradiction in their point of view. It was considered dangerous in the time of Socrates because it made the recipient have to think critically about what they were saying and challenging them to come to their conclusions. In our project, Nakiya’h and I address the topic of teen smoking and the dangers it may have on the user. Nakiya’h took on the role of our Meletus, who is answering the questions, where I am asking him questions and bringing up points as Socrates. Eventually, he starts to change his stance on teen smoking and acknowledges that he should make an effort to stop.
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