Ensayo libro Mundo de sofia

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The next letter read Sofia is "everything flows" which speaks of Heraclitus. This philosopher believes that everything has an opposite, "good and evil". Everything has its rationing and a fluidity and transformation of the universe. It also will speak about Empedocles and his theory of the four elements, as well as Anaxagoras and his theory that the skin and bones are composed of small particles, called seeds. She will also receive classes on Democritus and atomic theory.

Sofia was intrigued to know who was the mysterious teacher who taught him about philosophy, so he planned to monitor the mailbox to discover the emissary. A few days later, upon returning home, he found an envelope that had marks and was wet, she was more intrigued, as the weather is at odds with the moisture of the letter. He went to his room to read the contents, which had some questions regarding the destination. Before that, he decided to write a letter to request an appointment with the teacher, entering the letter in the mailbox. He decided glimpse from his window and could see, after several hours, a figure that came from the forest: he was an older man, whom the letter was.

Upon receiving the next lesson, the mysterious teacher told him not to spy, as would be known when he decides. In addition, he spoke of fate, explaining that many people believe in the art of predicting the future, but that future was not clear. He gave as an example "The Delphic oracle", which was consulted by the Greeks, who wondered about his fate. He also showed "The science of history and science of medicine." He highlighted in medicine Hippocrates, who was considered the father of modern medicine and creator of the medical code.

Earlier, after a few hours, she got up and went quickly to the mailbox where the newspaper was alone. Decides to go to his surprise !, you hid and found another envelope with wet edges and two incisions. It was the teacher in response to his letter. It explains that the time will come to be signed by Alberto Knos. Feel footsteps approaching from the woods and a breath that looks like an animal. His carrazón winces when they saw a large dog with a yellow envelope in the mouth, this solved the riddle of the incisions and wet edges. This envelope is the new subject to study "Socrates", which mainly raises their thought of the genesis of the anthropological, social, political, ethical, ontological and metaphysical. Notably its difference with the Sophists, as he believes in universal and absolute standards that govern reasoning and attitudes of human beings.

In "Philosophy of Athens", he mentioned that was the center of the philosophers, because here were losmás important also was the first place where it began to ramble about man, its importance and existence especially their social environment. In "Man in the middle", new ways of thinking about what socio-cultural, it was necessary to reach a democracy, teaching and education of the people, of this need came the "sophists" educated people who unlike philosophers, they charged and lived his teachings.

"Who was Socrates." This part describes Socrates as the most enigmatic person of all, passing their lives in the streets and squares of Athens. He said the trees of the field will not learn anything. His whole philosophy is known thanks to another great philosopher, Plato, who was his disciple, and Socrates left no writings.

"The art of conversation". Socrates, who did not engage in teaching, but to talk to explain their views. In "A divine voice", the speech that Socrates had mentioned, that influenced people when they heard expose. This led him to deal with many people, leading to the judge to have new Gods and lead young people astray, so he was sentenced to death. "A correct knowledge leads to right action." Socrates had something that made him different from the Sophists, believing that human consciousness could distinguish between good and evil, so saying "He who knows the good, do good."

Sophia, left alone, will hiding and finds an envelope containing a videotape, the girl runs to him and finds an image of Athens in modern times. When passing a movie time, a man in beret, who was Alberto Knox dandoun tour of Athens, explaining how important it was the city of Acropolis appears. From time to time the video showed the city in its time of glory, the ruins became real structures, the teacher tells you are in the year 402. C. Sofia felt dazed and uncertain of what he saw. The teacher finds Plato, who proposes exercises to Sofia: first you must think how a baker can make fifty pasta completely equal, then you can ask yourself if all horses are equal. And if the soul is immortal humans. Finally, you have to say if men and women have the same ability to razonar.De Suddenly, the video was cut and can not see a second time.

The next day, Sofia began to think about the exercises had given Plato reached the following conclusions:

• Thinking about the pasta to the mother, answered the first exercise to remember that occupied the same mold. Not all were equally perfect, yes it was somehow completely identical.

• With the second exercise reasoned that all horses are different but there is something that makes them horses.

• In the third year, only he said that man is composed of two parts: the body and soul.

• And last year he recalled that the teacher had said that we all have the same abilities to reason.

At the end of thinking and come to a conclusion with each of the questions asked Hermes appears, the dog, and gives another envelope. "The world of ideas" indicates that everything we feel with the senses flowing, as time changes, but at the same time there should be some molds that means they can unite what has combined, this is called "world of ideas ".

"The sure knowledge" is one in which no use feeling, but something tangible like numbers, something real that we can reason.

"The immortal soul" sees Plato explains that the soul is eternal and belongs to the world of ideas with the molds of nature. One day, the soul comes down to a body, but does not remember the ideas until he begins to see through the senses and begins to relate to molds.

"The road that goes from the darkness of the cave," it said by Plato to a story that people in a cave lived back off her, until one of them decided to get out and see the real world. Then he returned to tell what