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Socrates’ capacity to do good for his fellows is implied by the extended gadfly metaphor. He imagines that his critical sting really can awaken at least some Athenians and he refuses to regard anyone as ineducable.
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www.stoa.org/projects/demos/article_socrates?page=5&gre...
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Gadfly on Trial: ... en you will continue to sleep out your lives, unless the god sends someone else to look aer you." (30e 31a) Socrates' equine metaphor is tongue-in-cheek (gel( oioteron eipein: 30e), but recalls the point of his earlier horse-training analogy when refuting Meletus: the mass of Athenian citizens,
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The gadfly metaphor and Socrates's explanation are best understood as indications of the depth and intensity of Socrates's critical commitment to the Athenian democracy, a commitment he took no less seriously than the mission to which he had been appointed by the god of Delphi (precisely because the former was...
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agora.stanford.edu/agora/cgi-bin/article.cgi?library=mo...
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No matter the criteria of those who made the film, many saw Body Snatchers as presenting an overt Communist metaphor: the alien pod people perfectly fit McCarthy’s profile of Russians and, not coincidentally, American schoolteachers.
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www.gadflyonline.com/11-26-01/film-snatchers.html
www.gadflyonline.com/11-26-01/film-snatchers.html
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Socrates gadfly ... Socrates gadfly to ... ... Gadfly of athens...
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thesaurus.reference.com/browse/gadfly
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Environmental Ethics and Public Policy Ernest Partridge, Ph.D www.igc.org/gadfly ... The origin of this metaphor is Plato's account of Socrates' defense before the citizens of Athens, which follows:
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gadfly.igc.org/socrates.htm
gadfly.igc.org/socrates.htm
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With Liberty for Some ... ; An earlier version presented at a conference of the Russian Chapter of the ; International Society for Environmental Economics, Novgorod, Russia, ... Smith, 423). "The invisible hand" metaphor has familiar variants, such as "the rising tide that lifts all boats" and "the trickle down effect".
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gadfly.igc.org/papers/liberty.htm
gadfly.igc.org/papers/liberty.htm
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Look up the word "gadfly" in a dictionary. What is the meaning of Socrates's metaphor of the gadfly? According to Socrates, what is so unusual about his devotion to Athens' highest welfare? Explain the nature of Socrates's "divine guide".
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depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/studyguide/a...
depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/studyguide/apology.htm
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In our film The Gadfly acts as an extended filmic metaphor. We acknowledge the profound influence of the novel and its tragic hero on socialist youth culture, and focus on how our interview-participants understand the changing significance of the Gadfly in their mental and emotional lives over a number of decades.
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www.morningsun.org/film/gadfly.html
www.morningsun.org/film/gadfly.html
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