On The Possibility Of Philosophy From Problem Of Socrates

This paper interprets Plato’s Work as a philosophical re-trial to theSocrates’s trial. Due to the re-trail by Plato, the death of Socrates is regardedas a big thing on the history of philosophy instead of a historical event, fromthe re-trail to get a answer on the possibility of philosophy. Although Socratesfailed to defend himself, Socrates’s philosophic life is still lively. The floodof readers reflecting the Socrates’s philosophical life indicates the lifevaluable and accessible. From the problem of Socrates, we may hold the key tothe possibility of philosophy.If I want to sum up a consistent theme from plato’s various dialogue, Ihad better to discuss the distinguished similarity：the form of dialogue thereis consistency between the dramatic form and the philosophical meaning of thePlato’s Work：philosophy is dialogue open to reader, and philosophy is likedrama with scene and action. In this view of Plato’s work, we would meet thechallenge of the Plato’s criticism on poetry. But in my view, the challengeis a chance to get the point of the Socrates-Plato’s philosophy is consciousof itself and the poetry and the city’s demand. With the charm of the poetry,philosophy manage to wake up the main street to examine their lives, by whichphilosophy know itself, know it’s destroy to the city and the city’s demandof philosophy. The poetic form win an “up-go” through a “down-go”.The failure of Socrates’s apology seems to indicate the failure of thephilosopher’s “out-and-back” cave. Yet he successes in the introduction ofhimself philosophical life in a sincere and an ambiguous way. He acknowledgehimself as a midwife of the soul and help people to endure the pain duringpregnancy with a beautiful and good soul. With Socrates’s spirit of Midwifery,man realize their ignorance and promote themselves. This is the key to thepossibility of philosophy. Under the attention of Eros, the intermediate betweenpoverty and wealth, philosopher support man to suffer from the agony of thesoul’s delivery to acquire the knowledge, a knowledge about how to make a choice of a good life.