Essays 61 - 90
Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...
topic has led noted criminologists to conclude that "...executions have no discernible effect on homicide rates" (Goertzel). There...
the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....
The only manner by which to acquire good statesmen and lawgivers, according to Socrates testimony, is to assure their individual a...
In six pages this paper examines the Greek concept of eros or love as it is portrayed in these works by Plato and Hippolytus with ...
In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Socrates' views on morality with those of Friedrich Nietzsche as expressed in Birt...
In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...
the soul. In understanding the influence the pre-Socratics had, it is beneficial to consider some of the major questions and the ...
threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...
In five pages this paper examines how innocence is corrupted in a literary comparison and contrast of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bo...
tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...
something in Platos morality which does not really belong to Plato but is only to be met with in his philosophy, one might say in ...
In five pages this paper evaluates Socrates' perspectives on what life means. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....
form of flattery. Socrates voices such strong opposition to the type of oration he attributes to men like Gorgias because knowl...
In three pages this paper discusses Plato's Phaedo in terms of the mechanistic mind model and Socrates' arguments designed against...
as its model. Things are intellectually and emotionally captured by the understanding, not by the senses. The "Forms" of Things ...
In three pages this paper discusses how the Athenians made class distinctions in a consideration of Socrates' noble myth depicted ...
means. The function of justice is to improve human nature, which is inherently constructive. Therefore, at a minimum, justice i...
of life, Socrates contends that reason is as well. Socrates considers the difference between those things that can be understood ...
In eight pages this paper examines the contemporary government relevance of Socrates' views as portrayed in The Republic by Plato....
In five pages this report examines whether or not the world would be a better place if people followed Socrates' philosophical exa...
In eight pages this paper examines Socrates' life and philosophy as represented in the Five Dialogues of Plato. Four sources are ...
This narrative essay consisting of five pages rewrites the Apology of Plato and features Socrates' arguing to have his life spared...
In five pages The Republic by Plato is examined in a consideration of Books I and II in a discussion of Socrates' extended dialogu...
In five pages an analysis evaluates the accuracy of Socrates' description of the cave's prisoners as 'like ourselves.' There are ...
leg only" (Plato). If this were true, if there were only one process in regards to life-death, then everything would ultimately co...
(4e). Intrigued by this conclusion, Socrates implores Euthyphro to share with him his definition of piety, distinguishing betwee...
this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...
with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...