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impious act. Euthyphro replies to Socrates claiming "I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a re...

and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...

can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...

the topic of education. He says, "Next, said I, compare our nature in respect of education and its lack to such an experience as t...

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...

in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

higher than those with iron. Plato argued that this deception was necessary in order to maintain a stable society, and we ca...

people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...

soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...

what was passing in the world around them, to the realm of re-presentative intellect. An external phenomenon is thus translated i...

In four pages this paper discusses the contemporary court system and considers Plato's philosophy on leadership as presented in Th...

In ten pages this paper examines the debate on affirmative action from the viewpoint of Platonic philosophy. There are 6 sources ...

-- but to deny their husbands sex until the men agree to sign a treaty. It is the women, therefore, who actually end the war. Rea...

In five pages the theme of love is considered within the context of these authors and their tales. Three sources are cited in the...

In five pages a comparison and contrast of how these philosophers perceived political leadership are made by noting the difference...

In eleven pages this research paper contrasts and compares Plato's and Confucius's perceptions on the ruling state and society wit...

In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...

In six pages this paper discusses the philosophical distinctions Socrates made between these two concepts as presented in Plato's ...

In three pages this paper discusses Plato's Phaedo in terms of the mechanistic mind model and Socrates' arguments designed against...

In five pages this paper analyzes Plato's Philebus in terms of the writing style and the philosopher's message. There are no othe...

In fifteen pages this paper considers the connection between wisdom, holiness, justice, courage, temperance and virtue as revealed...

In three pages this paper considers how Plato's text reveals virtue to be not a single entity but rather deeply connected to other...

In six pages this paper considers Plato's text in its representation of the evil and unhappiness of the 'unjust' according to Socr...

In four pages this paper analyzes the harp analogy of Socrates that is featured in Plato's Phaedo. There are no other sources lis...

prisoners were suddenly unshackled and forced to turn around and face the fire. To begin with, he would be blinded by its brillian...

In five pages Kaku's theory of the universe is compared and contrasted with Plato's cave allegory that is featured in Book VII of ...

In nine pages this paper examines Plato's polis design as featured in The Republic in an analysis of the significance he places up...

for an impartial judge; one who would not be swayed by public opinion and "hype" to pre-judge the tyrant. With themselves a...

In order to effectively answer this, they decide on the necessity for an impartial judge who could not be made to choose a biased ...