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(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...

things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

societys goods (Platos Political Theory, 2002). They were satisfied with their lives and held back from being passionate natured ...

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...

offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...

they know was agreed upon in full assembly; and should it be decided that this is not so, the poor have discovered a hundred excus...

patently incorrect assumption or definition. Socrates exercises in dialogue and thinking are not entirely negative and are certa...

right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...

the amount of knowledge that anyone has very little to do with doing things that are wrong. Now, understandably, we can see wher...

theory of "seeing is believing" and that something must be touched in order to be a reality. According to Goellnitz, one s...

no matter how insignificant or trite they may seem. However, it would seem that he believed that there were at least two types of ...

of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...

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 ...

the supreme principle, the fundamental principle on which any well-ordered society could live (Bhandari, nd). Plato was certainl...

trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...

the kings and philosophers -- should not have the right to bear children or even own their own property. This, he maintained, wou...

major argument in favor of poetry; that it was an educational tool that could be used in the instruction of moral values. Sidne...

Frank Abagnale issued a statement on his companys web site that explains his perspective on the literary design of both his book a...

while the men were away at war. However, this particular battle represented a great deal of change within and among the steadfast...

object is significantly impaired. Early visual development is both normal and rapid throughout the infants initial six months all...

that is permanent and immutable. It is this world that is more real; the world of change is merely an imperfect image of this worl...

society exist without democracy? Many theorists today would think not, and while many enlightened individuals could argue that mer...

culpable. It is true that many other nations, such as France, opposed the war effort in Iraq. Did the U.S. overstep its bounds? Wh...

"what is justice?" and after a definition is provided, Socrates gets the interlocutor to make a statement that would obviously con...

because it is supposed to produce truth in the end. The essence of this method is a process that usually begins with Socrates ask...

his words appear incredibly arrogant and seem to stray off the topic, as the words illustrate his intelligence and depth more than...