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Essays 361 - 390
a humans body. It sought to find pleasure and to find sustenance. "These appetites should not be allowed, to enslave the other ele...
In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
So for Plato, this idea extended into both personal and political ramifications. He reasoned that when an individual was doing th...
profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...
Plato's Apology and Aristotle's Poetics are both considered masterpieces of ancient Greek philosophy. This report compares the two...
on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...
living" (Plato Crito 18-19). II. ABORTION To reach true happiness, Plato believed people must strive for a contentment tha...
senate dinner, or basically a drinking party after the meal. Though it is certain that Plato took literary license with the dialog...
know what they, themselves, look like. One day, one of the people breaks free from the chains and makes it back to the outside o...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
of human thinking and an awareness of what constitutes the basics of human nature. Their lessons and attitudes are still relevant ...
In eight pages this paper defends Plato's assertion regarding the immortality of the human soul with references made to his text P...
In ten pages this paper examines Plato's views on leadership and human nature as they manifest themselves in his Theory of Forms. ...
In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...
In five pages this report discusses Plato's dialogues in terms of how Socrates regarded his philosophical role and how he was pres...
In six pages this report examines individual understanding of the world as considered in Plato's Phaedo, in the scientific inquiry...
of just what human nature represents in relation to mans actions. It has long been postulated that human nature is bound by defen...
the immortal soul so that man can survive (PG). The mortal and the immortal soul were each housed in different areas in the body (...
The role of critical thinking in American society has taken on greater importance in the 21st century. This paper relates the conc...
In five pages this paper examines four of Plato's dialogues in order to provide answers to various questions. There are no other ...
In 5 pages this paper discusses how leadership and education can have implications for the state in a consideration of Plato's fam...
In five pages this report examines the qualities of being human in terms of being and becoming in the individual and incorporates ...
This 5 page paper examines the way in which one can use the Socratic method to find the truth. The writer also discusses the conce...
In five pages this tutorial considers 4 newspaper articles on DNA testing and examines them from deductive and inductive reasoning...
it is not necessary that everybody feel compelled or obligated to do so. Moral Communitarianism The philosophy and scholarship of...
This 7 page paper explores three different philosophical concents: the design theory, Kant's theories of knowledge and Plato's ide...
In six pages this paper examines Plato's Gorgias which describes a philosophical dialogue between the title character and Socrates...
In five pages this report examines 2 questions on happiness in a consideration of Plato's works regarding the relationship between...
only a satire of society and politics, it is also an example of ones examination of his life. Although this work is a satire, it ...
In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...