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at the time of the Civil War, as suggested by the fact that it only had one slave by 1840 (MacLeod, 2008). It is perhaps also impo...

sympathetic toward Deborah in terms of her feelings of being treated badly by the community. Deborah is taunted for being Jewish a...

intuitive sense of a subject, but keep it to himself for fear of being made to feel "girly"-intuition is after all supposedly conf...

human race and preventing nuclear war (Rolston, 1991). But environmental ethical questions are just as serious: "the degradation o...

see a subtle hint that Stanley, while something of a macho male, is one who is not ignorant about the ways of people. He sees thei...

of urban cities around Italy (Fusch, 1994). They served as a central element in the spatial relationships obvious in the cities a...

the orders given. The pace was not rushed, but was very efficient, It becomes noticeable at this point how difficult it is to chan...

to others had amused him, but it was disheartening when used against himself" (Forster, chapter 5). We are constantly remi...

ones self-esteem is constantly defined by the opinions of others, and confined to the very narrow parameters of whether or not one...

Yancey wrote: "Today, the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., opens its Marian Koshland Science Museum. The ...

by employing a chauffeur. Miss Daisy has strict ideas of what is right and proper, and having been brought up in Jewish social cul...

to civilisation? Probably not. We can, therefore, only speculate as to whether or not McChandless might have seen his death as mer...

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

that there is just one objective right way of doing things and on the other hand, there are many truths, is an enormous difference...

wiser (21a). This news confused Socrates greatly as he realized that he was not particularly wise. He, therefore, set out to find ...

Platonic love reflects the deepest love possible between two people, in that it does not abide by the notions of restriction, jeal...

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

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

Naucratis in Egypt there dwell one of the old gods of the country, the god to whom the bird called Ibis is sacred, his own name be...

"...no man will benefit from his profession unless he is paid as well" (Plato, 2003, p.28). One can easily see that Plato does not...

is great interest. Plato looks at all of these things in his book The Republic. In Book I, justice is discussed and it is deemed ...

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...

Republic, 2002). Therefore, according to this theory, knowledge of anything and understanding of anything comes from examination ...

between Psyche and her other two sisters was that Psyche was appreciably more beautiful than they. By all accounts, the sisters we...

he means that this should apply to the average politician. Certainly, wisdom is seen as including morality. In terms of knowledge ...

interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...

"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...

terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...

the affirmative to that and other questions. Later on Socrates will ask: "And, in your opinion, do those who think that they will ...

that leads Socrates to the conclusion that he will not be exiled from his beloved home, but would rather die a martyr for his beli...