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Essays 241 - 270
In nine pages this paper examines Plato's polis design as featured in The Republic in an analysis of the significance he places up...
In five pages this report examines Plato's perspectives on leadership as they are reflected in The Republic. One source is cited ...
on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...
Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...
of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...
to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...
call to action. Bruskin explains that "The essence of the period is that we were galvanized to do something." (32). While docume...
the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...
concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...
he had dragged him out into the light of the sun" he would be distressed. For Socrates, the world above ground represents the othe...
much like ourselves. As this suggests, Socrates means to make it clear that this allegory has relevance to the realities of everyd...
senate dinner, or basically a drinking party after the meal. Though it is certain that Plato took literary license with the dialog...
living" (Plato Crito 18-19). II. ABORTION To reach true happiness, Plato believed people must strive for a contentment tha...
soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...
like Hades and the underworld; Tiresias the blind seer; and other references to death and dying (Plato). They decide they have to...
what was passing in the world around them, to the realm of re-presentative intellect. An external phenomenon is thus translated i...
people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...
in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...
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...
do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...
role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...
impious act. Euthyphro replies to Socrates claiming "I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a re...
pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...
was that they were certain and immutable. Also, knowledge must have as its objective that which is genuinely real as compared to t...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...
has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...
many partners and purveyors will be required to furnish them. One person will turn to another to supply a particular want, and fo...
would Hobbes be accepted in todays world? Would he fit in at all? These and other questions loom large. Still, each in their own w...