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Essays 871 - 900
draw on the human collective conscious, or the knowledge that exists in the universe, they had a glimpse of it once, and that expl...
to return to the cave because its familiar and comfortable? The answer to all these questions is "yes." (Allegory of the Cave, 2...
correct them by illustrating how values are an integral component of personhood. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the concept...
in which truth is believed to derive chiefly from experience" (Nichols, 2003, p. 20). In order to explore his general theory, it p...
the street ... must and will reflect our personal moral standards" (Reavley, 2001). Those moral standards, Reavley implies, must ...
In three pages gender concepts are discussed in this consideration of how Plato regarded equality for women. Two sources are cite...
a product of how "own imperfect understanding of nature, of our ignorance of how to harmonize our activities with the worlds scrip...
who waste time believing or fearing that which is untrue could not possibly be calm or contemplative; as such, they could change t...
only thing that is known is what is presently occurring. In other words, if something is out of ones eyesight and experience, it i...
by way of recognition toward such shortcomings that humanity could overcome this "profound error" (Nehamas, 1994, p. 40), diligent...
come after Plato, not before. (This example is found in Book VII of The Republic, which is available online.) As Im sure youll ...
also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...
around, arousing them and persuading them. He illustrates how people are often irritated by him because they feel they have been r...
life fulfillment and that a disabled individual should be allowed to die because their quality of life will not allow them to find...
and deficiency (McCartt, 2003). Moral virtue also follows this pattern, although in this regard Aristotle refers to it as the "Go...
as well as the people. When one views the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for example, one hardly thinks ab...
original thirteen colonies on which the new United States of America was founded removed their approval of being governed by the B...
that was determined by human will, in that people choose whether or not to keep their promises (Hobbes, 1982). Those that keep th...
he make it eternal anyway? Many people think of the universe as something that was eternal in the first place, irrespective of wha...
interprets the ideal of freedom and to what extent they live in their own psychological prisons. Social freedom means that one wil...
In five pages the concepts of luck and chance are defined, described, and then examined from an Aristotelian perspective with the ...
not go to reincarnation necessarily, but rather to the idea that death does not end life. On the other hand, New Ageism, Buddhism,...
surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...
Lysias topic is love, which in the ancient Greek world referred to the love of a man for another man. Homosexuality was practiced...
human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...
qualities in the face of conflict or challenge. "Deliberate effort and the taking of thoughtful pains are required...Education, a...
be studied scientifically in order to derive the most rational, economic and efficient means of administering policy. The form is...
led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...
just that mapping of reality that corresponds to the way things are" (25). Of course, many great philosophers, such as Descartes, ...
(Garrett(1)). In addition these gods possess many human traits such as jealousy and envy. As Garrett(1) states, "These gods, mo...