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for which they are talented. Here, it is thought that the rulers who are willing to rule, who go into the cave, who are vocal, are...

brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...

three characters (a stranger from Athens; Cleinias, from Crete; and Megillus, a Lacedaemonian) are discussing their various types ...

suggest that both love and hate can be taught (Plato). We can further extrapolate from that to conclude that if a nation is in har...

knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...

she proved to me as I proved to him that, by my own showing, Love was neither fair nor good. " Here, the idea that love is powerfu...

fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...

has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...

most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...

the preexistence of the soul, and the separate existence of forms work together or not? Thats a lot of questions to tackle, and to...

This 4 page paper gives an explanation of Rectifactory Justice as defined by Aristotle. This paper includes examples of the volunt...

This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...

This essay pertains to Plato's perception of rhetoric and the role of eros, as indicated by his texts Gorgias and Phaedrus. Five p...

of his text The Republic, Plato presents one of Western civilizations most accurate conceptualizations of the tremendous influence...

in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...

truly understand Gods word: "I ask Thee, my God: pardon my sins, and as Thou didst grant to Thy servant to speak those words, gran...

wish, they have other freedoms that are perhaps not as obvious. Brave New World supports the hedonistic view. That is, Huxley (199...

would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images" (Plato, 1969. p. 409). He then likens the philosopher to a prisoner who ...

In 5 pages this paper discusses how leadership and education can have implications for the state in a consideration of Plato's fam...

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 ...

it is not necessary that everybody feel compelled or obligated to do so. Moral Communitarianism The philosophy and scholarship of...

of just what human nature represents in relation to mans actions. It has long been postulated that human nature is bound by defen...

In eight pages this paper defends Plato's assertion regarding the immortality of the human soul with references made to his text P...

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 paper examines how a tragic literary hero is defined by Aristotle in Poetics and then applied to Oedipus. One ...

In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...

In six pages this report examines individual understanding of the world as considered in Plato's Phaedo, in the scientific inquiry...

In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...