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trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...

the supreme principle, the fundamental principle on which any well-ordered society could live (Bhandari, nd). Plato was certainl...

the kings and philosophers -- should not have the right to bear children or even own their own property. This, he maintained, wou...

right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...

Plato emphasizes the importance of maintaining self control in the face of eros, the importance of purging the passions of the fle...

theory of "seeing is believing" and that something must be touched in order to be a reality. According to Goellnitz, one s...

of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...

something in Platos morality which does not really belong to Plato but is only to be met with in his philosophy, one might say in ...

essential to the happiness of a man - having something worth living for is as important as having something worth dying for (Bloom...

no matter how insignificant or trite they may seem. However, it would seem that he believed that there were at least two types of ...

the amount of knowledge that anyone has very little to do with doing things that are wrong. Now, understandably, we can see wher...

patently incorrect assumption or definition. Socrates exercises in dialogue and thinking are not entirely negative and are certa...

In eight pages this paper discusses whether or not the government is justified in legally regulating marijuana use according to th...

In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...

In twelve pages this paper examines how the meaning of justice is conveyed in the theories of Plato, John Locke, Friedrich Engels ...

Conformity was the rule of the republic, certainly not the exception. Plato was not at all concerned with the problems of the ind...

In ten pages this paper refers to the writings of Thucydides, Aristotle, and Plato in a consideration of past and present politica...

In four pages this report considers Plato and Thomas Hobbes in a philosophical discussion of the connection between society and th...

In five pages Hume, Kant, Cicero, and Plato are discussing how when responding to political oppression violence can be morally jus...

In five pages this report discusses ethical egoism as it relates to the normative ethical theory of Plato. Three sources are cite...

to Locke. Locke was able to succinctly describe and honor the Enlightenment in his belief in the middle class and its right to fre...

In six pages a work of Plato is compared with the Christian writer C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters. Two sources are cited in t...

What constitutes good is considered from a philosophical perspective in five pages with the focus being on the philosophies of Pla...

In five pages The Republic by Plato is examined in a consideration of Books I and II in a discussion of Socrates' extended dialogu...

In eight pages this paper examines the contemporary government relevance of Socrates' views as portrayed in The Republic by Plato....

In five pages this paper examines The Republic in terms of what meaning Plato attached to the 'myths of the metals' and considers ...

In four pages this paper discusses equality in terms of opportunity, economics, government, and politics as considered in The Repu...

In four pages this paper examines the educational ideal of Utopia Plato presented in The Republic. There are no other sources lis...

In nine pages this paper examines the social utopia presided over by a philosopher king as described by Plato in The Republic. Th...

seen, but somewhat obscured by the appearance of shadows. The dialogue commences further with Socrates discussion of the divisi...