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Women as Viewed by Plato

society exist without democracy? Many theorists today would think not, and while many enlightened individuals could argue that mer...

Justice Conceptual Inquiry

"what is justice?" and after a definition is provided, Socrates gets the interlocutor to make a statement that would obviously con...

Justifying the Iraq War Philosophically

culpable. It is true that many other nations, such as France, opposed the war effort in Iraq. Did the U.S. overstep its bounds? Wh...

Social Control and the 'Noble Lie' of Plato

stratification of society. The rulers tell the populace that the divisions between one social group and another are because of div...

'Good Life' According to Socrates

interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...

Human Nature According to Saint Augustine and Plato

the individual and a definition of justice. There are three classes for the state to function properly: artisans, who are skilled ...

Socrates and Plato on Wisdom

because it is supposed to produce truth in the end. The essence of this method is a process that usually begins with Socrates ask...

Thomas Aquinas and Plato on Justice

virtue, i.e., justice, but it is also included under Aquinas discussion of love, specifically under love of ones neighbor, for Go...

Socrates' Trial in Apology by Plato

his words appear incredibly arrogant and seem to stray off the topic, as the words illustrate his intelligence and depth more than...

Aristotle’s and Plato’s Theories in Philip Sidney’s Apology for Poetry Also Known as A Defence of Poesie

major argument in favor of poetry; that it was an educational tool that could be used in the instruction of moral values. Sidne...

Plato's "Allegory Of The Cave" And Francis Bacon's "The Four Idols" - How We Know What We Know

smartest beings when it comes to illustrating their capacity for cultivating and understanding knowledge; therefore, the value of ...

Phaedo, Socrates and Immortality

the harp is broken the music stops; if the human dies, doesnt the soul also vanish? (Plato). It is to answer these concerns and ar...

The Difference Between Skill and Chance

various experiences are provided by Socrates and the others. In some way, the work examines the idea of power. After all, if someo...

Plato and Sophocles

very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...

What is Truth?

be quantified. That is, ones life may be the truth, but it cannot be articulated as the truth. Still, there had been much debate b...

The Pre-Socratic Philosophers and Their Search for Explanation

why so many people had to suffer. No matter the cause, the gods were not looked on with the reverence they had once enjoyed, and t...

PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTIONS, THE TARGETING OF MINORITIES AND THE VALIDITY OF THE PRO-LIFE ARGUMENT

no. 7277235281 Fax no. * Make sure fax # begins with country code (i.e. "1") and contains no dashes for proper delivery Address 1...

Argument: Illegal Immigration Has a Negative Effect on the U.S. Economy

and its easy to blame immigrants for lack of work-though they take the jobs most Americans dont want. Still, there is a profound s...

Arguments: Businesses Must be Socially Responsible

define the purpose of the business in terms of its own needs and desires, and each perspective is valid and legitimate" (Rethinkin...

Argument against School Prayer and Religion in Public Schools

passing laws that say all students WILL pray in class that they run afoul of the Supreme Court. There are many solid reasons why ...

Xanax: An Argument for Inclusion in the DSM

drug-related visits to the emergency rooms across the nation in 2005: "31% involved illicit drugs...

An Argument for Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer

eradicate them. The defense response staged by our immune system includes the production of antibodies, blood proteins th...

An Argument for a National Identification Card

what those horrors represented. This complacency is perhaps one of our greatest weaknesses. We must remind ourselves and those t...

An Argument Against Euthanasia

only as an abomination in the eyes of God but also as a practice replete with possibilities of adverse incentives for the medical ...

Argument: Under International Law, the Iraq War is Legal

94). The U.S. and the U.K., in making their legal case for war, "did not base the legality of their attack against Iraq on a self...

Rogerian Argument

how it feels to him, to achieve his frame of reference in regard to the thing he is talking about" (Dziamka, 2007). That is, we ha...

The Use of Rogerian Argument

reference is (Dziamka, 2007). This is the really difficult aspect of Rogerian argument, because most of us have already made up o...

Argument: The Status Quo Favoring the Death Penalty is Unjust

all those "red blooded Americans" who have the "love it or leave it" mindset, it might be useful to point out that this list conta...

Argument: Trade Liberalization Does Not Lead to Environmental Damage

and resource-degrading activities - such as subsidies to agriculture, fishing and energy" (Trade liberalization, 1999). The WHO a...