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For Socrates, and consequently Plato, the great business of life was conversation. He sought out everyone, and seizing upon some e...

is often called the father of Western philosophy, reinforces a legal system that survives to this day in the United States, and in...

In five pages this paper examines a hypothetical contemporary dialogue between these 3 philosophers on how daily life features vir...

In five pages this report examines the similarities that exist between past and present world conflicts. Three sources are cited ...

In six pages Socrates arguments, counterarguments and the great philosopher's defense techniques are examined. Four sources are c...

of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...

In eight pages this paper examines these 3 primary Greek philosophers in a contrast and comparison of their similarities and diffe...

In 5 pages these 2 Greek philosophers are contrasted in terms of their teaching differences. There are 4 sources cited in the bib...

"clearness and accuracy" (336d). He elaborates in section 338c that while there are different forms of governments, each one "defi...

In eight pages the philosophies of these great ancient Greek thinkers on these topics are examined with terms including peitho, ag...

rich this indicates why he sees a democracy as a deviant state as it is argued that the poor will be the dominant influence on the...

the fomentation of rebellion, and to encourage individuals to occupy themselves with private rather than state matters. He saw it ...

Conceptions of Virtue). Furthermore, it was Plato who argued that love was the essential ingredient in the good life because love...

sense of the word. The name of the dialogue derives from the Greek word "apologia," which literally translated means defense, or a...

about him, without the veil of nicety associated with polite conversation. Platos Gyges discovered the ring during a supern...

idea that concepts and forms had to begin somewhere. How does one know that they are looking at a pink, or a red, or a blue item? ...

"I easily understand that, if some body exists, with which my mind is so conjoined and united as to be able, as it were, to consid...

adversely influencing the minds of young boys. Augustines autobiographical Confessions ponders the external social threats of sex...

have been utilized in both historical and contemporary politics: (a) The use of diplomacy and the formation of coalitions; (b) Vio...

here, but Platos position that it is necessary to experience a thing in order to have knowledge of it informs the reading of The R...

influential thinkers of the ancient age. Despite their obvious inter-related lives, they still had significantly differing opinio...

of the United States. Without the philosophies of those that lived in the centuries prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence...

that can be grasped with the human mind, but not with human senses (Gill, 1996,p. 1). The first part of the Parmenides, Plato has...

advent of history. When women were allowed to work in the factories during World War II, it was found that the women were actually...

being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...

when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...

Rule, was developed as a handbook for new monks entering his order. There are a number of chapters in the rule, most of which pert...

text in which he is painstakingly honest, demonstrates that his spiritual path was not easy. It is clear from the beginning that t...

(Bosomolny, 2002). He founded the Pythagorean school of philosophy, mathematics and natural sciences. His teachings soon attract...

important characteristics of Platos concept revolve around freedom of will and ones existence. People have the power to control t...