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This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...
adversely influencing the minds of young boys. Augustines autobiographical Confessions ponders the external social threats of sex...
can be found in many church doctrines today (Fisher, 2006). Augustine was a seeker of truth throughout his life (Smitha, 1998). H...
Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...
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...
and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...
African parents. His mother was Catholic and his father converted to Christianity in his later years. As a boy, Augustine studied ...
This paper consists of six pages and considers how Manicheism is gradually rejected by St. Augustine in an examination of the fift...
not be found unless it were in ones memory. Chapter XIX tells what it is to remember. In Augustines...
In four pages this paper presents an autobiography of Saint Augustine and also considers his arguments on the existence of God....
to Augustine, this transformative power for human beings is so profound that, once it occurs, the Christian can "love and do whate...
still perhaps not arriving at solid answers when his friend tells him he has to leave. Socrates tells him, "Alas! my companion, an...
of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...
as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...
also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...
What was established as the first recognized law came from the fact that revenge played a big role in societys unruliness. As it ...
the individual and a definition of justice. There are three classes for the state to function properly: artisans, who are skilled ...
In 5 pages this paper discusses how Hamlet's characterization was influenced by the philosophies of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Plat...
In five pages the ways in which anthropology is reflected in the philosophical works of Augustine and Plato are examined. Five so...
Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...
distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees ...
This essay pertains to The Cave by Jose Saramago and presents the interpretation that the author stresses the similarities between...
The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...
illustrates his stance which is that people, even if they are lacking, do not have the right to coerce the wealthy. Thus, if someo...
good gifts to their friends and family but often do not have the expenses which would allow them to do so. However, people may use...
Different theological philosophies attribute free will and freedom to different other theories. This paper explores libertarian fr...
boils and sores but Job continues to praise God. Jobs wife tries to get him to curse God. Then, friends suggest he is being punish...
In four pages this paper examines how Hobbes viewed man's nature in a contrast with St. Augustine's philosophy. Three sources are...
In a report that consists of ten pages human nature is examined in a contrasting and comparison of Augustine's and Aristotle's phi...
the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...