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the physical in a dramatic and practical way. While Aristotle saw the heart as just a physical organ, he had an idea that seemed t...

are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...

would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

illustrates his stance which is that people, even if they are lacking, do not have the right to coerce the wealthy. Thus, if someo...

knowledge which is only knowable and obtainable without the aide of the senses. Secondly, the Synoptic Gospels speak as Christ b...

distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees ...

Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...

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 essay pertains to The Cave by Jose Saramago and presents the interpretation that the author stresses the similarities between...

who, even for women, is feminine perforce" (Hoff, 1997, p. 215). Indeed, Platos Symposium exemplifies the need for virtue w...

they have experienced the fact that the truth simply is and is not an "issue" or understanding that can be discovered. "Meno" As ...

This narrative essay consisting of five pages rewrites the Apology of Plato and features Socrates' arguing to have his life spared...

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 the political theory and government structural views of Thomas Hobbes and Plato are compared and contrasted as they a...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophical views of Hobbes and Plato regarding the state and democracy as re...

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...

In three pages this paper discusses how the Athenians made class distinctions in a consideration of Socrates' noble myth depicted ...

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

In twenty pages this paper discusses the failed efforts of Plato to sufficiently train Dionysus the Younger to become a philosophe...

In nine pages this paper examines how justice was represented by Plato in such works as The Laws, The Gorgias, and The Republic. ...

In fifteen pages this report considers a review of literature in a discussion of whether or not Plato founded totalitarianism in h...

in fact more beneficial than justice and that the role of a good leader is to recognize when it is necessary to take action that a...

works into three central periods: namely, early, middle and late and the Republic is generally regarded as a middle period work (W...

motives of ambition -- it has no name in common use that I know of; let us call it timarchy or timocracy -- and then go on to ol...

for Plato and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily...