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This paper examines how love is conceptualized by Plato in Symposium when contrasted and compared with the views of Isaac Singer i...
Plato emphasizes the importance of maintaining self control in the face of eros, the importance of purging the passions of the fle...
as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...
offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...
In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
This paper consists of four pages and evaluates the guilty verdict Socrates received in terms of whether or not it represented the...
In four pages this paper examines the symbolism in terms of how a couple's aging love is represented in the sonnet....
In five pages this paper examines Socrates' dialogue with Thrasymachus and considers his concept of justice as described in Plato'...
In three pages this paper discusses Plato's Phaedo in terms of the mechanistic mind model and Socrates' arguments designed against...
In five pages this paper considers the purpose of Socrates' arguments as featured in three of Plato's dialogues. There are no oth...
on their own account." The disciple shows Strepsiades a globe used for astronomy and a map used for geometry. Strepsiades see...
tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...
In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...
only a satire of society and politics, it is also an example of ones examination of his life. Although this work is a satire, it ...
In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...
In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...
his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...
distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees ...
brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...
so that his assets could be pro-created and he could be put to death. Will Socrates did refuse the request, he simply went home ra...
interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...
In five pages this paper discusses the philosophies of God as espoused by Socrates and Aristotle in a comparison and contrast of A...
In five pages this report considers Socrates' belief that an individual's foremost responsibility is to the state. There are no o...
In three pages this paper considers whether or not learning is new information or simply recollection of past experience according...
In five pages this paper considers Plato's reasons for writing Symposium in an examination of Alcibiades' speech creation. There ...
is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...
of death, as well as the mystery of death. This establishes a foundation from which we can learn, especially considering that Nula...
In five pages the 2 contradictory views of Socrates that are featured in Plato's Apology are discussed in an analysis of what thes...
In five pages this paper examines Socrates' arguments regarding capital punishment and the sophist foundation that cements them....
control of the United States and establish a dictatorship. Most women in Gilead are infertile after repeated exposure to pesticide...