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Brian Vickers portrays Plato as an intellectual Odysseus, stealthily stealing the rhetorical arsenal of the sophists and using it ...

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

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...

classes in the State severally did their own business; and also thought to be temperate and valiant and wise by reason of certain ...

In five pages this essay examines the mind and soul dichotomy as conceptualized by Socrates and represented by Plato in Apology an...

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...

(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...

In five pages this paper discusses Socrates' argument fallacies as they are portrayed in Crito by Plato. There are no other sourc...

In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...

form of flattery. Socrates voices such strong opposition to the type of oration he attributes to men like Gorgias because knowl...

In five pages the theme of love is considered within the context of these authors and their tales. Three sources are cited in the...

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

means. The function of justice is to improve human nature, which is inherently constructive. Therefore, at a minimum, justice i...

In eight pages this paper examines the contemporary government relevance of Socrates' views as portrayed in The Republic by Plato....

This paper consists of three pages and examines the Roman mythological gods and goddesses Mars, the war god, Cupid, the love god, ...

In five pages The Republic by Plato is examined in a consideration of Books I and II in a discussion of Socrates' extended dialogu...

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

something in Platos morality which does not really belong to Plato but is only to be met with in his philosophy, one might say in ...

In seven pages this paper discuses Socrates' philosophy in an overview that includes his soul concept, what constitutes 'true' kno...

thought and action. There are times, however, when vice distracts these efforts and renders man vulnerable to a less ethical exis...

In five pages this paper examines The Republic by Plato in a consideration of Glaucon and Socrates' dialogue and how the Gyges myt...

charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...

can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...

Socrates frequently alluded was the basis for his debates with Gorgias, contending that the degree of abstraction pursued by thoug...

this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...

leg only" (Plato). If this were true, if there were only one process in regards to life-death, then everything would ultimately co...

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...

inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, the only life worth living" (Frost, 1962, 84). As this de...

Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...