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The role of critical thinking in American society has taken on greater importance in the 21st century. This paper relates the conc...

In five pages this paper examines the perspectives on justice expressed by Plato in The Republic and in the Bible's Book of Luke. ...

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

to what the enlightened person must do on going back into the cave?what has been done in the past, and what might be done in the f...

In 6 pages this paper critically analyzes Socrates argument regarding justice in this text and the use of logical deduction by Pla...

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

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

offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...

then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...

of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...

yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indic...

concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...

In a type of author/character debate, Plato explores the premises of his theory by having Socrates debate them. Plato theorized ...

in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...

how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...

is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...

like Hades and the underworld; Tiresias the blind seer; and other references to death and dying (Plato). They decide they have to...

the lyrics in modern songs, and in essence, the poets of today are Eminem and Jay Zee and Beyonce. Lyrics to emanate from these ar...

fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...

for which they are talented. Here, it is thought that the rulers who are willing to rule, who go into the cave, who are vocal, are...

unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...

do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...

In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...

In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...

would Hobbes be accepted in todays world? Would he fit in at all? These and other questions loom large. Still, each in their own w...

has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...

In seven pages this paper discusses the many components and perspectives on justice utilizing the categorical imperative of Immanu...