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Essays 121 - 150
that was determined by human will, in that people choose whether or not to keep their promises (Hobbes, 1982). Those that keep th...
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...
works into three central periods: namely, early, middle and late and the Republic is generally regarded as a middle period work (W...
classes in the State severally did their own business; and also thought to be temperate and valiant and wise by reason of certain ...
for Plato and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily...
In six pages this paper analyzes The Republic by Plato in a consideration of how women's roles are portrayed. There is 1 source c...
the notion of justice. This was essentially defined as doing the right thing. We note that one of the characters in the Republic i...
they know was agreed upon in full assembly; and should it be decided that this is not so, the poor have discovered a hundred excus...
things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...
offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...
Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...
very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...
stratification of society. The rulers tell the populace that the divisions between one social group and another are because of div...
society exist without democracy? Many theorists today would think not, and while many enlightened individuals could argue that mer...
when some archeologists needed assistance in searching through caves that seemed to bend and twist and go on forever, with at leas...
be attacked as while many analysts will agree that Plato clearly states this in The Republic, his other works suggest other ideas....
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at American and Greek democracies. The Republic of Plato is also presented in summary-f...
In nine pages this paper examines how justice was represented by Plato in such works as The Laws, The Gorgias, and The Republic. ...
The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...
In fifteen pages this report considers a review of literature in a discussion of whether or not Plato founded totalitarianism in h...
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 four pages this paper discusses equality in terms of opportunity, economics, government, and politics as considered in The Repu...
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 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 ...
means. The function of justice is to improve human nature, which is inherently constructive. Therefore, at a minimum, justice i...
In twenty pages this paper discusses the failed efforts of Plato to sufficiently train Dionysus the Younger to become a philosophe...