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Obamas 2012 State of the Union Address portrays the view that the nation is much better than it was before Obama took office. Thi...

over half a million immigrants every year, who have come from around the world to live in the United States, take the important st...

deliberation by people brought together by similar interests and common goals". All of these may be applied to the community of Mo...

and education services, corporate activities affect everything from air and water quality to the "availability of life-saving drug...

existence is both daunting and complex. Carsons astute analysis of mans detrimental impact upon Earths environment in "The Obliga...

In this three page paper the writer looks critically at the article Counter-Hegemonic Citizenship: LGBT Communities and the Politi...

has changed and a culture cannot be examined like it once was, through history or anthropological study. Ong makes a statement t...

may lead to African-Americans and others dropping out at even higher rates. We know that the high school graduation rates for many...

in order for the Jews to maintain sociopolitical control would cause an even greater uproar of discrimination than already exists;...

and is not open to the charge of flattery" (Plato). While Socrates then discusses the love of youth, possibly referring to having ...

cast them as slaves of the elite. This action of stripping an individuals inherent rights as a human being can be nothing other t...

The most important characteristics of Platos concept of human nature revolve around freedom of will and ones existence. People ha...

without knowing that something solid existed humanity would not see or comprehend anything but shadows. When shown that the world ...

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...

of law as it has manifest in the place of which he writes about. There is some action in this work. Yet, what the action is compr...

"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...

terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...

interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...

he means that this should apply to the average politician. Certainly, wisdom is seen as including morality. In terms of knowledge ...

than our enemies, but inferior morally" and people must work to make themselves stronger in all respects (Plato, 1970, p. 45). ...

wiser (21a). This news confused Socrates greatly as he realized that he was not particularly wise. He, therefore, set out to find ...

Platonic love reflects the deepest love possible between two people, in that it does not abide by the notions of restriction, jeal...

the affirmative to that and other questions. Later on Socrates will ask: "And, in your opinion, do those who think that they will ...

that leads Socrates to the conclusion that he will not be exiled from his beloved home, but would rather die a martyr for his beli...

higher than those with iron. Plato argued that this deception was necessary in order to maintain a stable society, and we ca...

are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...

the topic of education. He says, "Next, said I, compare our nature in respect of education and its lack to such an experience as t...

Naucratis in Egypt there dwell one of the old gods of the country, the god to whom the bird called Ibis is sacred, his own name be...

In ten pages this paper examines the debate on affirmative action from the viewpoint of Platonic philosophy. There are 6 sources ...

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