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Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...

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

academy the first university of its type, he was able to influence minds of the next generation and proliferate his ideas and meth...

Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...

Additionally, a president who is worth his salt makes exceptional use of the political climate, much like Harry Truman and Dwight ...

major argument in favor of poetry; that it was an educational tool that could be used in the instruction of moral values. Sidne...

that is permanent and immutable. It is this world that is more real; the world of change is merely an imperfect image of this worl...

the most heavily debated political and ideological programs in the history of the world. Established by Mao Tse-Tung as a reaction...

student introduce and summarize Platos "allegory of the cave". The allegory of the cave, as it is commonly known, is a dialogue be...

can be found in many church doctrines today (Fisher, 2006). Augustine was a seeker of truth throughout his life (Smitha, 1998). H...

the strongest objection is to defend human composition by illustrating how equating the two are like comparing apples and oranges....

as a teacher, is to free his students from the cave and metaphorically drag them into the sunlight. The selection from Phaedo reco...

(Washington State University, 2004). Plato asserts that our perceptions are essentially "shadows" of real objects. In ot...

self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...

know what they, themselves, look like. One day, one of the people breaks free from the chains and makes it back to the outside o...

This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...

In seven pages this essay considers transformation within a comparative context of these short stories....

This essay presents an overview of how love is used thematic in various texts, which includes Dante's Divine Comedy, Chaucer's Can...

virtue is something that people can live with on a daily basis. Virtue is equated with doing the right thing in the present. Ideal...

In five pages this paper discusses Machiavelli's views on the concepts of power and leadership. Three sources are cited in the bi...

This paper addresses modern leadership issues relevant to Machiavelli's classic work. This nine page paper has seven sources list...

to order--cruelty, deception, and force were all justified in his view if these forces accoplished the desired goals. In wielding ...

In eight pages this paper discusses social reformation in a contrast and comparison of the philosophies of Plato and Confucius....

This paper addresses Nietzche's Machiavelli's views on human nature, politics, and society. This five page paper has two sources ...

This paper analyzes the various political theories of Machiavelli's The Prince in terms of manipulating beliefs, the use of rhetor...

This paper examines Hobbes' work, Leviathan, as well as Machiavelli's, The Prince as they relate to the beginnings of political th...

This paper examines the historical importance of the Renaissance as it impacted Machiavelli's work, The Prince. This five page pa...

This paper examines the similarities between Alexander The Great's military tactics and the political tactics described in Machiav...

In four pages this paper discusses the soul's immortality as represented in Socrates' arguments that are featured in Meno by Plato...

This paper addresses Machiavelli's attitudes and perspectives regarding Italy's common citizens as expressed in The Prince. This ...