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The King as Seen by Aristotle and Aquinas

The duties of a king to his subjects and their duties to him were viewed somewhat differently by St. Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle....

Comparing the Philosophies of Plato, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean Paul Sartre

In seven pages this paper presents a comparative analysis of these theorists' philosophies and how each of them would critique the...

Political and Social Concepts of Aristotle, Thomas More, and Niccolo Machiavelli

between both extremes. The fundamental theme of "Utopia" is the determination of the best state for a commonwealth, the b...

Freedom of Choice and Evil According to Aristotle and Saint Augustine of Hippo

This paper contrasts and compares how choice and evil were conceptualized by Aristotle and Saint Augustine. Eight sources are cit...

Phaedrus by Plato and The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis Compared

In seven pages these works are compared in reveal the three ways in which the Christian author of the 20th century may have been i...

Thomas Hobbes and Aristotle on Human Nature

the civilization that had sprung up, flourished for centuries, and now stood on the brink of massive change in his native land of ...

Friendship as Viewed by Aristotle and Epicurus

This paper examines the philosophies of friendship as portrayed by Epicurus and Aristotle. The author compares and contrasts the ...

Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle on Virtue

subdivided into passions and reason (Yu 323). So, too, was his moral character, which explained how man could exist as both a soc...

Plato's Arguments for Forms, Immortality and Knowledge

the preexistence of the soul, and the separate existence of forms work together or not? Thats a lot of questions to tackle, and to...

Elements in Plato's Republic

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

Belief in the Gods and Plato's Practice of Open Inquiry

has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...

“Apology” and “The Passion of Christ”

most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...

Culture, Education and Legislation in Plato's Laws

three characters (a stranger from Athens; Cleinias, from Crete; and Megillus, a Lacedaemonian) are discussing their various types ...

Plato: Law, War, Peace and Virtue in the "Laws"

suggest that both love and hate can be taught (Plato). We can further extrapolate from that to conclude that if a nation is in har...

Plato's Apology/Capital Punishment & Academic Freedom

knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...

Plato's Philosophy and Criticisms

thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...

Diotima's Ideas on the Fairness of Love

she proved to me as I proved to him that, by my own showing, Love was neither fair nor good. " Here, the idea that love is powerfu...

Education, Arete or Virtue, and Plato

like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...

Personal Knowledge and Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"

of his text The Republic, Plato presents one of Western civilizations most accurate conceptualizations of the tremendous influence...

The Theory of Forms and Parmenides' Change

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Plato's theories of Forms. Parmenides' views on change provide a counterpoint. Paper ...

Natural Law Theory Ring of Gyges

This paper discusses different parts of Plato's Republic. There is a discussion of natural law legal theory and legal positivist t...

Plato's "Crito" and "Apology"/Augustine's Confessions

This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...

Plato's Gorgias and Phaedrus

This essay pertains to Plato's perception of rhetoric and the role of eros, as indicated by his texts Gorgias and Phaedrus. Five p...

Dialogue Between Gorgias and Socrates

In six pages this paper examines Plato's Gorgias which describes a philosophical dialogue between the title character and Socrates...

Human Nature as Perceived by Plato

In five pages this paper examines Plato's views on human nature as they are presented in The Republic with the 'Good City,' societ...

Plato and the Path to Happiness

In five pages this report examines 2 questions on happiness in a consideration of Plato's works regarding the relationship between...

Apology of Plato and Its Meaning

Plato's Apology is examined in 5 pages in a structural and rhetorical analysis of the philosopher's defense of his teacher Socrate...

Disagreement Regarding Plato's Theory of Forms

In six pages arguments which dispute Plato's theory of ideas or forms as represented in The Republic are presented. Four sources ...

Analogy Relationship Between Plato and Jean Jacques Rousseau

In five pages analogy is defined and then related to these two philosophers as they are used in Rousseau's The Social Contract and...

Plato and Bertrand Russell on Nature of Reality Knowledge

In a paper consisting of three pages it is contemplated what Russell's reaction to Plato's efforts to account for nature of realit...