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Immortal Soul in Phaedo by Plato

In two pages this paper considers how Socrates presents the soul's immortality in Phaedo by Plato. There are no other sources lis...

Training Dion II of Syracuse to be a Philosopher King in The Republic by Plato

In twenty pages this paper discusses the failed efforts of Plato to sufficiently train Dionysus the Younger to become a philosophe...

Axiological, Ontological, and Epistemological Arguments Featured in The Republic by Plato

In ten pages this paper discusses how knowledge is considered via three types of philosophical arguments in The Republic by Plato....

Gorgias by Plato

form of flattery. Socrates voices such strong opposition to the type of oration he attributes to men like Gorgias because knowl...

Justice According to Plato

In nine pages this paper examines how justice was represented by Plato in such works as The Laws, The Gorgias, and The Republic. ...

Analysis of Socrates' Trial and the Death of the Philosopher

In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...

Totalitarianism and Plato

In fifteen pages this report considers a review of literature in a discussion of whether or not Plato founded totalitarianism in h...

Making Ethical Decisions and Justice

In seven pages the process of making ethical decisions is discussed in terms of the definitions provided in The Holy Bible and The...

3 Similes in The Republic by Plato

which sight resides is the sun? No. Yet of all the organs of sense the eye is the most like the sun? By far the most like" (204)...

Analysis of Symposium by Plato

In 5 pages this text by Plato is analyzed in terms of the differences between pleasure and love and also considers why a Socratic ...

'Allegory of the Cave' and the Persuasive Rhetoric of Plato

In six pages this report discusses how Plato uses rhetoric persuasively in his 'Allegory of the Cave' featured in The Republic. T...

Art Criticism of Plato

In five pages this paper examines art as it was critiqued by Plato in The Republic. There are no other sources cited....

Democracy Meanings According to Plato and Alexis de Tocqueville

In five pages this paper examines Plato and de Tocqueville's views regarding democracy in a contrast and comparison of what democr...

Ethics, Principle and Form as Viewed by Crito

Crito by Plato is the subject of this paper, which takes the form of an overview of what the author's characters concluded. This p...

Meno by Plato and the Learning Paradox

precisely, is the mind, the elusive entity where intelligence, decision making, perception, awareness and sense of self reside? Wh...

Women's Status and the Views of Plato

In ten pages The Republic is examined in a consideration of how Plato regarded women's status and the issue of equality. There ar...

Tutorial on Plato and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages the individual is defined as revealed in The Republic by Plato and in Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson with the ...

Confusion and Theaetetus by Plato

In five pages this paper examines this work by Plato to determine whether or not author David Bostock was correct in his conclusio...

Philebus by Plato and Pleasure

In five pages this paper discusses Philebus by Plato in terms of how it represents the philosopher's views on pleasure. Nine sour...

Criticisms by Plato and Friedrich Nietzsche on 'Good'

"herd." The noble man, according to Nietzsche, follows the morality of one who is a master of others. As master, he is who determ...

Being, Becoming, and the Theory of Forms by Plato

or reflections of a separate world of independently existing, eternal, and unchanging entities called "forms" or "ideas." Ordinary...

Virtues and the Normative Ethical Theory of Plato

In five pages this report discusses ethical egoism as it relates to the normative ethical theory of Plato. Three sources are cite...

Philosophy and the Concept of 'Good'

What constitutes good is considered from a philosophical perspective in five pages with the focus being on the philosophies of Pla...

The Republic by Plato, Morality and Logic

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

Philosophy According to Rene Descartes and Plato

trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...

Justice Concept

the supreme principle, the fundamental principle on which any well-ordered society could live (Bhandari, nd). Plato was certainl...

Democracy and Plato

outwardly did not follow -- was intended to represent a well-oiled machine that prospered for all parties involved. What Pl...

Education in the Enlightenment vs. Classical Greek

patently incorrect assumption or definition. Socrates exercises in dialogue and thinking are not entirely negative and are certa...

Afterlife and Socrates

In seven pages this paper examines the religious views of Socrates as described by Plato in Apology with the focus being upon hi...

Soul, Piety, Virtue, and Socrates' Philosophy

In seven pages this paper discuses Socrates' philosophy in an overview that includes his soul concept, what constitutes 'true' kno...