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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...

Socrates' Observation 'The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living'

only a satire of society and politics, it is also an example of ones examination of his life. Although this work is a satire, it ...

Political Rule and The Republic by Plato

In five pages this paper examines political rule in a consideration of knowledge, wisdom, and morality in Plato's The Republic. T...

First Two Books of The Republic by Plato

In two pages this paper considers Plato's use of tetralogy organization in an overview of Books I and II of The Republic. There a...

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...

Quine's "On What There Is"

possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...

Achilles and Socrates

ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...

Female Characters and Ancient Texts

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

The Cave and The Divided Line

student sees in relationship to what the image can present: "but of the ideas which they resemble; not of the figures which they d...

Pre-Socratic Philosophers as Compared with Later Thinkers

of fire (The New York Times, 2008). He lived during the late fifth century BC (The New York Times, 2008). The Eleatic school for i...

The Apology, Antigone and the Concept of Virtue

in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...

Did Plato Influence St. Augustine

truly understand Gods word: "I ask Thee, my God: pardon my sins, and as Thou didst grant to Thy servant to speak those words, gran...

Plato and Gender

unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...

The Difference Between Skill and Chance

various experiences are provided by Socrates and the others. In some way, the work examines the idea of power. After all, if someo...

The Life of Socrates

could be products of society, but never the causes, or it would alter the objectivity of sociology as a science (Hamilton, 1995). ...

Plato's View of Who Should Rule

for which they are talented. Here, it is thought that the rulers who are willing to rule, who go into the cave, who are vocal, are...

Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato on Political Leadership

In five pages a comparison and contrast of how these philosophers perceived political leadership are made by noting the difference...

Commonwealth of Cicero

In six pages Cicero's concepts of justice and political stability are compared with the views of Aristotle and Plato. Six sources...

Law of Greece

What was established as the first recognized law came from the fact that revenge played a big role in societys unruliness. As it ...

Contemporary Courts and Books Six and Seven of Plato's The Republic

In four pages this paper discusses the contemporary court system and considers Plato's philosophy on leadership as presented in Th...

An Analysis of a Case Study Regarding a Life and Death Decision

Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...

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...

Defiance of Authority in Life and in Literature

In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...

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...

Bacon and Plato - An Analysis

In a paper of thirteen pages, the writer looks at classical texts by Francis Bacon and Plato. The allegory of the cave and the fou...

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...

Elizabeth Costello's Views on Animal Rights

Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...

Plato's Allegory of the Cave: A Metaphysical View

would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images" (Plato, 1969. p. 409). He then likens the philosopher to a prisoner who ...