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that there is just one objective right way of doing things and on the other hand, there are many truths, is an enormous difference...

also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...

ideas. As we shall soon see, through these speeches Plato seems to have reasoned out how it is that mankind make their way from th...

individual to the spiritual and the universe. According to the scala amoris, then, love is that which in its highest and purest se...

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

In seven pages the cave allegory featured in Plato's Republic is applied to contemporary U.S. political leadership. Four sources ...

In a paper that consists of eight pages Plato's interpretation of the soul and its parts are explored along with a discussion of t...

in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...

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

people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...

societal reminders from kith and kin on what she should have done. In the end the audience is left with the same awful sense of de...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

"...no man will benefit from his profession unless he is paid as well" (Plato, 2003, p.28). One can easily see that Plato does not...

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

is great interest. Plato looks at all of these things in his book The Republic. In Book I, justice is discussed and it is deemed ...

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

Republic, 2002). Therefore, according to this theory, knowledge of anything and understanding of anything comes from examination ...

between Psyche and her other two sisters was that Psyche was appreciably more beautiful than they. By all accounts, the sisters we...

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

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

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

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...

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

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...