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

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

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

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

was that they were certain and immutable. Also, knowledge must have as its objective that which is genuinely real as compared to t...

role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...

pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

theory of "seeing is believing" and that something must be touched in order to be a reality. According to Goellnitz, one s...

on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...

profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...

call to action. Bruskin explains that "The essence of the period is that we were galvanized to do something." (32). While docume...

of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...

motives of ambition -- it has no name in common use that I know of; let us call it timarchy or timocracy -- and then go on to ol...

Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...

attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...

then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...

works into three central periods: namely, early, middle and late and the Republic is generally regarded as a middle period work (W...

In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...

So for Plato, this idea extended into both personal and political ramifications. He reasoned that when an individual was doing th...

to be transcendent elements sent to teach important lessons turns out to be nothing more than images cast from puppets whose shado...

Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...

are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...

is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...

from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there w...

how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...

reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...

between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

of death, as well as the mystery of death. This establishes a foundation from which we can learn, especially considering that Nula...

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...