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is referring not to a political orientation, but rather to a general stance toward society. This is the same sentiment expressed ...

importance and children were to be guarded from superfluous information to come from for example poetry and literature. Rather, th...

but rather it is Poseidon who hates him. Zeus says, "...its the Earth-Shaker, Poseidon, unappeased,/forever fuming against him for...

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

the morality Aristotle speaks of is relative. While it is not relative from one individual to another perhaps, and there is certai...

In three pages gender concepts are discussed in this consideration of how Plato regarded equality for women. Two sources are cite...

or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...

fictional historical account, as the author uses a host of unusual situations and characters to dramatize historical interpretatio...

survival means a profit needs to be made. In the public sector the ultimate failure is to fail the community with social consequen...

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

human beings perceive of things far beyond their physical limitations. The law of pragnanz, which asserts that man is "innately d...

of society. However, Hobbes is also making the assumption that human beings will able to ascertain what is the correct way of doin...

the ultimate goal or greater good." In essence, he is arguing, according to Oldham, that the end justifies the means and that any ...

a prince should behave and when behavior is justifiable. The author also to an extent addresses the nature of man. At least one ca...

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

he make it eternal anyway? Many people think of the universe as something that was eternal in the first place, irrespective of wha...

the groups grabbed the largest ear of corn for themselves, but one leader remained until all the rest had chosen. He moved forward...

Lysias topic is love, which in the ancient Greek world referred to the love of a man for another man. Homosexuality was practiced...

a democracy. Plato contended that it would be impossible within a democracy to have the kind of harmony and societal unit...

these things are, in fact, needed (Overcoming Consumerism). This then is what fuels consumerism and drives people to work harder ...

dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depe...

whenever a civilized society is involved. Indeed, the very notion of social justice often leads directly to social injustice, ina...

Clearly, this excerpt from The Prelude, reveals Wordworths quest for self-exploration. This is the story of a journey - not just ...

his time, and advocated many changes which he thought would make the world a better place but which were certainly not in keeping ...

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...

linger about fairness and equality, that one has to assume that to some extent, mans nature is related to this concept. First, Ho...

4). More and more cases of ill people and dead rats keep turning up, urging Dr. Rieux and Castel to become more certain that wh...

deeper and ask just what the nature of these impressions are, and how they operate (PG). The impression may after all arise from...

is in commerce, and their chief aim in life is, as they call it, doing business" (Camus 4). More and more cases of ill people a...

the nature of people, the developmental process, and the therapeutic relationship that can assist in the initiation of change. ...