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In eight pages this paper examines the contemporary government relevance of Socrates' views as portrayed in The Republic by Plato....
In four pages this paper discusses the contemporary court system and considers Plato's philosophy on leadership as presented in Th...
of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...
a familiar kind of Socratic dialogue about justice, just as the Euthyphro is about piety and the Meno is about virtue. The Republi...
as a teacher, is to free his students from the cave and metaphorically drag them into the sunlight. The selection from Phaedo reco...
In seven pages the cave allegory featured in Plato's Republic is applied to contemporary U.S. political leadership. Four sources ...
soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...
as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...
would Hobbes be accepted in todays world? Would he fit in at all? These and other questions loom large. Still, each in their own w...
original thirteen colonies on which the new United States of America was founded removed their approval of being governed by the B...
at once managed for himself to become one of the envoys to the king ; upon arrival, having seduced his wife, with her help, he lai...
good gifts to their friends and family but often do not have the expenses which would allow them to do so. However, people may use...
probably mean not going to prison, and being free). Another way this could be taken is that those who work among citizens groups w...
self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...
In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views on forms held by Plato as critiqued by Aristotle with references made to...
illustrates his stance which is that people, even if they are lacking, do not have the right to coerce the wealthy. Thus, if someo...
be attacked as while many analysts will agree that Plato clearly states this in The Republic, his other works suggest other ideas....
In ten pages the political theory and government structural views of Thomas Hobbes and Plato are compared and contrasted as they a...
In four pages this paper discusses equality in terms of opportunity, economics, government, and politics as considered in The Repu...
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...
of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...
do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...
In seven pages this paper discusses the many components and perspectives on justice utilizing the categorical imperative of Immanu...
In five pages the way in which Aristotle perceived the golden mean as described in Politics is discussed and also compared with Th...
In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...
In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...
unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...
This paper discusses different parts of Plato's Republic. There is a discussion of natural law legal theory and legal positivist t...