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Essays 271 - 300
In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Plato's theories of Forms. Parmenides' views on change provide a counterpoint. Paper ...
This paper discusses different parts of Plato's Republic. There is a discussion of natural law legal theory and legal positivist t...
of his text The Republic, Plato presents one of Western civilizations most accurate conceptualizations of the tremendous influence...
Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...
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...
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...
could be products of society, but never the causes, or it would alter the objectivity of sociology as a science (Hamilton, 1995). ...
ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...
possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...
unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...
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...
in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...
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...
would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images" (Plato, 1969. p. 409). He then likens the philosopher to a prisoner who ...
wish, they have other freedoms that are perhaps not as obvious. Brave New World supports the hedonistic view. That is, Huxley (199...
for the student of psychology to develop a well-rounded and complete understanding of the discipline, it is necessary to study bot...
In three pages this paper examines the society, religion, and art of the Renaissance with a consideration of the importance of rel...
a simple one - they would provide man with Knowledge, and allow him "to control his own destiny When discussing the Gnostics it ...
and thirst for holiness: they shall have their fill. Blessed are they who show mercy: mercy shall be theirs. Blessed are the singl...
In eleven pages this research paper examines Hindu principles, beliefs, text, yoga importance, and the religion's Western signific...
to religion and instead evaluates religion solely on how well a particular form of religion serves the purposes of the state. Rous...
conditions as they relate to the white man instilling religion into the slaves of the South. "In the 1780s, Methodists--who repr...
faith, new scientific discoveries and theories appear to be offering support for many traditional religious views, particularly in...
its members. From this perspective it is easy to see that Scientology has more than likely had as negative of an impact on Tom Cr...
study the primitive, not because there was any one point in time at which religion could have been said to have begun, but because...
This 5 page paper discusses the fact that Osama bin Laden and his followers are Muslims, and that Islam claims to be a peaceful re...
body, so, too, can the thought of God(or what he/she expects of a person) possibly influence the world, or motivate a culture into...
democracy is as fearlessly new today as when it was first proposed. "If it does not have to be reinvented, it certainly has to be ...
In five pages this paper discusses the cultural importance of religion in a comparative analysis of the polytheistic Inca religion...