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Christianity and the Influence of Plato

come after Plato, not before. (This example is found in Book VII of The Republic, which is available online.) As Im sure youll ...

How Plato Viewed Justice

In five pages this paper discusses D.R. Bhandarei's essay regarding the representation of justice in The Republic by Plato. There...

Soul and Philosophy

have groomed themselves for heaven. They have made sure to live clean lives so their souls will be saved. Agnostics and atheists e...

The Republic by Plato and Its Strengths and Weaknesses

draw on the human collective conscious, or the knowledge that exists in the universe, they had a glimpse of it once, and that expl...

Visions and Dialogues of the Dead in Works by Virgil, Plato, and Homer

In six pages this paper examines 'The Aeneid' in terms of the dialogue with the dead featured by Virgil and its difference with 'T...

Dictatorship, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy According to Plato

is not clear how the lower classes are expected to live (1993). It is also noted that while Plato makes a case for communism for ...

Human Nature, Morality, Punishment, Guilt, Crime, Justice, and Law in Literature

(Sophocles). In this she is arguing how she has not followed the laws of "men" or even of the gods in this case, but rather per...

Politics and Ethics

who will eventually hold office and decide what to pursue in respect to issues like abortion, stem cell research and capital punis...

Politics and Imaginary Dialogues

In ten pages this tutorial paper imagines a lively dialogue between political philosophers including St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle...

Republic by Plato and its Concepts

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

Nursing and Knowledge

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

Socrates and Machiavelli on Leadership

character of the leader nor of his ability to lead. The book is essentially about how a leader can be at his best. While it is tru...

Aristotle and Plato Critiquing Education

as people do want to know things and understand (1995). Both theorists do view education as important and place a particular empha...

Democracy Critiqued by Plato

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

Philosophy and Metaphysics

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

Educational Process, Subject Matter, and Experience According to John Dewey and Plato

qualities in the face of conflict or challenge. "Deliberate effort and the taking of thoughtful pains are required...Education, a...

Content and Meaning of Phaedrus by Plato

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

Piety, the Bible, Sophocles, and Plato

surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...

Looking at Empiricism and Rationalism

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

Soul, Piety, Virtue, and Socrates' Philosophy

In seven pages this paper discuses Socrates' philosophy in an overview that includes his soul concept, what constitutes 'true' kno...

Astronomy and Greece

Since approximately 700 B. C., astronomy had a great deal to do with keeping time (PG). Natural periods of time were generated th...

Philosophers on Dualism

In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...

Greek Philosophers and Myth v. Knowledge

he did not know the true cause of an action he would readily admit to not knowing. This should not be mistaken however for a will...

Analysis of Symposium by Plato

In 5 pages this text by Plato is analyzed in terms of the differences between pleasure and love and also considers why a Socratic ...

'Allegory of the Cave' and the Persuasive Rhetoric of Plato

In six pages this report discusses how Plato uses rhetoric persuasively in his 'Allegory of the Cave' featured in The Republic. T...

Art Criticism of Plato

In five pages this paper examines art as it was critiqued by Plato in The Republic. There are no other sources cited....

A Historical Overview of Philosophy

This paper examines the history of philosophy and philosophers. The author discusses key figures in philosophy such as Aristotle,...

3 Similes in The Republic by Plato

which sight resides is the sun? No. Yet of all the organs of sense the eye is the most like the sun? By far the most like" (204)...

How Friedrich Nietzsche Viewed Plato and Socrates

upon expressing an objective truth. For example, approving of an action and stating that the action is right can be construed as ...

Comparative Analysis of Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans

In six pages these societies are contrasted and compares as they relate to philosophies expressed in the Bible and the writings of...