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

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...

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

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

with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...

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

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

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

philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate ...

have merit, they are essentially inapplicable to our contemporary concerns regarding knowledge. In other words, while knowledge m...

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...

of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...

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

a humans body. It sought to find pleasure and to find sustenance. "These appetites should not be allowed, to enslave the other ele...

In ten pages this paper examines Plato's views on leadership and human nature as they manifest themselves in his Theory of Forms. ...

has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...

In six pages this report examines individual understanding of the world as considered in Plato's Phaedo, in the scientific inquiry...

many partners and purveyors will be required to furnish them. One person will turn to another to supply a particular want, and fo...

it would seem. Socrates agrees for he sees that by having such an argument with Euthyphro he may find a better way to plead his ow...

citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...

In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...

In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...

In five pages this report discusses Plato's dialogues in terms of how Socrates regarded his philosophical role and how he was pres...

of human thinking and an awareness of what constitutes the basics of human nature. Their lessons and attitudes are still relevant ...

This 5 page paper examines the way in which one can use the Socratic method to find the truth. The writer also discusses the conce...

In eight pages this paper defends Plato's assertion regarding the immortality of the human soul with references made to his text P...

of just what human nature represents in relation to mans actions. It has long been postulated that human nature is bound by defen...

In five pages this paper examines four of Plato's dialogues in order to provide answers to various questions. There are no other ...

In seven pages this paper discusses the many components and perspectives on justice utilizing the categorical imperative of Immanu...

it is not necessary that everybody feel compelled or obligated to do so. Moral Communitarianism The philosophy and scholarship of...