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the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation" (Jeremy Bentham, 2006). This simple co...
the preexistence of the soul, and the separate existence of forms work together or not? Thats a lot of questions to tackle, and to...
suggest that both love and hate can be taught (Plato). We can further extrapolate from that to conclude that if a nation is in har...
possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...
still perhaps not arriving at solid answers when his friend tells him he has to leave. Socrates tells him, "Alas! my companion, an...
is great interest. Plato looks at all of these things in his book The Republic. In Book I, justice is discussed and it is deemed ...
what it is that you "can do," and then doing that for the good of the group - in this case the city. The unification of the virtu...
he considered to be the most significant reason society is its own opposing force. According to Hobbes, subjects of the omnipoten...
negative aspect to this competition, or that they would sabotage one anothers efforts out of jealousy....
In ten pages this research paper examines Plato's portrayal of the soul as being imprisoned and how it relates to a harmonious sta...
In 5 pages the roots of justice are exposed in these respecitve works in which an imaginary dialogue between Moses, Mohammed, and ...
In this paper of fifteen pages it is Plato that is accused of treason in this new version of 'Apology' and must defend himself aga...
smartest beings when it comes to illustrating their capacity for cultivating and understanding knowledge; therefore, the value of ...
knowledge which is only knowable and obtainable without the aide of the senses. Secondly, the Synoptic Gospels speak as Christ b...
Warren in his famous essay on "Mariner" stated the primary theme is that humanity needs to, somehow, live in harmony with Nature, ...
Knowledge is true judgment. Socrates and Theatetus are talking about the nature of knowledge. Theatetus suggests that mathematic...
The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...
Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...
stratification of society. The rulers tell the populace that the divisions between one social group and another are because of div...
society exist without democracy? Many theorists today would think not, and while many enlightened individuals could argue that mer...
very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at American and Greek democracies. The Republic of Plato is also presented in summary-f...
offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...
they know was agreed upon in full assembly; and should it be decided that this is not so, the poor have discovered a hundred excus...
things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...
the notion of justice. This was essentially defined as doing the right thing. We note that one of the characters in the Republic i...
classes in the State severally did their own business; and also thought to be temperate and valiant and wise by reason of certain ...
for Plato and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily...
Yet is it just to have such a rule in place? Furthermore is a just for a professional football team to be fined, simply because th...
his writings (Levinson x). Socrates would continue to dominate Platos personal and professional lives for years to come, and woul...