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is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...
is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...
to be transcendent elements sent to teach important lessons turns out to be nothing more than images cast from puppets whose shado...
with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...
reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...
between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...
how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...
unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...
fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, 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...
like Hades and the underworld; Tiresias the blind seer; and other references to death and dying (Plato). They decide they have to...
the lyrics in modern songs, and in essence, the poets of today are Eminem and Jay Zee and Beyonce. Lyrics to emanate from these ar...
a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...
In a type of author/character debate, Plato explores the premises of his theory by having Socrates debate them. Plato theorized ...
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...
in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...
This paper compares and contrasts Machiavelli's The Prince and Plato's Republic. This eight page paper has seven sources listed in...
In five pages this report examines Plato's perspectives on leadership as they are reflected in The Republic. One source is cited ...
In five pages this paper compares modern science's concept of reality with Plato's Theory of Forms and how they relate to understa...
In six pages the arguments of city vs. state, the individual, and soul and spirit that are raised in Hegel's Introduction to the P...
prisoners were suddenly unshackled and forced to turn around and face the fire. To begin with, he would be blinded by its brillian...
In five pages Kaku's theory of the universe is compared and contrasted with Plato's cave allegory that is featured in Book VII of ...
In nine pages this paper examines Plato's polis design as featured in The Republic in an analysis of the significance he places up...
for an impartial judge; one who would not be swayed by public opinion and "hype" to pre-judge the tyrant. With themselves a...
In order to effectively answer this, they decide on the necessity for an impartial judge who could not be made to choose a biased ...
they have the capacity to attain a happy, or perfect, life. Essential to the perfect polis is the individuals capacity to strive ...
In four pages this paper examines how The Republic presents Plato's views regarding liberty and the perfect state. There are no o...
In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...
role of rhetoric within the political arena. Therefore, "Rhetoric is the expressed genre of the second grammatical person" (545)....