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offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...
the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...
wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...
his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...
words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...
believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...
background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...
had to be obtained by directing the students mind toward the discovery of what is real and important, then allowing them to deduce...
of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...
the best" (the literal definition of aristocracy) was to be achieved. This scenario, by its very nature, assured the manifestatio...
and ones existence. To reach true happiness, Plato contended that people must strive for a contentment that only comes from being...
that the story being told is one that has been re-told so often that it is little more than hearsay, and it is from this "story of...
this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...
In twelve pages this paper examines how the meaning of justice is conveyed in the theories of Plato, John Locke, Friedrich Engels ...
Conformity was the rule of the republic, certainly not the exception. Plato was not at all concerned with the problems of the ind...
In ten pages this paper refers to the writings of Thucydides, Aristotle, and Plato in a consideration of past and present politica...
In four pages this report considers Plato and Thomas Hobbes in a philosophical discussion of the connection between society and th...
In five pages Hume, Kant, Cicero, and Plato are discussing how when responding to political oppression violence can be morally jus...
In five pages this report discusses ethical egoism as it relates to the normative ethical theory of Plato. Three sources are cite...
In ten pages the political theory and government structural views of Thomas Hobbes and Plato are compared and contrasted as they a...
In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophical views of Hobbes and Plato regarding the state and democracy as re...
In six pages this research paper considers how the death concept was applied to the scheme of life through the classical Greek phi...
be composed of three sections: the deliberative, the executive, and the judicial. We can see why those who drafted the United St...
In eight pages this paper discusses whether or not the government is justified in legally regulating marijuana use according to th...
In five pages this research paper analyzes the illusion of the shadows viewed by the prisoners in the cave allegory featured in th...
In five pages the social role of justice is evaluated by employing the philosophical views of Plato and Immanuel Kant. Four sourc...
In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...
In two pages this paper considers how Socrates presents the soul's immortality in Phaedo by Plato. There are no other sources lis...
In four pages this paper examines the educational ideal of Utopia Plato presented in The Republic. There are no other sources lis...
In nine pages this paper examines the social utopia presided over by a philosopher king as described by Plato in The Republic. Th...