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Plato emphasizes the importance of maintaining self control in the face of eros, the importance of purging the passions of the fle...
theory of "seeing is believing" and that something must be touched in order to be a reality. According to Goellnitz, one s...
right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...
interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...
that is permanent and immutable. It is this world that is more real; the world of change is merely an imperfect image of this worl...
wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...
the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...
top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...
things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...
(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...
However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...
a body" (Aristotle), Plato illustrates his inability to see beyond mankinds mortal connection, opting instead to focus upon a deci...
for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...
education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...
and the things within it as mere shadows or reflections of a separate world of independently existing, eternal, and unchanging ent...
In five pages this paper examines how Plato, Aristotle, and Immanuel Kant define political thinking. Six sources are cited in the...
In six pages this report contrasts and compares the views of Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, and Plato on economic growth in terms of h...
In nine pages this paper examines the philosophies of Mary Wollstonecraft, Samuel Gompers, Frederick Douglass, Plato, and Aristotl...
In nine pages this paper discusses how man's best life can be best pursued, concepts of good and evil, and divine knowledge accord...
In 5 pages this paper discusses how Hamlet's characterization was influenced by the philosophies of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Plat...
This paper examines the history of philosophy and philosophers. The author discusses key figures in philosophy such as Aristotle,...
subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...
can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...
for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...
and ones existence. To reach true happiness, Plato contended that people must strive for a contentment that only comes from being...
In seven pages this paper discusses Athenian democracy in terms of concept, the 'Constitution' of Aristotle, the criticisms of Pla...
also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...
In ten pages this tutorial paper imagines a lively dialogue between political philosophers including St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle...
who will eventually hold office and decide what to pursue in respect to issues like abortion, stem cell research and capital punis...
human being for a short span of time. The cave allegory is quite well known and has been used by many to interpret Platos philosop...