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Essays 301 - 330
terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...
also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...
than our enemies, but inferior morally" and people must work to make themselves stronger in all respects (Plato, 1970, p. 45). ...
higher than those with iron. Plato argued that this deception was necessary in order to maintain a stable society, and we ca...
are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...
Naucratis in Egypt there dwell one of the old gods of the country, the god to whom the bird called Ibis is sacred, his own name be...
pious is to act like him, and not tolerate any ill act. Socrates wants more detail. Euthyphro says that what pleases the gods is ...
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...
In three pages this paper considers whether or not learning is new information or simply recollection of past experience according...
(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...
understand each of these elements through sensation, he finds himself challenged by the mutability of everything that exists: not...
In five pages the theme of love is considered within the context of these authors and their tales. Three sources are cited in the...
In five pages this report considers Socrates' belief that an individual's foremost responsibility is to the state. There are no o...
In ten pages this paper examines the debate on affirmative action from the viewpoint of Platonic philosophy. There are 6 sources ...
threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...
In five pages this paper examines how individual strength increases as a result of security disturbance according to the writings ...
In ten pages this paper applies the metaphysical tradition to an analysis of Existentialism and Basic Writings by Friedrich Nietzs...
Knowledge is true judgment. Socrates and Theatetus are talking about the nature of knowledge. Theatetus suggests that mathematic...
thought and action. There are times, however, when vice distracts these efforts and renders man vulnerable to a less ethical exis...
who, even for women, is feminine perforce" (Hoff, 1997, p. 215). Indeed, Platos Symposium exemplifies the need for virtue w...
In five pages an analysis evaluates the accuracy of Socrates' description of the cave's prisoners as 'like ourselves.' There are ...
In five pages this research paper analyzes the theory of forms developed by Plato and then provides a defense of the philosopher's...
in the Peloponnesian War, which ended in a resounding defeat for Athens in 404 B.C. (Levinson ix-x). While it can be assumed that...
In five pages this paper discusses the connection between man's sins and the soul in this analysis of three levels of thought repr...
he considered to be the most significant reason society is its own opposing force. According to Hobbes, subjects of the omnipoten...
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...
What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...
that leads Socrates to the conclusion that he will not be exiled from his beloved home, but would rather die a martyr for his beli...
the affirmative to that and other questions. Later on Socrates will ask: "And, in your opinion, do those who think that they will ...
that there is just one objective right way of doing things and on the other hand, there are many truths, is an enormous difference...