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possibly think?" (I.3). As this indicates, Aristotles perspective is grounded in observation and reality. He sees the mind as intr...

major argument in favor of poetry; that it was an educational tool that could be used in the instruction of moral values. Sidne...

smartest beings when it comes to illustrating their capacity for cultivating and understanding knowledge; therefore, the value of ...

other programs are designed to be more educational with interactive discussions between the inmates and the youth" (Schembri, 2006...

why so many people had to suffer. No matter the cause, the gods were not looked on with the reverence they had once enjoyed, and t...

be quantified. That is, ones life may be the truth, but it cannot be articulated as the truth. Still, there had been much debate b...

offering top-notch entertainment (Las Vegas). The evolution of the city that has led to the development of theme-type hotels is de...

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...

the individual and a definition of justice. There are three classes for the state to function properly: artisans, who are skilled ...

virtue, i.e., justice, but it is also included under Aquinas discussion of love, specifically under love of ones neighbor, for Go...

culpable. It is true that many other nations, such as France, opposed the war effort in Iraq. Did the U.S. overstep its bounds? Wh...

"what is justice?" and after a definition is provided, Socrates gets the interlocutor to make a statement that would obviously con...

to return to the cave because its familiar and comfortable? The answer to all these questions is "yes." (Allegory of the Cave, 2...

only thing that is known is what is presently occurring. In other words, if something is out of ones eyesight and experience, it i...

come after Plato, not before. (This example is found in Book VII of The Republic, which is available online.) As Im sure youll ...

of science there are two branches which are epistemology and metaphysics (Honderich, 1995). Science makes up an important part of ...

the street ... must and will reflect our personal moral standards" (Reavley, 2001). Those moral standards, Reavley implies, must ...

(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...

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...

Indeed, one might readily surmise that Plato believed man was a product of how "own imperfect understanding of nature, of our igno...

(Garrett(1)). In addition these gods possess many human traits such as jealousy and envy. As Garrett(1) states, "These gods, mo...

of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...

it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...

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...

Ulman, 2005, PG). In order to construct a successful argument for a particular position, therefore, one has to first amass th...

This itself is also likely to have been influenced by the long Peloponnesian war in which Plato himself was involved. Different me...

a product of how "own imperfect understanding of nature, of our ignorance of how to harmonize our activities with the worlds scrip...

In three pages gender concepts are discussed in this consideration of how Plato regarded equality for women. Two sources are cite...

essential to the happiness of a man - having something worth living for is as important as having something worth dying for (Bloom...

something in Platos morality which does not really belong to Plato but is only to be met with in his philosophy, one might say in ...