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Plato's Philosophy and Criticisms

thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...

Education, Arete or Virtue, and Plato

like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...

Diotima's Ideas on the Fairness of Love

she proved to me as I proved to him that, by my own showing, Love was neither fair nor good. " Here, the idea that love is powerfu...

Belief in the Gods and Plato's Practice of Open Inquiry

has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...

“Apology” and “The Passion of Christ”

most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...

Plato's Arguments for Forms, Immortality and Knowledge

the preexistence of the soul, and the separate existence of forms work together or not? Thats a lot of questions to tackle, and to...

Jury Member Speaks Out on Socrates’ Innocence

brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...

Performance Assessment within the National Health Service (NHS)

performance assessments from a legal perspective, a professional perspective and an ethical perspective. 2. Performance Assessment...

The Life of Socrates

could be products of society, but never the causes, or it would alter the objectivity of sociology as a science (Hamilton, 1995). ...

Plato's Gorgias and Phaedrus

This essay pertains to Plato's perception of rhetoric and the role of eros, as indicated by his texts Gorgias and Phaedrus. Five p...

Plato's "Crito" and "Apology"/Augustine's Confessions

This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...

The Theory of Forms and Parmenides' Change

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Plato's theories of Forms. Parmenides' views on change provide a counterpoint. Paper ...

Personal Knowledge and Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"

of his text The Republic, Plato presents one of Western civilizations most accurate conceptualizations of the tremendous influence...

An Analysis of a Case Study Regarding a Life and Death Decision

Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...

Plato's Allegory of the Cave: A Metaphysical View

would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images" (Plato, 1969. p. 409). He then likens the philosopher to a prisoner who ...

Happiness and Individuality According to Socrates and Huxley

wish, they have other freedoms that are perhaps not as obvious. Brave New World supports the hedonistic view. That is, Huxley (199...

Psychology and Philosophy

for the student of psychology to develop a well-rounded and complete understanding of the discipline, it is necessary to study bot...

Female Characters and Ancient Texts

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

The Apology, Antigone and the Concept of Virtue

in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...

Did Plato Influence St. Augustine

truly understand Gods word: "I ask Thee, my God: pardon my sins, and as Thou didst grant to Thy servant to speak those words, gran...

Achilles and Socrates

ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...

Discussing Justice and War A Hypothetical Dialogue Between Hector from 'The Iliad' and Socrates from Plato's 'Republic'

you not, such as you are, get your following together and sail beyond the seas? Did you not from your a far country carry off a lo...

Comparison of Plato's and Machiavelli's Concepts

terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...

Marx's and Plato's 'Just' Society

he means that this should apply to the average politician. Certainly, wisdom is seen as including morality. In terms of knowledge ...

Socrates, Human Nature, the 'Good Life,' and Plato's Gorgias

interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...

Plato's The Laws Summarized and Analyzed

than our enemies, but inferior morally" and people must work to make themselves stronger in all respects (Plato, 1970, p. 45). ...

Aristotle's Alternatives to Plato's Arguments

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

Themes of Josef Pieper's In Defense of Philosophy as Reflected in Plato's Phaedo

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...

Plato's Concept of Good Related to Buddhism's Concept of Enlightenment

the affirmative to that and other questions. Later on Socrates will ask: "And, in your opinion, do those who think that they will ...

Defense of Socrates in Plato's Apology

wiser (21a). This news confused Socrates greatly as he realized that he was not particularly wise. He, therefore, set out to find ...