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Essays 31 - 60
has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...
In five pages analogy is defined and then related to these two philosophers as they are used in Rousseau's The Social Contract and...
the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...
self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...
In six pages the arguments of city vs. state, the individual, and soul and spirit that are raised in Hegel's Introduction to the P...
In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views on forms held by Plato as critiqued by Aristotle with references made to...
is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...
In five pages this paper examines Socrates' dialogue with Thrasymachus and considers his concept of justice as described in Plato'...
concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...
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 notion of justice. This was essentially defined as doing the right thing. We note that one of the characters in the Republic i...
In five pages this paper examines the perspectives on justice expressed by Plato in The Republic and in the Bible's Book of Luke. ...
In five pages The Republic by Plato is examined in a consideration of Books I and II in a discussion of Socrates' extended dialogu...
seen, but somewhat obscured by the appearance of shadows. The dialogue commences further with Socrates discussion of the divisi...
In five pages this research paper analyzes the illusion of the shadows viewed by the prisoners in the cave allegory featured in th...
kill him; but most of all he fears that he will not find his treasure-this might all be for nothing (Coehlo, 1995, p. 130). The A...
In a type of author/character debate, Plato explores the premises of his theory by having Socrates debate them. Plato theorized ...
In seven pages the cave allegory featured in Plato's Republic is applied to contemporary U.S. political leadership. Four sources ...
soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...
in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...
In five pages the way in which Aristotle perceived the golden mean as described in Politics is discussed and also compared with Th...
In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...
fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...
the lyrics in modern songs, and in essence, the poets of today are Eminem and Jay Zee and Beyonce. Lyrics to emanate from these ar...
In six pages arguments which dispute Plato's theory of ideas or forms as represented in The Republic are presented. Four sources ...
In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...
In seven pages this paper discusses the many components and perspectives on justice utilizing the categorical imperative of Immanu...
of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...