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Essays 541 - 570
In nine pages this paper examines the social utopia presided over by a philosopher king as described by Plato in The Republic. Th...
In three pages this paper discusses how the Athenians made class distinctions in a consideration of Socrates' noble myth depicted ...
means. The function of justice is to improve human nature, which is inherently constructive. Therefore, at a minimum, justice i...
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...
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...
society exist without democracy? Many theorists today would think not, and while many enlightened individuals could argue that mer...
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...
his words appear incredibly arrogant and seem to stray off the topic, as the words illustrate his intelligence and depth more than...
because it is supposed to produce truth in the end. The essence of this method is a process that usually begins with Socrates ask...
interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...
stratification of society. The rulers tell the populace that the divisions between one social group and another are because of div...
to return to the cave because its familiar and comfortable? The answer to all these questions is "yes." (Allegory of the Cave, 2...
Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...
draw on the human collective conscious, or the knowledge that exists in the universe, they had a glimpse of it once, and that expl...
"what is justice?" and after a definition is provided, Socrates gets the interlocutor to make a statement that would obviously con...
the harp is broken the music stops; if the human dies, doesnt the soul also vanish? (Plato). It is to answer these concerns and ar...
important characteristics of Platos concept revolve around freedom of will and ones existence. People have the power to control t...
(Saxonhouse, 1998). This is something thought not to lead to violence, but rather to a profound gentleness (Saxonhouse, 1998). In ...
of life, Socrates contends that reason is as well. Socrates considers the difference between those things that can be understood ...
In five pages this argumentative essay employs these philosophical writings in support of the notion that the worst type of govern...
In seven pages this paper presents a comparative analysis of these theorists' philosophies and how each of them would critique the...
inseparable from its body, or at any rate that certain parts of it are" (Aristotle "On the Soul" 21). Aristotles view of the soul...
In five pages these philosophers' views on the physical elements of fire, water, earth, and air are contrasted and compared. Five...
In seven pages these works are compared in reveal the three ways in which the Christian author of the 20th century may have been i...
or so it might seem. But when they return; of course, they are blinded. They may know all and they may have seen all-- but perhaps...
as its model. Things are intellectually and emotionally captured by the understanding, not by the senses. The "Forms" of Things ...
of the perceptions of others. It is only the question of whether or not seeming and being are one in the same or whether there is...
In six pages this paper considers the self interest and justice arguments of Thrasymachus and Socrates in The Republic. One sourc...
in violation of the law and acknowledged that he should be punished accordingly. His "apology" was not a request for forgiveness,...