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this particular poem the first four lines seem to offer us a great deal of foundation for understanding the symbolic nature of you...
For example, Bostick (1935) makes copious use of footnotes, drawing on the works of Plato and Xenophon, who were two of Socrates d...
if "what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or bad man" ("Apology" 28b)(Plato 32-33). In regards to how ...
your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations. I ...
would lead to an early death, he said, "... a man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; h...
his words appear incredibly arrogant and seem to stray off the topic, as the words illustrate his intelligence and depth more than...
Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...
the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....
(Kemerling, 2002). Lacking professional teacher training, Socrates elected to do some "free-wheeling" by partaking of spirited di...
as a teacher, is to free his students from the cave and metaphorically drag them into the sunlight. The selection from Phaedo reco...
for centuries. This paper uses Platos description of Socrates and his methods to try and answer the questions. Discussion Is wis...
The only manner by which to acquire good statesmen and lawgivers, according to Socrates testimony, is to assure their individual a...
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 ...
things in the sky and below the earth, who makes the worse argument the stronger " (cited in Ross, 2000, p. PG). This is a formula...
tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...
soul has two principal parts. The first part of this argument is that nature inevitably follows a cyclical pattern. All vegetatio...
In five pages an analysis evaluates the accuracy of Socrates' description of the cave's prisoners as 'like ourselves.' There are ...
Applying Socrates' philosophy to one's own life is the focus of this paper consisting of five pages. Four sources are cited in th...
In eight pages this paper examines Socrates' philosophical views on self examination and the importance of motivation within the i...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Socrates' views on morality with those of Friedrich Nietzsche as expressed in Birt...
In three pages this paper discusses 'the pursuit of excellence' deemed by Socrates as life's goal. There are no other sources lis...
In five pages this paper examines concepts featured in 'Myth of the Cave' and The Apology and also considers 'The Death of Ivan Il...
In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...
the soul. In understanding the influence the pre-Socratics had, it is beneficial to consider some of the major questions and the ...
threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...
leg only" (Plato). If this were true, if there were only one process in regards to life-death, then everything would ultimately co...
of death, as well as the mystery of death. This establishes a foundation from which we can learn, especially considering that Nula...
(4e). Intrigued by this conclusion, Socrates implores Euthyphro to share with him his definition of piety, distinguishing betwee...
this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...
with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...