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Essays 601 - 630
the topic of education. He says, "Next, said I, compare our nature in respect of education and its lack to such an experience as t...
are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...
Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...
negative aspect to this competition, or that they would sabotage one anothers efforts out of jealousy....
Tovald must deal with those of his subordinates. Despite his law background, he is employed as a bank manager and has a number of...
Republic, 2002). Therefore, according to this theory, knowledge of anything and understanding of anything comes from examination ...
between Psyche and her other two sisters was that Psyche was appreciably more beautiful than they. By all accounts, the sisters we...
he means that this should apply to the average politician. Certainly, wisdom is seen as including morality. In terms of knowledge ...
interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...
than our enemies, but inferior morally" and people must work to make themselves stronger in all respects (Plato, 1970, p. 45). ...
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...
"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...
terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...
texts The Republic and Crito, Plato learned his lessons well. In both works, Plato theorizes what justice is through deductive re...
threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...
In five pages an analysis evaluates the accuracy of Socrates' description of the cave's prisoners as 'like ourselves.' There are ...
In five pages this research paper analyzes the theory of forms developed by Plato and then provides a defense of the philosopher's...
in the Peloponnesian War, which ended in a resounding defeat for Athens in 404 B.C. (Levinson ix-x). While it can be assumed that...
what it is that you "can do," and then doing that for the good of the group - in this case the city. The unification of the virtu...
In five pages this paper discusses the connection between man's sins and the soul in this analysis of three levels of thought repr...
he considered to be the most significant reason society is its own opposing force. According to Hobbes, subjects of the omnipoten...
thought and action. There are times, however, when vice distracts these efforts and renders man vulnerable to a less ethical exis...
In ten pages this paper applies the metaphysical tradition to an analysis of Existentialism and Basic Writings by Friedrich Nietzs...
who, even for women, is feminine perforce" (Hoff, 1997, p. 215). Indeed, Platos Symposium exemplifies the need for virtue w...
pious is to act like him, and not tolerate any ill act. Socrates wants more detail. Euthyphro says that what pleases the gods is ...
In this paper of fifteen pages it is Plato that is accused of treason in this new version of 'Apology' and must defend himself aga...
In five pages this paper compares the views expressed by these authors regarding women's role and the infinite nature of love. Fi...
In ten pages this paper examines the debate on affirmative action from the viewpoint of Platonic philosophy. There are 6 sources ...
In five pages the theme of love is considered within the context of these authors and their tales. Three sources are cited in the...
(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...