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In twelve pages this paper examines how the meaning of justice is conveyed in the theories of Plato, John Locke, Friedrich Engels ...
Conformity was the rule of the republic, certainly not the exception. Plato was not at all concerned with the problems of the ind...
In ten pages this paper refers to the writings of Thucydides, Aristotle, and Plato in a consideration of past and present politica...
In four pages this report considers Plato and Thomas Hobbes in a philosophical discussion of the connection between society and th...
In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...
In five pages this report discusses ethical egoism as it relates to the normative ethical theory of Plato. Three sources are cite...
In six pages a work of Plato is compared with the Christian writer C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters. Two sources are cited in t...
In five pages The Republic by Plato is examined in a consideration of Books I and II in a discussion of Socrates' extended dialogu...
What constitutes good is considered from a philosophical perspective in five pages with the focus being on the philosophies of Pla...
Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...
works into three central periods: namely, early, middle and late and the Republic is generally regarded as a middle period work (W...
essential to the happiness of a man - having something worth living for is as important as having something worth dying for (Bloom...
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 ...
of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...
major argument in favor of poetry; that it was an educational tool that could be used in the instruction of moral values. Sidne...
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...
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...
because it is supposed to produce truth in the end. The essence of this method is a process that usually begins with Socrates ask...
his words appear incredibly arrogant and seem to stray off the topic, as the words illustrate his intelligence and depth more than...
virtue, i.e., justice, but it is also included under Aquinas discussion of love, specifically under love of ones neighbor, for Go...
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...
who will eventually hold office and decide what to pursue in respect to issues like abortion, stem cell research and capital punis...
God wills at any particular moment." To this proposition, Nielsen poses three questions: 1. Is being willed by God the, or even a,...
is not clear how the lower classes are expected to live (1993). It is also noted that while Plato makes a case for communism for ...
In ten pages this tutorial paper imagines a lively dialogue between political philosophers including St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle...
importance and children were to be guarded from superfluous information to come from for example poetry and literature. Rather, th...
be attacked as while many analysts will agree that Plato clearly states this in The Republic, his other works suggest other ideas....
as people do want to know things and understand (1995). Both theorists do view education as important and place a particular empha...