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a person even know if those opinions are really yours or the opinions of others which you have adopted as your own without testing...

They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...

also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...

interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...

Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...

childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...

are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...

manifestation that Gorgias was forever attempting to read between the lines of what Socrates had to say, perpetually wondering if ...

Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...

support for the notion that people must obey the laws of the place in which they are born. How is this accomplished? Aristotle d...

to shake off these social controls and become the master rather than the slave. This, he argues, is the true justice of nature: la...

"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...

In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...

profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...

new ideas. The body supplies the means by which knowledge can be attained, for it is necessary, according to Plato, for things an...

he sought to bring truth to others. Does Socrates Do Evil? From Kierkegaards position it is perhaps truth that all people do e...

of Gods existence; even in "leaving" God to come to earth Jesus remained with the Father. Though physically separate, spiritually...

teaching, in which he pretended not to know the answers to questions, so that students would come to understanding on their own. ...

as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...

of a horror film, and the crucifixion of Jesus is without question one of the most horrific episodes in world history. There are ...

film Braveheart is noted for its bloody battle sequences (Brackman, 2004). While The Passion is based on the Gospel of John, Brac...

hype people would not have continued lining up to see the movie. This is not a fun film, it graphically and brutally shows the las...

depiction was not anti-Semitic: "Most of good people in this movie are Jewish, including not only Jesus and Mary, but Mary Magdale...

is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...

the gods and sensible men, that you must worship it" (Plato, 51a). Therefore, Socrates clearly and evidently reveres the s...

this chapter, the highest normative principle involves the idea that "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happ...

ground, whether that is through dialectical discourse or reason (1994). Barber claims that neither approach leaves any room for po...

into detail about the beginnings of Christs teachings when people were beginning to see him as the son of God as it relates to all...