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she taught him that the journey of the soul is to go from the immediate experience of the everyday world and ascend into a realm t...

looked at in the context of history and of the study of philosophy. II. Metaphysics Metaphysics is an abstract part of philos...

is an eternity to teenagers. It was his intention to tell the story of a generation coming of age in one night" (Hyams et al PG)....

in fact more beneficial than justice and that the role of a good leader is to recognize when it is necessary to take action that a...

individual is just it is because each part of his or her soul performs its functions properly and does not interfere with the othe...

within the domestic sphere. Therefore, a Greek man typically took a younger male as his main love interest because only a man coul...

In five pages this research essay discusses how private property is conceptualized by John Locke and Plato with the writer's own p...

In five pages justice is defined by Adeimentus, Glaucon, and Thrasymachus and then a response is offered by Socrates in The Republ...

He saw the changing world and the things within it as mere shadows or reflections of a separate world of independently existing, e...

Client self knowledge and the connection between the use of narrative therapy and the 'Allegory of the Cave' by Plato are examined...

patently incorrect assumption or definition. Socrates exercises in dialogue and thinking are not entirely negative and are certa...

trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...

the supreme principle, the fundamental principle on which any well-ordered society could live (Bhandari, nd). Plato was certainl...

the kings and philosophers -- should not have the right to bear children or even own their own property. This, he maintained, wou...

of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...

no matter how insignificant or trite they may seem. However, it would seem that he believed that there were at least two types of ...

right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...

the amount of knowledge that anyone has very little to do with doing things that are wrong. Now, understandably, we can see wher...

Plato emphasizes the importance of maintaining self control in the face of eros, the importance of purging the passions of the fle...

theory of "seeing is believing" and that something must be touched in order to be a reality. According to Goellnitz, one s...

they know was agreed upon in full assembly; and should it be decided that this is not so, the poor have discovered a hundred excus...

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

societys goods (Platos Political Theory, 2002). They were satisfied with their lives and held back from being passionate natured ...

offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...

his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...

wine and pleasure, and rejecting the cold and structured nature of Apollonian society. For them, to be human is to follow ones bas...

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

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...

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...