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self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...

having inherent familiarity and truth, and others as alien in the sense of irrevocably different, and tempting in the sense that o...

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...

warning regarding change: "Changes in estate also issue from this, for if, to one who governs himself with caution and patience, t...

Conceptions of Virtue). Furthermore, it was Plato who argued that love was the essential ingredient in the good life because love...

this child is not identified in the book (Fairbanks, 2002). It seems as if in this book he doesnt necessarily chastise himself fo...

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...

one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right o...

it" (Aristotle, 350 B.C.E., p. PG). Here he brings up the subject of lying, a principle in society that seems to be upheld. Certai...

and the construction of "local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained" (19...

Virtuous action was defined by Aristotle as what a person with practical wisdom would choose. The golden mean, as defined by Ari...

the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to justice. Oedipus swears he will go on this quest to fin...

directors. Because of the intimacy between stage performers and the audience, Shakespeares prose is able to serve as a feature pe...

hand, argued that people would be attracted to others and be willing to help others, if they are virtuous (Lorenz, 2003). Virtue i...

In eight pages the issues considered in Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life by Sommers and Sommers are discussed as they relate to al...

In a research paper consisting of 6 pages, what served as the Middle Ages' Christian dogma of seven cardinal virtues and seven dea...

In five pages this paper examines a hypothetical contemporary dialogue between these 3 philosophers on how daily life features vir...

art is directed at a woman with whom he so desires to have a romantic affair. In his attempts to persuade her to consent, he pain...

This paper discusses Richard Kraut's commentary on the intellectual elitism of Aristotle an defines virtue in this overview of Ari...

In five pages this paper discusses happiness and virtue as these concepts relate to Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant. Three...

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...

be beneficial in the long run. Do the ends justify the means? Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one...

In six pages this paper discusses the 'new prosperity' as discussed by Dinesh D'souza in The Virtue of Prosperity. There is one s...

In eight pages this paper examines the Athenian doctrine or thesis in a consideration of Athens' and Sparta's motivations and virt...

In an essay that consists of five pages Aristotle's lofty view of pride as the ultimate virtue is discussed within the context of ...

In five pages this paper examines a moral life in a consideration of the significant cardinal virtues of justice and temperance. ...

they could utilize embryos that are not in use. Tens of thousands of embryos are stored in clinics in the United States and some a...

Both Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach are cited among the giants of Classical and Baroque music. This paper exami...

In five pages reason as incorporated into the satire of plays by Moliere, Pope, and Swift are compared with classical heroic views...

In nine pages this report discusses organizational structure and design in a consideration of change and how the classical bureauc...