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Essays 481 - 510

Unity, Being, and Becoming According to the Philosophers

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

Ancient Philosophers on Democracy

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

An Othello Analysis

end. The tragic nature of the story does rely on the supposition that Othello is indeed propelled to do something because he is ...

Analyzing Othello

a larger than life figure. He is perfect. He is a leader as well as a handsome and delightful mate for Desdemona. Because Othello ...

Aristotle, Tragedy, and Oedipus Rex

serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...

Perspectives of Rene Descartes and Aristotle

believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

Shakespeare's Henry V as a Virtuous Hero

plot. There is little else that constitutes the plot other than Henry and his brilliant ability to dominate every situation. The...

Ancient Legal Codes

woman, then she was free to take back her dowry and return to her fathers house (Brians, 1998). While this sounds quite humanistic...

Happiness and Virtue According to Aristotle and Plato

and ones existence. To reach true happiness, Plato contended that people must strive for a contentment that only comes from being...

Ruling Passions by Simon Blackburn and an Expressivism Analysis

therefore the foundation for human behavior and motivation. Expressivism as a moral philosophy is however flawed, as are m...

The Government According to Aristotle

that when things were fully developed, and had naturally reached their conclusion - or ending - they were simply following their n...

Character Sketch of Othello

of all, it establishes his character as a nobility in his own right, as he is descended from royalty. Furthermore, Othellos simple...

Symbolism and Theme of Plato's Allegory of the Cave

attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...

Cinematic Portrayal of Greek Virtue and Philosophers

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

History and Testing Measures of Intelligence Theory

is supplemented by innate elements of the intellect (DeLouth, 2002). This theory keyed into the nature-nurture debate. Skipping ...

Philosophy and the Relationship Between the Body and the Mind

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

Aristotle and Plato

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

Is There a Distinction Between the Soul and the Body?

a body" (Aristotle), Plato illustrates his inability to see beyond mankinds mortal connection, opting instead to focus upon a deci...

Literature and Laughter

away in the most inaccessible part of the abbeys labyrinthine library, where it remained for decades" (Essay on The Name of the Ro...

Occidentalism Article by Margalit and Burma and Global Hatred of Western Culture

2002, p.PG). The author explains that the things Occidentalists hate about the West are not just the ones that inspire hatred ; so...

Philosophy Questions and Religion

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

Good Political Leadership and the Differing Views of Aristotle and Plato

as the original Greek legal process aspired to achieve such status, it can readily be said that its integrity has been severely co...

Literature and Philosophical Themes

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

3 Classical Philosophies and Animal Rights

and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...

Worldly Circumstance and Moral Worth

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

Virtue Defined

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

Student Question on a Person's Obligation to Obey Community Law

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

Art According to Plato and Aristotle

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...

Comparative Analysis of Virtue and Vice

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...

Comparing Poetry Attitudes of Aristotle and Plato

things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...