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Defense of Socrates in Plato's Apology

(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...

Socrates as Seen Through the Eyes of Plato and as Presented in Phaedo, Protagoras, and Meno

In three pages this paper discusses how Socrates can be studied by reading the dialogues of his most famous student. There are no...

Virtue and Socrates

This paper consists of five pages and discusses how virtue is exemplified by the Greek philosopher Socrates with 2 Platonic dialog...

Socrates and the Great Dialogues of Plato

Plato demonstrates Socratess reason for remaining imprisoned even though he had opportunity to escape and the Phaedo addresses phi...

Learning, Recollection and Plato's Phaedo and Meno

In three pages this paper considers whether or not learning is new information or simply recollection of past experience according...

Harp Analogy in Phaedo by Plato

In four pages this paper analyzes the harp analogy of Socrates that is featured in Plato's Phaedo. There are no other sources lis...

Immortal Soul in Phaedo by Plato

In two pages this paper considers how Socrates presents the soul's immortality in Phaedo by Plato. There are no other sources lis...

'Beautiful and Just Things,' 'Just' and Plato's The Republic and Phaedo

In six pages this paper discusses the philosophical distinctions Socrates made between these two concepts as presented in Plato's ...

Socrates and the Unjust's Plight in Gorgias by Plato

In six pages this paper considers Plato's text in its representation of the evil and unhappiness of the 'unjust' according to Socr...

Virtue in Protagoras by Plato

In fifteen pages this paper considers the connection between wisdom, holiness, justice, courage, temperance and virtue as revealed...

Justice Theories of Plato in The Republic

In six pages this paper considers the self interest and justice arguments of Thrasymachus and Socrates in The Republic. One sourc...

Love According to Aristophanes and Socrates in Symposium by Plato

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Plato's ideas regarding love with the views of Socrates and Aristophanes as expres...

Debating the Innocence or Guilt of Greek Philosopher Socrates

This paper consists of eight pages and considers the injustice of the trial Socrates received in an attempt to determine whether o...

Euthyphro by Plato and the Reactions of David Hume and Immanuel Kant

In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...

Philosophers as Viewed by Friedrich Nietzsche

In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...

Phaedo, Socrates and Immortality

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...

Belief in the Gods and Plato's Practice of Open Inquiry

has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...

Socrates and Plato on Wisdom

because it is supposed to produce truth in the end. The essence of this method is a process that usually begins with Socrates ask...

Aristotle, Plato, and the Influence of Socrates

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

Virtues, Morals, and Ethics of Bill Clinton and the Monica Lewinsky Scandal

In ten pages various philosophical methods are applied to the Monica Lewinsky scandal in terms of what might offer the best instru...

Philosophers on the Death Penalty

In ten pages capital punishment is examined in terms of ethical acceptability with an attempt to arrive at a consensus through a c...

The Cave and The Divided Line

student sees in relationship to what the image can present: "but of the ideas which they resemble; not of the figures which they d...

Socrates, Religion And "The Apology"

millennia worth of philosophical comprehension of mans existence. For those who depend upon traditional practice to shepherd them...

Body and Soul According to Socrates

In five pages this essay examines the mind and soul dichotomy as conceptualized by Socrates and represented by Plato in Apology an...

Business and Ethics

In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Rand, Mills, Kant, Aristotle, and Socrates in a consideration whether or not...

Apology by Plato and Innocence

fact that they were poets made them think that they had a perfect understanding of all other subjects, of which they were totally ...

The Republic and the Justice of Cephalus

Justice is the idea of focus in this paper that looks at The Republic. The dialog between Cephalus and Socrates is discussed in de...

Socrates and Odysseus

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

Tacit Consent According to Socrates

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

Utilitarianism and John Stuart Mill

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