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In eleven pages this research paper contrasts and compares Plato's and Confucius's perceptions on the ruling state and society wit...
This essay pertains to Plato's perception of rhetoric and the role of eros, as indicated by his texts Gorgias and Phaedrus. Five p...
For example, Bostick (1935) makes copious use of footnotes, drawing on the works of Plato and Xenophon, who were two of Socrates d...
cast them as slaves of the elite. This action of stripping an individuals inherent rights as a human being can be nothing other t...
"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...
essential to the happiness of a man - having something worth living for is as important as having something worth dying for (Bloom...
interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...
wiser (21a). This news confused Socrates greatly as he realized that he was not particularly wise. He, therefore, set out to find ...
threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...
In six pages The Book of Job from the Old Testament, Antigone by Sophocles, Crito and Apology by Plato, and The Clouds by Aristoph...
In five pages this report considers Socrates' belief that an individual's foremost responsibility is to the state. There are no o...
(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...
In six pages this paper contrasts and compares these differing views on Socrates' trial for political subversion and execution. T...
even screenwriters who disguise them as interesting stories. The original Star Trek was great at teaching these moral lessons whil...
In a paper consisting of nine pages the seriousness of Aristophanes' comedies 'The Birds' and 'The Clouds' is considered. Seven s...
In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...
In five pages this report examines how family dynamics were portrayed in epic literature in a consideration of Sappho's poetry, Ar...
thing. CLEONICE (wearily) And is it thick too? LYSISTRATA...
sense one gets at the end of the work, that under the humorous aspects, there is something very sad occurring. It does appear that...
art of argument. He is a lost cause at the school and he is deemed too stupid to really be taught this fine art. He then sends ...
their worthiness within the stringent boundaries of a male-dominated existence speaks volumes about the inherent fortitude that co...
by, at least, a millennium. For them, they are merely being "realistic" and that such realism can serve as a basis for a social or...
indication of satire must be seen in the name and the role of the Clouds, these are women that take the place of the goods, who ar...
they can stop the men from going off to war and would ultimately bring some peace. The premise of the story is a tragic one, in th...
a man. She is fighting to ensure that he has a proper burial and she has no thoughts for herself. Ismene simply wants to be a good...
also notes that even when she met with her husband near the end she still did not run into his arms, remaining cautious and loyal ...
could only have known him in his last years (Nails, 2005). One finds in any of theses authors reports inconsistencies and contradi...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophies of Socrates and Aristotle with virtue concepts being the primary ...
The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...
This essay pertains to The Cave by Jose Saramago and presents the interpretation that the author stresses the similarities between...