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suggest that both love and hate can be taught (Plato). We can further extrapolate from that to conclude that if a nation is in har...

the preexistence of the soul, and the separate existence of forms work together or not? Thats a lot of questions to tackle, and to...

most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...

like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...

thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...

she proved to me as I proved to him that, by my own showing, Love was neither fair nor good. " Here, the idea that love is powerfu...

fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...

for which they are talented. Here, it is thought that the rulers who are willing to rule, who go into the cave, who are vocal, are...

reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...

between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...

how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...

to the outside, the cave becomes a type of conduit, or birth canal which brings him into the life of actual knowledge. What one ca...

is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...

In a type of author/character debate, Plato explores the premises of his theory by having Socrates debate them. Plato theorized ...

In a paper that consists of eight pages Plato's interpretation of the soul and its parts are explored along with a discussion of t...

(Washington State University, 2004). Plato asserts that our perceptions are essentially "shadows" of real objects. In ot...

individual to the spiritual and the universe. According to the scala amoris, then, love is that which in its highest and purest se...

in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

n.d.). Plato did talk about God, in Timaeus, Plato said that if God made the world as perfect then the soul must be perfect, also ...

In seven pages the cave allegory featured in Plato's Republic is applied to contemporary U.S. political leadership. Four sources ...

soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...

and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...

noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...

off than those who remain in the cave. Before delving into an analysis, it pays to explore the allegory as laid out by Plato. Wh...

like Hades and the underworld; Tiresias the blind seer; and other references to death and dying (Plato). They decide they have to...

if he has acquired the knowledge he could not have acquired it in this life, unless he has been taught geometry; for he may be mad...

spoke of virtue as something equated with wisdom. Yet he also "spoke more expansively of justice, courage, temperance, magnificenc...

In five pages these rhetorical forms as devised by Aristotle are discussed along with accompanying examples and an explanation of ...