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Socrates' Life and Philosophies

In fourteen pages this paper examines Socrates in an overview of his life and philosophical views regarding law, religion, reason ...

Greek Orthodox Church and Philosophy

In twenty five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato as they influenced the origins of the...

Socratic Philosophy and Plato

is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...

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...

The Cave by Jose Saramago

This essay pertains to The Cave by Jose Saramago and presents the interpretation that the author stresses the similarities between...

Philosophical Views on Individual Good v. Community Good

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

Sophism and Apology by Plato

In five pages this paper examines Socrates' arguments regarding capital punishment and the sophist foundation that cements them....

Virtue, the Soul, and the Philosophical Processes of Inquiry by Plato and Aristotle

VI of "Nicomachean Ethics", goodness under the concept presented by Plato suggests almost an unattainable element, and it was Aris...

Knowledge and the Views of Plato and Aristotle

In seven pages the philosophical arguments by Plato and Aristotle regarding knowledge involves discussion of its source, acquisiti...

Aristotle's Alternatives to Plato's Arguments

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

Comparison of Aristotle and Plato's Views with Sophist Perspectives

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

Greek Culture and the Evolution of Science

of science there are two branches which are epistemology and metaphysics (Honderich, 1995). Science makes up an important part of ...

Politics and Ethics

who will eventually hold office and decide what to pursue in respect to issues like abortion, stem cell research and capital punis...

Preemptive War and Moral Considerations

This itself is also likely to have been influenced by the long Peloponnesian war in which Plato himself was involved. Different me...

Ideals of Plato and Contemporary Education

employee believes a child is abused, they must call the authorities. If a child has a fight in school, the latest trend is to file...

Justice, Politics, and Knowledge According to Hobbes and Plato

Essentially, the allegory likens those who remain unaware of forms to prisoners chained in a cave, and they cannot turn their head...

Plato's Works on Socrates' Death and How We Die by Sherwin Nuland

of death, as well as the mystery of death. This establishes a foundation from which we can learn, especially considering that Nula...

Contemporary Concept of Love Compared with Socrates' Idea Expressed in Plato's Symposium

In six pages this paper examines Socrates concept of love, then compares it with the contemporary interpretation before being inte...

Socrates' Dichotomies and Plato's Apology

In five pages the 2 contradictory views of Socrates that are featured in Plato's Apology are discussed in an analysis of what thes...

Being More Like the Greek Philosopher Socrates

In five pages this report examines whether or not the world would be a better place if people followed Socrates' philosophical exa...

'Unexamined Life' Concept of Socrates

In eight pages this paper examines Socrates' philosophical views on self examination and the importance of motivation within the i...

Forms and Recollection in Phaedo by Plato

leg only" (Plato). If this were true, if there were only one process in regards to life-death, then everything would ultimately co...

Socrates' Thoughts and Influence

Socrates frequently alluded was the basis for his debates with Gorgias, contending that the degree of abstraction pursued by thoug...

Socrates Life and Philosophy as Revealed in Five Dialogues by Plato

In eight pages this paper examines Socrates' life and philosophy as represented in the Five Dialogues of Plato. Four sources are ...

Socrates's Argument Fallacies and Crito by Plato

In five pages this paper discusses Socrates' argument fallacies as they are portrayed in Crito by Plato. There are no other sourc...

Gorgias by Plato

form of flattery. Socrates voices such strong opposition to the type of oration he attributes to men like Gorgias because knowl...

Analysis of Socrates' Trial and the Death of the Philosopher

In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...

'Noble Myth' or 'Myth of Metals' in The Republic by Plato

In three pages this paper discusses how the Athenians made class distinctions in a consideration of Socrates' noble myth depicted ...

Justice and Injustice in The Republic by Plato

means. The function of justice is to improve human nature, which is inherently constructive. Therefore, at a minimum, justice i...