SEARCH RESULTS

citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...

many partners and purveyors will be required to furnish them. One person will turn to another to supply a particular want, and fo...

would Hobbes be accepted in todays world? Would he fit in at all? These and other questions loom large. Still, each in their own w...

In six pages this report examines individual understanding of the world as considered in Plato's Phaedo, in the scientific inquiry...

In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...

In five pages this report discusses Plato's dialogues in terms of how Socrates regarded his philosophical role and how he was pres...

do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...

impious act. Euthyphro replies to Socrates claiming "I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a re...

tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...

In six pages good and evil are examined along with Plato's assertion that evil is not knowingly committed by man. There are no ot...

pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Plato's theories of Forms. Parmenides' views on change provide a counterpoint. Paper ...

This paper discusses different parts of Plato's Republic. There is a discussion of natural law legal theory and legal positivist t...

This essay pertains to Plato's perception of rhetoric and the role of eros, as indicated by his texts Gorgias and Phaedrus. Five p...

This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...

unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...

ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...

possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...

truly understand Gods word: "I ask Thee, my God: pardon my sins, and as Thou didst grant to Thy servant to speak those words, gran...

for the student of psychology to develop a well-rounded and complete understanding of the discipline, it is necessary to study bot...

would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images" (Plato, 1969. p. 409). He then likens the philosopher to a prisoner who ...

of his text The Republic, Plato presents one of Western civilizations most accurate conceptualizations of the tremendous influence...

wish, they have other freedoms that are perhaps not as obvious. Brave New World supports the hedonistic view. That is, Huxley (199...

In eleven pages this research paper contrasts and compares Plato's and Confucius's perceptions on the ruling state and society wit...

In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...

In five pages a comparison and contrast of how these philosophers perceived political leadership are made by noting the difference...

In nine pages this paper considers Plato's views regarding the soul's immortality as featured in three of his dialogues. There ar...