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people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...
in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...
what was passing in the world around them, to the realm of re-presentative intellect. An external phenomenon is thus translated i...
is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...
the physical in a dramatic and practical way. While Aristotle saw the heart as just a physical organ, he had an idea that seemed t...
patients who were able to learn the art of "conscious relaxation" not only were able to quit smoking and eat better, but showed im...
noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...
course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...
like Hades and the underworld; Tiresias the blind seer; and other references to death and dying (Plato). They decide they have to...
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...
the meditations is not to prove what they establish, but rather to show how the world of physics could be mapped reliably and inde...
made in the image of God this could and should lead to a possession of "positive attitudes of respect, value and consideration for...
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...
a cause. The best solution for the primal cause of the universe is God; therefore, God exists. However, this brings up the questio...
God first made covenants with individuals - Adam, Noah, Moses, Abraham, David, then with a nation - the Israelites, and then, with...
cross? Or, do you accept and live by Christs Gospel and gain eternal joy through Him. Paul continues: "For it is written: "I will...
fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...
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...
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...
his faith (Barclay 65). The covenant with Abraham was dependent on two things: "the free grace of God and the perfect faith of Abr...
One of the questions that has plagued theologians, Biblical scholars, philosophers and others has to do with God and evil. How can...
This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...
The Book of Jeremiah is the longest book in the Bible containing more words than any other book. The greatest majority of the Book...
This 5 page paper gives an overview of the Greek god Apollo. This paper includes what areas of life Apollo ruled over and how he w...
This essay pertains to Plato's perception of rhetoric and the role of eros, as indicated by his texts Gorgias and Phaedrus. Five p...
Observations help the researcher to formulate initial descriptions and explanations of the phenomenon being explored; they may als...
could be products of society, but never the causes, or it would alter the objectivity of sociology as a science (Hamilton, 1995). ...
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...
by humanity, without turning to any other body of factual information or knowledge. In other words, it is possible for people to c...