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Essays 541 - 570
three characters (a stranger from Athens; Cleinias, from Crete; and Megillus, a Lacedaemonian) are discussing their various types ...
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...
proving background and an exegetical discussion. Commentaries and other authorities are referenced in this paper. Historical Con...
in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...
soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...
can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...
vision of the natural world in which Gods presence can be seen as flowing through it like an electric current. This presence can b...
humans cannot readily draw on the human collective conscious, or the knowledge that exists in the universe, they had a glimpse of ...
a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...
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 ...
This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...
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...
In a type of author/character debate, Plato explores the premises of his theory by having Socrates debate them. Plato theorized ...
In seven pages the cave allegory featured in Plato's Republic is applied to contemporary U.S. political leadership. Four sources ...
and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...
people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...
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...
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...
cross? Or, do you accept and live by Christs Gospel and gain eternal joy through Him. Paul continues: "For it is written: "I will...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...