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Cave Allegory in The Republic by Plato

of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...

Explaining the Difference in Human Nature Theories of Saint Augustine and Plato

important characteristics of Platos concept revolve around freedom of will and ones existence. People have the power to control t...

Soul Concepts of Plato

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

Plato and Confucius on the State and Society

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

Plato and Bertrand Russell on Nature of Reality Knowledge

In a paper consisting of three pages it is contemplated what Russell's reaction to Plato's efforts to account for nature of realit...

Aristotle, Plato, and the Influence of Socrates

as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...

Standards to Live Up to Based Upon Philosophies and Theories

In five pages this paper discusses how human standards can be lived up to in a consideration of the Old Testament's unrighteousnes...

'Form of the Good' by Plato and the Taoism of Lao Tzu

of just what human nature represents in relation to mans actions. It has long been postulated that human nature is bound by defen...

Philosophical Issues of Being and Becoming

In five pages this report examines the qualities of being human in terms of being and becoming in the individual and incorporates ...

Defending Platonic Philosophy and the Human Soul's Immortality

In eight pages this paper defends Plato's assertion regarding the immortality of the human soul with references made to his text P...

Human Effort and Improvement According to Socrates and Seneca

In five pages this report discusses the extent human effort can result in improvement in a consideration of Letters from the Stoic...

Human Fulfillment Through Knowledge and Eros

Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...

Views of St. Augustine and Jean Jacques Rousseau on Nature and Human Nature Compared

Human nature and nature are contrasted and compared in the Confessions of St. Augustine and the Second Discourse of Rousseau in a ...

Medea, Oedipus Rex and Cruelty

Medea and Oedipus Rex are like many ancient Greek plays in dealing with a sub-theme of cruelty. This research paper examines the a...

Comparing Two Early Greek Philosophers with Plato

The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...

The Influence of the Cave Allegory

distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees ...

Responsibility and Fate According to Greek Perceptions

homes and taking wine, run into the mountains. Two men, the aged prophet Teiresias and King Cadmus, the older monarch who abdicate...

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...

The Psychology of Human Behavior

Freedom is cherished the world over. Not all that cherish freedom, however, actually have it. Unfortunately, there is often an i...

Summary and Analysis of 'Nature' by Ralph Waldo Emerson

denominator in all of his writings; however, this keen awareness was truly evident within the literary boundaries of Nature. In a...

Romantic Fiction's Gothic Genre

are generally seen as common to the Gothic novel, including a medieval or pseudo-medieval setting, a solitary protagonist and a se...

The Exorcist and Frankenstein

possesses a girl. She has no control over this possession and there seems to be no character that actively engages in evil. As suc...

Allegory of Social Dissolution Lord of the Flies by William Golding

with him are Piggy, the most intellectual of the boys; Simon, the most spiritual, and the twins Sam and Eric, who are later referr...

True or False Animals Are All Created Equal But There Are Some That Are More Equal Than Others

existence is it considered more equal than others, which is why ants are stepped on with careless effort, a milk cow is destroyed ...

Laws of Nature in Billy Budd

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Herman Melville uses the novel to discuss how nature's laws do not always pr...

A Passage Analysis From The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

In five pages this text passage is analyzed in terms of imagery, structure, and content and discusses how the author presents huma...

Analyzing a Passage from Le Diable au Corps by Radiquet

In five pages a passage near the beginning between Marthe and the narrator is analyzed in terms of how it serves as the author's c...

Dark Woods in the Poetry of Robert Frost

the empty wastes of white and black" (On "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"). Prior to putting pen to paper, Frost visu...

Unspeakable in Anna Akhmatova's 'Requiem' and Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares how human nature's 'unspeakable' dark side is portrayed in this poem and play. Fou...

Goodman Brown 'Dark Side'

In five pages this paper discusses how human nature's dark side is portrayed by Nathaniel Hawthorne in his short story 'Young Good...