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works into three central periods: namely, early, middle and late and the Republic is generally regarded as a middle period work (W...

his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

they know was agreed upon in full assembly; and should it be decided that this is not so, the poor have discovered a hundred excus...

words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...

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

wine and pleasure, and rejecting the cold and structured nature of Apollonian society. For them, to be human is to follow ones bas...

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

societys goods (Platos Political Theory, 2002). They were satisfied with their lives and held back from being passionate natured ...

offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...

things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...

(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...

charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

had to be obtained by directing the students mind toward the discovery of what is real and important, then allowing them to deduce...

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

the best" (the literal definition of aristocracy) was to be achieved. This scenario, by its very nature, assured the manifestatio...

also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...

and ones existence. To reach true happiness, Plato contended that people must strive for a contentment that only comes from being...

that the story being told is one that has been re-told so often that it is little more than hearsay, and it is from this "story of...

this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...

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

the more metaphysical idea that the world of the present is known as the physical world that one is able to perceive using the sen...

sported the slogan "Challenge Authority." To many, it had little meaning. That is because the majority of people are sheep. They d...

In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...

In five pages this paper examines how Plato, Aristotle, and Immanuel Kant define political thinking. Six sources are cited in the...

In six pages this research essay considers the differences that exist in the political philosophies of John Locke and Plato. Four...

In five pages this report discusses memory substance and access as they are examined in Meno by Plato. There is 1 source cited in...