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Light, Shadows, and Puppets in Plato's 'Allegory of the Cave'

to be transcendent elements sent to teach important lessons turns out to be nothing more than images cast from puppets whose shado...

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...

Noble Enchaining the Soul as a Philosophical Proposition

human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...

The Republic by Plato and Justice According to Socrates

with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...

Concept of Justice According to Socrates

In five pages this paper examines Socrates' dialogue with Thrasymachus and considers his concept of justice as described in Plato'...

Soul's Role in Plato's The Republic and Phaedo

In ten pages this research paper examines Plato's portrayal of the soul as being imprisoned and how it relates to a harmonious sta...

Machiavelli and Socrates and the Notion 'All Men Should Act Justly'

In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...

Personal Knowledge and Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"

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

An Analysis of a Case Study Regarding a Life and Death Decision

Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...

The Theory of Forms and Parmenides' Change

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

Natural Law Theory Ring of Gyges

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

Plato's "Crito" and "Apology"/Augustine's Confessions

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

Plato's Gorgias and Phaedrus

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

Gender Inequality: Created By Social Institutions

119), including how girls play as compared with boys, friendship patterns, extracurricular involvement, cross-gender orientations ...

Gender in Beowulf

readers know that despite her monstrousness, Grendels mother is considered to be human (Porter). When Grendel enters the mead-ha...

What is Plato's Republic Really About?

is great interest. Plato looks at all of these things in his book The Republic. In Book I, justice is discussed and it is deemed ...

Race and Gender As Social Life Influences

456). Boas stated that "The physical inferiority of the Negro race, if it exists at all, is insignificant when compared to the wi...

Money and Erhardt Theories on Gender

and Erhardt studied a group of girls who had been wrongly identified as boys at birth, and originally raised as boys. They stated ...

Gender/Sexuality in 6 Films

the others, feels compelled to protect this young bit of innocence and humanity at all costs. The symbolic way that the child co...

Plato’s Cave and Sartre

without knowing that something solid existed humanity would not see or comprehend anything but shadows. When shown that the world ...

Gender Narrative in "Midnight's Children"

Consider: "So gradually Doctor Aziz came to have a picture of Naseem in his mind, a badly fitting collage of her severally inspect...

Plato's "Gorgias" - Positions Of Socrates And Callicles

cast them as slaves of the elite. This action of stripping an individuals inherent rights as a human being can be nothing other t...

Gender And Socialization: Nature Or Nurture?

in the field of child development have consistently found that this incongruous approach parents have toward their children begins...

Is Plato's Conception of Human Nature Accurate?

The most important characteristics of Platos concept of human nature revolve around freedom of will and ones existence. People ha...

Modern Gender Roles

Danica Patrick being stopped by a police officer. As the officer comes over, Danica begins to primp, suggesting that she will get ...

Plato's Contribution to Understanding Philosophy and Philosophers

academy the first university of its type, he was able to influence minds of the next generation and proliferate his ideas and meth...

Gender Stereotypes from Infancy

author notes interestingly, though not surprisingly, that 90% of the people who buy greeting cards are women. That, right there, i...

Counseling Ethnic Minorities

at once the most primitive and most efficient means of communication throughout time: the art of narration, or storytelling. Huma...

The Gendered Workplace and Workforce

has been filled. Kimmel (n.d.) states that today "or a colleague of the other sex who does the same job, for the same...

Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants,' James Thurber's 'The Unicorn in the Garden,' 'The Catbird Seat' and Gender Conflict

In 5 pages this paper examines how gender conflict is presented in these stories with Hemingway seemingly supporting conventional ...