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In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...
In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...
you think, I should not have you, even if you asked to come...apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you" (Sophocles). ...
very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...
in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...
still perhaps not arriving at solid answers when his friend tells him he has to leave. Socrates tells him, "Alas! my companion, an...
of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...
as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...
he would take a dim view of Jason abandoning his duty to his wife and children in favor of selfish gain. The chorus would be the...
In seven pages this paper examines the life and works of Sophocles with the emphasis upon Antigone....
good gifts to their friends and family but often do not have the expenses which would allow them to do so. However, people may use...
The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...
illustrates his stance which is that people, even if they are lacking, do not have the right to coerce the wealthy. Thus, if someo...
This essay pertains to The Cave by Jose Saramago and presents the interpretation that the author stresses the similarities between...
Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...
distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees ...
surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...
(Sophocles). In this she is arguing how she has not followed the laws of "men" or even of the gods in this case, but rather per...
In six pages these societies are contrasted and compares as they relate to philosophies expressed in the Bible and the writings of...
In seven pages this paper considers how social isolation is represented in Philoctetes by Sophocles, Apology by Plato, and Night b...
In six pages The Book of Job from the Old Testament, Antigone by Sophocles, Crito and Apology by Plato, and The Clouds by Aristoph...
self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...
Brian Vickers portrays Plato as an intellectual Odysseus, stealthily stealing the rhetorical arsenal of the sophists and using it ...
Essentially, the allegory likens those who remain unaware of forms to prisoners chained in a cave, and they cannot turn their head...
This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...
In nine pages this report compares the philosophies on human nature as conceptualized by Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato with Plato'...
In five pages the differing political views between Plato and his one time philosophy student Aristotle are discussed with Plato's...
In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views on forms held by Plato as critiqued by Aristotle with references made to...