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prisoners were suddenly unshackled and forced to turn around and face the fire. To begin with, he would be blinded by its brillian...

In five pages Kaku's theory of the universe is compared and contrasted with Plato's cave allegory that is featured in Book VII of ...

In nine pages this paper examines Plato's polis design as featured in The Republic in an analysis of the significance he places up...

for an impartial judge; one who would not be swayed by public opinion and "hype" to pre-judge the tyrant. With themselves a...

In order to effectively answer this, they decide on the necessity for an impartial judge who could not be made to choose a biased ...

they have the capacity to attain a happy, or perfect, life. Essential to the perfect polis is the individuals capacity to strive ...

In five pages this report examines Plato's perspectives on leadership as they are reflected in The Republic. One source is cited ...

In four pages this paper examines how The Republic presents Plato's views regarding liberty and the perfect state. There are no o...

In five pages this paper considers Plato's reasons for writing Symposium in an examination of Alcibiades' speech creation. There ...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Plato's ideas regarding love with the views of Socrates and Aristophanes as expres...

In seven pages this paper examines Plato's Phaedo and The Republic in terms of how it portrays the philosopher's perspectives on d...

In nine pages this paper considers Plato's views regarding the soul's immortality as featured in three of his dialogues. There ar...

In six pages this paper considers Plato's text in its representation of the evil and unhappiness of the 'unjust' according to Socr...

In five pages this paper considers the purpose of Socrates' arguments as featured in three of Plato's dialogues. There are no oth...

on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...

the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...

of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...

to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...

call to action. Bruskin explains that "The essence of the period is that we were galvanized to do something." (32). While docume...

In five pages this paper examines Plato's views on human nature as they are presented in The Republic with the 'Good City,' societ...

In six pages this paper examines Plato's Gorgias which describes a philosophical dialogue between the title character and Socrates...

senate dinner, or basically a drinking party after the meal. Though it is certain that Plato took literary license with the dialog...

living" (Plato Crito 18-19). II. ABORTION To reach true happiness, Plato believed people must strive for a contentment tha...

concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...

he had dragged him out into the light of the sun" he would be distressed. For Socrates, the world above ground represents the othe...

much like ourselves. As this suggests, Socrates means to make it clear that this allegory has relevance to the realities of everyd...

would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...

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

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

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