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In five pages a comparison and contrast of how these philosophers perceived political leadership are made by noting the difference...

-- but to deny their husbands sex until the men agree to sign a treaty. It is the women, therefore, who actually end the war. Rea...

In four pages this paper discusses the contemporary court system and considers Plato's philosophy on leadership as presented in Th...

unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

truly understand Gods word: "I ask Thee, my God: pardon my sins, and as Thou didst grant to Thy servant to speak those words, gran...

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

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

possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...

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

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

the preexistence of the soul, and the separate existence of forms work together or not? Thats a lot of questions to tackle, and to...

like Hades and the underworld; Tiresias the blind seer; and other references to death and dying (Plato). They decide they have to...

most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...

and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...

people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...

In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...

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

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

attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...

Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...

profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...

reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...

between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...

how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...

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

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

to the outside, the cave becomes a type of conduit, or birth canal which brings him into the life of actual knowledge. What one ca...