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of human thinking and an awareness of what constitutes the basics of human nature. Their lessons and attitudes are still relevant ...

In a paper consisting of three pages it is contemplated what Russell's reaction to Plato's efforts to account for nature of realit...

In five pages Socrates' concepts of ethics, piety, and justice are discussed as they are represented in Plato's Crito and Euthyp...

In five pages this paper examines the philosophical questions resulting from the dialogue between Meno and Socrates as presented i...

It is important for to understand that there exist a great many philosophies by which people live their lives. These philosophies...

In eleven pages this paper compares how advertising uses music with Plato's music utilization theory. Eleven sources are cited in...

In six pages arguments which dispute Plato's theory of ideas or forms as represented in The Republic are presented. Four sources ...

In five pages this paper discusses how human standards can be lived up to in a consideration of the Old Testament's unrighteousnes...

In seven pages this paper discusses the many components and perspectives on justice utilizing the categorical imperative of Immanu...

impious act. Euthyphro replies to Socrates claiming "I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a re...

do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...

tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...

close relationships over great distances and for a long period of time, indefinitely, even with separations and loss of contact" (...

citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...

it would seem. Socrates agrees for he sees that by having such an argument with Euthyphro he may find a better way to plead his ow...

In six pages good and evil are examined along with Plato's assertion that evil is not knowingly committed by man. There are no ot...

perfect, despite what we observe. Forms are beyond this material world, for nothing that we can grasp in this world is perfect."3 ...

role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...

pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

was that they were certain and immutable. Also, knowledge must have as its objective that which is genuinely real as compared to t...

then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...

know what they, themselves, look like. One day, one of the people breaks free from the chains and makes it back to the outside o...

for which they are talented. Here, it is thought that the rulers who are willing to rule, who go into the cave, who are vocal, are...

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

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...

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

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...

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