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knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...

three characters (a stranger from Athens; Cleinias, from Crete; and Megillus, a Lacedaemonian) are discussing their various types ...

suggest that both love and hate can be taught (Plato). We can further extrapolate from that to conclude that if a nation is in har...

if he has acquired the knowledge he could not have acquired it in this life, unless he has been taught geometry; for he may be mad...

thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...

like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...

In six pages this report examines individual understanding of the world as considered in Plato's Phaedo, in the scientific inquiry...

In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...

In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...

In five pages this report discusses Plato's dialogues in terms of how Socrates regarded his philosophical role and how he was pres...

many partners and purveyors will be required to furnish them. One person will turn to another to supply a particular want, and fo...

would Hobbes be accepted in todays world? Would he fit in at all? These and other questions loom large. Still, each in their own w...

has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...

In eight pages this paper defends Plato's assertion regarding the immortality of the human soul with references made to his text P...

In ten pages this paper examines Plato's views on leadership and human nature as they manifest themselves in his Theory of Forms. ...

In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...

In 5 pages this paper discusses how leadership and education can have implications for the state in a consideration of Plato's fam...

In five pages the way in which Aristotle perceived the golden mean as described in Politics is discussed and also compared with Th...

of just what human nature represents in relation to mans actions. It has long been postulated that human nature is bound by defen...

it is not necessary that everybody feel compelled or obligated to do so. Moral Communitarianism The philosophy and scholarship of...

The role of critical thinking in American society has taken on greater importance in the 21st century. This paper relates the conc...

In five pages this paper examines four of Plato's dialogues in order to provide answers to various questions. There are no other ...

brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...

This 7 page paper explores three different philosophical concents: the design theory, Kant's theories of knowledge and Plato's ide...

This 5 page paper examines the way in which one can use the Socratic method to find the truth. The writer also discusses the conce...

In five pages this report examines the qualities of being human in terms of being and becoming in the individual and incorporates ...

ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...

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

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...