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

adversely influencing the minds of young boys. Augustines autobiographical Confessions ponders the external social threats of sex...

still perhaps not arriving at solid answers when his friend tells him he has to leave. Socrates tells him, "Alas! my companion, an...

pious is to act like him, and not tolerate any ill act. Socrates wants more detail. Euthyphro says that what pleases the gods is ...

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

can be found in many church doctrines today (Fisher, 2006). Augustine was a seeker of truth throughout his life (Smitha, 1998). H...

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...

not be found unless it were in ones memory. Chapter XIX tells what it is to remember. In Augustines...

In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...

This paper consists of five pages and argues that Socrates was a religious man despite arguments to the contrary and cites evidenc...

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...

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

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

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

noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...

of death, as well as the mystery of death. This establishes a foundation from which we can learn, especially considering that Nula...

Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...

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

African parents. His mother was Catholic and his father converted to Christianity in his later years. As a boy, Augustine studied ...

This paper consists of six pages and considers how Manicheism is gradually rejected by St. Augustine in an examination of the fift...

In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...

In six pages The Book of Job from the Old Testament, Antigone by Sophocles, Crito and Apology by Plato, and The Clouds by Aristoph...

his writings (Levinson x). Socrates would continue to dominate Platos personal and professional lives for years to come, and woul...

around, arousing them and persuading them. He illustrates how people are often irritated by him because they feel they have been r...

if "what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or bad man" ("Apology" 28b)(Plato 32-33). In regards to how ...

In eight pages this paper analyzes how Plato's methods as they involve truth are considered in an examination of this trio of dial...

it is interesting to note that the heros first name is the same as both Apuleius himself, as well as the name of the author from w...

In five pages St. Augustine's Confessions is examined in an overview that includes the theologian's views about the natural, physi...

In six pages Dante's 'Divine Comedy,' 'Beowulf,' 'Song of Roland,' and Augustine's 'Confessions' are examined in terms of gaining ...

that it does not exist, a word can be a sign that signifies nothing. God, on the other hand, is omnipotent. He is omnificent. T...