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of the perceptions of others. It is only the question of whether or not seeming and being are one in the same or whether there is...
In six pages this paper considers the self interest and justice arguments of Thrasymachus and Socrates in The Republic. One sourc...
or so it might seem. But when they return; of course, they are blinded. They may know all and they may have seen all-- but perhaps...
of life, Socrates contends that reason is as well. Socrates considers the difference between those things that can be understood ...
Fact versus fiction is the focus of this analysis of theses classical texts in an essay consisting of two pages. There are no oth...
Plato demonstrates Socratess reason for remaining imprisoned even though he had opportunity to escape and the Phaedo addresses phi...
In three pages this paper discusses how Socrates can be studied by reading the dialogues of his most famous student. There are no...
In five pages this paper examines Socrates' arguments regarding capital punishment and the sophist foundation that cements them....
in violation of the law and acknowledged that he should be punished accordingly. His "apology" was not a request for forgiveness,...
In eight pages this research paper examines reason as practically used by Socrates during his last days in his Crito dialogue. Fo...
prisoners there is a raised way; and you will see, if you look, a low wall built along the way, like the screen which marionette p...
soul has two principal parts. The first part of this argument is that nature inevitably follows a cyclical pattern. All vegetatio...
when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...
Rule, was developed as a handbook for new monks entering his order. There are a number of chapters in the rule, most of which pert...
text in which he is painstakingly honest, demonstrates that his spiritual path was not easy. It is clear from the beginning that t...
idea that concepts and forms had to begin somewhere. How does one know that they are looking at a pink, or a red, or a blue item? ...
the fomentation of rebellion, and to encourage individuals to occupy themselves with private rather than state matters. He saw it ...
(Bosomolny, 2002). He founded the Pythagorean school of philosophy, mathematics and natural sciences. His teachings soon attract...
about him, without the veil of nicety associated with polite conversation. Platos Gyges discovered the ring during a supern...
Conceptions of Virtue). Furthermore, it was Plato who argued that love was the essential ingredient in the good life because love...
sense of the word. The name of the dialogue derives from the Greek word "apologia," which literally translated means defense, or a...
"clearness and accuracy" (336d). He elaborates in section 338c that while there are different forms of governments, each one "defi...
inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, the only life worth living" (Frost, 1962, 84). As this de...
(4e). Intrigued by this conclusion, Socrates implores Euthyphro to share with him his definition of piety, distinguishing betwee...
deep down, but on the surface they are essentially chained and shackled. They are in the dark about a lot of things because they c...
concert with personality and the physical life. Plato dissects the soul in his own unique way. He did claim that all things have...
"I easily understand that, if some body exists, with which my mind is so conjoined and united as to be able, as it were, to consid...
adversely influencing the minds of young boys. Augustines autobiographical Confessions ponders the external social threats of sex...
have been utilized in both historical and contemporary politics: (a) The use of diplomacy and the formation of coalitions; (b) Vio...
Victorinus by Plato. This seems to have moved Augustine from the point of simply musing about immortality into an assurance about ...