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Essays 151 - 180
"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...
people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...
or sight) was subjected to each individuals standards of judgment. Whereas concrete facts were not changeable or subject to ones i...
In five pages this paper analyzes truth in these works in a consideration of the axiological, ontological, and epistemological arg...
In seven pages this paper presents a comparative analysis of these theorists' philosophies and how each of them would critique the...
when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...
to discern between what is true and what is opinion has led humanity toward incredible advances in knowledge over the last several...
dawn of the 21st century Wal-Mart has emerged as just this kind of world-transforming economic institution, setting the pattern fo...
pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...
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...
is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...
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. ...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
was that they were certain and immutable. Also, knowledge must have as its objective that which is genuinely real as compared to t...
citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...
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 six pages this report examines individual understanding of the world as considered in Plato's Phaedo, in the scientific inquiry...
many partners and purveyors will be required to furnish them. One person will turn to another to supply a particular want, and fo...
In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...
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...
In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...
In ten pages this paper examines Plato's views on leadership and human nature as they manifest themselves in his Theory of Forms. ...
do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...
impious act. Euthyphro replies to Socrates claiming "I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a re...
close relationships over great distances and for a long period of time, indefinitely, even with separations and loss of contact" (...
tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...
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...