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This paper examines the history of philosophy and philosophers. The author discusses key figures in philosophy such as Aristotle,...

In six pages these societies are contrasted and compares as they relate to philosophies expressed in the Bible and the writings of...

upon expressing an objective truth. For example, approving of an action and stating that the action is right can be construed as ...

In 5 pages this text by Plato is analyzed in terms of the differences between pleasure and love and also considers why a Socratic ...

In five pages this paper examines Plato and de Tocqueville's views regarding democracy in a contrast and comparison of what democr...

In five pages this paper discusses the philosophies of God as espoused by Socrates and Aristotle in a comparison and contrast of A...

Crito by Plato is the subject of this paper, which takes the form of an overview of what the author's characters concluded. This p...

In seven pages this paper discusses Athenian democracy in terms of concept, the 'Constitution' of Aristotle, the criticisms of Pla...

Since approximately 700 B. C., astronomy had a great deal to do with keeping time (PG). Natural periods of time were generated th...

he did not know the true cause of an action he would readily admit to not knowing. This should not be mistaken however for a will...

In eight pages this paper examines how the views of Aristotle and Plato on God's existence, poetics, and forms concepts differed. ...

(Garrett(1)). In addition these gods possess many human traits such as jealousy and envy. As Garrett(1) states, "These gods, mo...

it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...

Indeed, one might readily surmise that Plato believed man was a product of how "own imperfect understanding of nature, of our igno...

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

as the original Greek legal process aspired to achieve such status, it can readily be said that its integrity has been severely co...

a body" (Aristotle), Plato illustrates his inability to see beyond mankinds mortal connection, opting instead to focus upon a deci...

that love is beautiful and love is a god by showing them the true nature of love and the use love can be to humankind....

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...

is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...

essential to the happiness of a man - having something worth living for is as important as having something worth dying for (Bloom...

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...

is supplemented by innate elements of the intellect (DeLouth, 2002). This theory keyed into the nature-nurture debate. Skipping ...

how the individual, the personality, that is a human being is likely never to experience an afterlife. In this we see that Flew do...

no matter how insignificant or trite they may seem. However, it would seem that he believed that there were at least two types of ...

right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...

the amount of knowledge that anyone has very little to do with doing things that are wrong. Now, understandably, we can see wher...

Plato emphasizes the importance of maintaining self control in the face of eros, the importance of purging the passions of the fle...

theory of "seeing is believing" and that something must be touched in order to be a reality. According to Goellnitz, one s...