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that the story being told is one that has been re-told so often that it is little more than hearsay, and it is from this "story of...

had to be obtained by directing the students mind toward the discovery of what is real and important, then allowing them to deduce...

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...

as well as the people. When one views the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for example, one hardly thinks ab...

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

he make it eternal anyway? Many people think of the universe as something that was eternal in the first place, irrespective of wha...

subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...

interprets the ideal of freedom and to what extent they live in their own psychological prisons. Social freedom means that one wil...

as people do want to know things and understand (1995). Both theorists do view education as important and place a particular empha...

a democracy. Plato contended that it would be impossible within a democracy to have the kind of harmony and societal unit...

be studied scientifically in order to derive the most rational, economic and efficient means of administering policy. The form is...

also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...

surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...

Lysias topic is love, which in the ancient Greek world referred to the love of a man for another man. Homosexuality was practiced...

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

qualities in the face of conflict or challenge. "Deliberate effort and the taking of thoughtful pains are required...Education, a...

his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

societys goods (Platos Political Theory, 2002). They were satisfied with their lives and held back from being passionate natured ...

charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...

words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

wine and pleasure, and rejecting the cold and structured nature of Apollonian society. For them, to be human is to follow ones bas...

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...

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 ...

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...