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in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

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

can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...

In a paper that consists of eight pages Plato's interpretation of the soul and its parts are explored along with a discussion of t...

n.d.). Plato did talk about God, in Timaeus, Plato said that if God made the world as perfect then the soul must be perfect, also ...

humans cannot readily draw on the human collective conscious, or the knowledge that exists in the universe, they had a glimpse of ...

a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...

like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...

the lyrics in modern songs, and in essence, the poets of today are Eminem and Jay Zee and Beyonce. Lyrics to emanate from these ar...

the preexistence of the soul, and the separate existence of forms work together or not? Thats a lot of questions to tackle, and to...

fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...

has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...

most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...

she proved to me as I proved to him that, by my own showing, Love was neither fair nor good. " Here, the idea that love is powerfu...

brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...

has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...

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...

citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...

she taught him that the journey of the soul is to go from the immediate experience of the everyday world and ascend into a realm t...

a leader? How should a prince behave? Although the motive for Machiavelli writing this piece, and the application of this work to ...

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...

In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...

In ten pages this paper examines Plato's views on leadership and human nature as they manifest themselves in his Theory of Forms. ...

In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...

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 report examines individual understanding of the world as considered in Plato's Phaedo, in the scientific inquiry...

of human thinking and an awareness of what constitutes the basics of human nature. Their lessons and attitudes are still relevant ...

The role of critical thinking in American society has taken on greater importance in the 21st century. This paper relates the conc...

In seven pages this paper discusses the many components and perspectives on justice utilizing the categorical imperative of Immanu...