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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...
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...
In six pages this paper considers the self interest and justice arguments of Thrasymachus and Socrates in The Republic. One sourc...
as its model. Things are intellectually and emotionally captured by the understanding, not by the senses. The "Forms" of Things ...
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 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...
of life, Socrates contends that reason is as well. Socrates considers the difference between those things that can be understood ...
In eight pages this research paper examines reason as practically used by Socrates during his last days in his Crito dialogue. Fo...
concert with personality and the physical life. Plato dissects the soul in his own unique way. He did claim that all things have...
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...
rich this indicates why he sees a democracy as a deviant state as it is argued that the poor will be the dominant influence on the...
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? ...
about him, without the veil of nicety associated with polite conversation. Platos Gyges discovered the ring during a supern...
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...
soul has two principal parts. The first part of this argument is that nature inevitably follows a cyclical pattern. All vegetatio...
that can be grasped with the human mind, but not with human senses (Gill, 1996,p. 1). The first part of the Parmenides, Plato has...
advent of history. When women were allowed to work in the factories during World War II, it was found that the women were actually...
being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...
(Bosomolny, 2002). He founded the Pythagorean school of philosophy, mathematics and natural sciences. His teachings soon attract...
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...
when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...
(Saxonhouse, 1998). This is something thought not to lead to violence, but rather to a profound gentleness (Saxonhouse, 1998). In ...
important characteristics of Platos concept revolve around freedom of will and ones existence. People have the power to control t...
"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...
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...