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Essays 241 - 270
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...
like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...
thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...
noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...
the physical in a dramatic and practical way. While Aristotle saw the heart as just a physical organ, he had an idea that seemed t...
like Hades and the underworld; Tiresias the blind seer; and other references to death and dying (Plato). They decide they have to...
off than those who remain in the cave. Before delving into an analysis, it pays to explore the allegory as laid out by Plato. Wh...
if he has acquired the knowledge he could not have acquired it in this life, unless he has been taught geometry; for he may be mad...
what was passing in the world around them, to the realm of re-presentative intellect. An external phenomenon is thus translated i...
In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...
could be products of society, but never the causes, or it would alter the objectivity of sociology as a science (Hamilton, 1995). ...
brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...
three characters (a stranger from Athens; Cleinias, from Crete; and Megillus, a Lacedaemonian) are discussing their various types ...
suggest that both love and hate can be taught (Plato). We can further extrapolate from that to conclude that if a nation is in har...
In ten pages this paper examines how women's societal roles are represented in Plato's The Apology, Dante's 'The Inferno,' William...
In four pages Plato's input is sought in the establishment of a new Dogwood constitution. Three sources are cited in the bibliogr...
This paper consists of five pages and argues that Socrates was a religious man despite arguments to the contrary and cites evidenc...
In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...
In five pages this paper examines Socrates' dialogue with Thrasymachus and considers his concept of justice as described in Plato'...
In ten pages this research paper examines Plato's portrayal of the soul as being imprisoned and how it relates to a harmonious sta...
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...
This paper compares and contrasts Machiavelli's The Prince and Plato's Republic. This eight page paper has seven sources listed in...
In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...
for an impartial judge; one who would not be swayed by public opinion and "hype" to pre-judge the tyrant. With themselves a...
In order to effectively answer this, they decide on the necessity for an impartial judge who could not be made to choose a biased ...
they have the capacity to attain a happy, or perfect, life. Essential to the perfect polis is the individuals capacity to strive ...
In five pages this paper considers Plato's reasons for writing Symposium in an examination of Alcibiades' speech creation. There ...
In five pages this paper compares Plato's perspectives on democracy with Marx's concepts of capitalism. There are 4 other sources...
In five pages this paper compares modern science's concept of reality with Plato's Theory of Forms and how they relate to understa...