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what it is that you "can do," and then doing that for the good of the group - in this case the city. The unification of the virtu...
how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...
in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...
of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...
a familiar kind of Socratic dialogue about justice, just as the Euthyphro is about piety and the Meno is about virtue. The Republi...
self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...
as a teacher, is to free his students from the cave and metaphorically drag them into the sunlight. The selection from Phaedo reco...
In five pages this paper examines Plato's views on human nature as they are presented in The Republic with the 'Good City,' societ...
In six pages the arguments of city vs. state, the individual, and soul and spirit that are raised in Hegel's Introduction to the P...
as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...
at once managed for himself to become one of the envoys to the king ; upon arrival, having seduced his wife, with her help, he lai...
good gifts to their friends and family but often do not have the expenses which would allow them to do so. However, people may use...
Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...
In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views on forms held by Plato as critiqued by Aristotle with references made to...
In five pages The Republic is used to examine how Plato reveals what constitutes a perfect city in his view. There are no other s...
In five pages analogy is defined and then related to these two philosophers as they are used in Rousseau's The Social Contract and...
In six pages arguments which dispute Plato's theory of ideas or forms as represented in The Republic are presented. Four sources ...
In seven pages this paper discusses the many components and perspectives on justice utilizing the categorical imperative of Immanu...
In five pages the way in which Aristotle perceived the golden mean as described in Politics is discussed and also compared with Th...
is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...
to be transcendent elements sent to teach important lessons turns out to be nothing more than images cast from puppets whose shado...
In five pages this paper examines political rule in a consideration of knowledge, wisdom, and morality in Plato's The Republic. T...
In two pages this paper considers Plato's use of tetralogy organization in an overview of Books I and II of The Republic. There a...
soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...
In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...
In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...
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...
has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...
with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...
reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...