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Forms According to the Theories of Aristotle and Plato

perfect, despite what we observe. Forms are beyond this material world, for nothing that we can grasp in this world is perfect."3 ...

Love According to Plato

close relationships over great distances and for a long period of time, indefinitely, even with separations and loss of contact" (...

Was Socrates a Patriot or a Traitor?

tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...

Plato's Gorgias and Phaedrus

This essay pertains to Plato's perception of rhetoric and the role of eros, as indicated by his texts Gorgias and Phaedrus. Five p...

Plato's "Crito" and "Apology"/Augustine's Confessions

This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...

The Theory of Forms and Parmenides' Change

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Plato's theories of Forms. Parmenides' views on change provide a counterpoint. Paper ...

Quine's "On What There Is"

possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...

Achilles and Socrates

ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...

The Apology, Antigone and the Concept of Virtue

in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...

Did Plato Influence St. Augustine

truly understand Gods word: "I ask Thee, my God: pardon my sins, and as Thou didst grant to Thy servant to speak those words, gran...

Plato's Allegory of the Cave: A Metaphysical View

would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images" (Plato, 1969. p. 409). He then likens the philosopher to a prisoner who ...

Happiness and Individuality According to Socrates and Huxley

wish, they have other freedoms that are perhaps not as obvious. Brave New World supports the hedonistic view. That is, Huxley (199...

Psychology and Philosophy

for the student of psychology to develop a well-rounded and complete understanding of the discipline, it is necessary to study bot...

An Analysis of a Case Study Regarding a Life and Death Decision

Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...

An Analysis of Digging

the arrangement of words he so enjoyed shaping. "Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests: snug as a gun. Under my win...

Kaplan, Imperial Grunts

to see Bissells point as Kaplan defines imperialism as "a form of isolationism, in which the demand for absolute, undefiled securi...

Roots & Wings/York, Early Childhood Education

such as the idea that young children do not notice or understand bias. Chapter three discusses racism, addressing key questions an...

Quantum Healing: By Deepak Chopra

has written; there are even video and audio cassettes/DVDs explaining his approach to healing. As with his other publications, Qua...

Durability of the Republic/A Proposed Invention

very inception of the country. The fact that many Americans of that era found the idea of Washington being made king appealing ind...

The California Gold Rush & the coming of the Civil War

Berkeley and Davis. He also taught at the San Francisco State College and the University of Hawaii. Richards is the author of seve...

Review of "Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society"

of the group of Detroits new competition. The purpose of the many trips to Japan was to "find out why the Japanese automakers wer...

Herbert Gans/Urban Villagers

slum" and while its residents had their own problems, these difficulties did not evolve from living in this neighborhood (Gans xiv...

Sports Betting: Tie-In To The Lottery For Boosting States' Educational Coffers

for students who could not afford their own passage through college. "What foundation is this from?" asked Lance, quite stunned a...

The Likely Effects Of E-Commerce On The Future Of Book Publishing

issues may still have the potential for a very large impact. The idea of the e-book is that a book may be bought in electronic f...

Amazon; Expansion and the Future of the Printed Book

This 3 page paper is written in two parts. The first part considers the potential of Amazon to expand into ore product lines. The ...

Paulo Coelho/The Alchemist

he meets, as well as the lessons that he learns. This plot sounds simplistic and stereotypical, and in many ways this is true; how...

Wright: "The Challenge of Jesus"

and lay persons; those he calls the "next generation of thinking Christians" (Wright). In order to reach these people, however, he...

Book Report on 3 Books

Jewish. The student could also state they did not know he was German. What were the weaknesses, failures, or disappointments for t...

Book Report on 3 Books

one down. It is a story of hope in a world where there is hunger and darkness. It is an uplifting book because Oliver goes through...

The Importance Of Nehemiah

out by Nehemiah in two sets, initially and then, upon his return (Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897). The Book of Nehemiah informs t...