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In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Plato's ideas regarding love with the views of Socrates and Aristophanes as expres...
do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...
Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...
In five pages this paper examines the philosophical questions resulting from the dialogue between Meno and Socrates as presented i...
Plato's Apology is examined in 5 pages in a structural and rhetorical analysis of the philosopher's defense of his teacher Socrate...
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 paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...
Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...
are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...
could be products of society, but never the causes, or it would alter the objectivity of sociology as a science (Hamilton, 1995). ...
knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...
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...
ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...
Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...
wish, they have other freedoms that are perhaps not as obvious. Brave New World supports the hedonistic view. That is, Huxley (199...
his words appear incredibly arrogant and seem to stray off the topic, as the words illustrate his intelligence and depth more than...
In three pages this paper discusses the inquiry paradox employed by Socrates in Meno by Plato. There are no other sources listed....
In eight pages this research paper examines reason as practically used by Socrates during his last days in his Crito dialogue. Fo...
in violation of the law and acknowledged that he should be punished accordingly. His "apology" was not a request for forgiveness,...
on their own account." The disciple shows Strepsiades a globe used for astronomy and a map used for geometry. Strepsiades see...
have groomed themselves for heaven. They have made sure to live clean lives so their souls will be saved. Agnostics and atheists e...
still perhaps not arriving at solid answers when his friend tells him he has to leave. Socrates tells him, "Alas! my companion, an...
For example, Bostick (1935) makes copious use of footnotes, drawing on the works of Plato and Xenophon, who were two of Socrates d...
smartest beings when it comes to illustrating their capacity for cultivating and understanding knowledge; therefore, the value of ...
cast them as slaves of the elite. This action of stripping an individuals inherent rights as a human being can be nothing other t...
wiser (21a). This news confused Socrates greatly as he realized that he was not particularly wise. He, therefore, set out to find ...
interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...
"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...
threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...