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the affirmative to that and other questions. Later on Socrates will ask: "And, in your opinion, do those who think that they will ...

that leads Socrates to the conclusion that he will not be exiled from his beloved home, but would rather die a martyr for his beli...

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

Naucratis in Egypt there dwell one of the old gods of the country, the god to whom the bird called Ibis is sacred, his own name be...

Platonic love reflects the deepest love possible between two people, in that it does not abide by the notions of restriction, jeal...

that there is just one objective right way of doing things and on the other hand, there are many truths, is an enormous difference...

he means that this should apply to the average politician. Certainly, wisdom is seen as including morality. In terms of knowledge ...

than our enemies, but inferior morally" and people must work to make themselves stronger in all respects (Plato, 1970, p. 45). ...

terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...

between Psyche and her other two sisters was that Psyche was appreciably more beautiful than they. By all accounts, the sisters we...

Republic, 2002). Therefore, according to this theory, knowledge of anything and understanding of anything comes from examination ...

In ten pages this paper examines the debate on affirmative action from the viewpoint of Platonic philosophy. There are 6 sources ...

In five pages the theme of love is considered within the context of these authors and their tales. Three sources are cited in the...

Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...

without knowing that something solid existed humanity would not see or comprehend anything but shadows. When shown that the world ...

is great interest. Plato looks at all of these things in his book The Republic. In Book I, justice is discussed and it is deemed ...

"...no man will benefit from his profession unless he is paid as well" (Plato, 2003, p.28). One can easily see that Plato does not...

the topic of education. He says, "Next, said I, compare our nature in respect of education and its lack to such an experience as t...

are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...

higher than those with iron. Plato argued that this deception was necessary in order to maintain a stable society, and we ca...

academy the first university of its type, he was able to influence minds of the next generation and proliferate his ideas and meth...

The most important characteristics of Platos concept of human nature revolve around freedom of will and ones existence. People ha...

of law as it has manifest in the place of which he writes about. There is some action in this work. Yet, what the action is compr...

In five pages this paper discusses the connection between man's sins and the soul in this analysis of three levels of thought repr...

he considered to be the most significant reason society is its own opposing force. According to Hobbes, subjects of the omnipoten...

in the Peloponnesian War, which ended in a resounding defeat for Athens in 404 B.C. (Levinson ix-x). While it can be assumed that...

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...

In ten pages this paper applies the metaphysical tradition to an analysis of Existentialism and Basic Writings by Friedrich Nietzs...

who, even for women, is feminine perforce" (Hoff, 1997, p. 215). Indeed, Platos Symposium exemplifies the need for virtue w...