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Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...

This essay pertain to the way Plato and Nietzsche perceived the character and philosophy of Socrates. Seven pages in length, five ...

is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...

childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...

manifestation that Gorgias was forever attempting to read between the lines of what Socrates had to say, perpetually wondering if ...

Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...

ethical theory that supports killing off twice as many people to save half as many because you like them better. That is unethica...

a person even know if those opinions are really yours or the opinions of others which you have adopted as your own without testing...

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...

wiser (21a). This news confused Socrates greatly as he realized that he was not particularly wise. He, therefore, set out to find ...

guidance that gives meaning for man. Rather, as he explains, mans actions and intellectual activity seem to provide meaning. This ...

ground, whether that is through dialectical discourse or reason (1994). Barber claims that neither approach leaves any room for po...

this chapter, the highest normative principle involves the idea that "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happ...

the gods and sensible men, that you must worship it" (Plato, 51a). Therefore, Socrates clearly and evidently reveres the s...

teaching, in which he pretended not to know the answers to questions, so that students would come to understanding on their own. ...

as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...

millennia worth of philosophical comprehension of mans existence. For those who depend upon traditional practice to shepherd them...

The writer discusses the moral and ethical positions of several philosophers including Ayer, Smith, Mackie, Socrates and Glaucon. ...

student sees in relationship to what the image can present: "but of the ideas which they resemble; not of the figures which they d...

of fire (The New York Times, 2008). He lived during the late fifth century BC (The New York Times, 2008). The Eleatic school for i...

if they were not a part of society then it would be obvious that God did not exist. In relationship to what other philosophers fro...

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

First, Socrates, who is obviously the focus of the painting, is sitting up, still teaching as shown by his raised left hand. Hes m...

twenty-first century. Climate changes represent one of the top three biggest greenhouse-related health problems because of the wa...

always do the good" and, therefore, is someone goes astray, it is because they lack the knowledge of how to "act rightly" (Shiraev...

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

individuality and happiness are intrinsically related, as the achievement of personal happiness is associated with obtaining the i...

As in most of his essays, Freud (1952), in Civilization and its Discontents, wrestles with human nature and why there is such a ch...

David: So you can be popular? Allen: Yeah. David: Why do you want to be popular Allen? I know everyone wants to be popular in h...

beings. Euthyphro would of course agree with that sentiment and oppose Socrates on this matter. The gods of course are powerful. W...