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This narrative essay consisting of five pages rewrites the Apology of Plato and features Socrates' arguing to have his life spared...

leg only" (Plato). If this were true, if there were only one process in regards to life-death, then everything would ultimately co...

charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...

Socrates frequently alluded was the basis for his debates with Gorgias, contending that the degree of abstraction pursued by thoug...

is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...

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...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...

you not, such as you are, get your following together and sail beyond the seas? Did you not from your a far country carry off a lo...

how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...

reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...

between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...

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

In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...

to be transcendent elements sent to teach important lessons turns out to be nothing more than images cast from puppets whose shado...

like Hades and the underworld; Tiresias the blind seer; and other references to death and dying (Plato). They decide they have to...

In a type of author/character debate, Plato explores the premises of his theory by having Socrates debate them. Plato theorized ...

In seven pages the cave allegory featured in Plato's Republic is applied to contemporary U.S. political leadership. Four sources ...

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 order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

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...

the lyrics in modern songs, and in essence, the poets of today are Eminem and Jay Zee and Beyonce. Lyrics to emanate from these ar...

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...

In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...

This paper consists of five pages and argues that Socrates was a religious man despite arguments to the contrary and cites evidenc...

This paper compares and contrasts Machiavelli's The Prince and Plato's Republic. This eight page paper has seven sources listed in...

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...

role of rhetoric within the political arena. Therefore, "Rhetoric is the expressed genre of the second grammatical person" (545)....

In six pages this paper examines Plato's Gorgias which describes a philosophical dialogue between the title character and Socrates...