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In three pages this paper discusses how Socrates can be studied by reading the dialogues of his most famous student. There are no...
Plato demonstrates Socratess reason for remaining imprisoned even though he had opportunity to escape and the Phaedo addresses phi...
For Socrates, and consequently Plato, the great business of life was conversation. He sought out everyone, and seizing upon some e...
In ten pages this trio of philosophers and their philosophies are contrasted and compared. Ten sources are cited in the bibliogra...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...
In 10 pages this paper considers how these philosophers would view the contemporary problem of drug abuse. There are 7 sources ci...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how this trio of philosophers perceived the soul and reality in a consideration of...
In five pages this paper discusses the text's featured conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro as it pertains to piety and tru...
In five pages this paper examines the dialogue between Socrates and Callicles regarding the arguments pertaining to happiness purs...
In 5 pages these 2 Greek philosophers are contrasted in terms of their teaching differences. There are 4 sources cited in the bib...
of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...
In eight pages this paper examines these 3 primary Greek philosophers in a contrast and comparison of their similarities and diffe...
In six pages Socrates arguments, counterarguments and the great philosopher's defense techniques are examined. Four sources are c...
here, but Platos position that it is necessary to experience a thing in order to have knowledge of it informs the reading of The R...
influential thinkers of the ancient age. Despite their obvious inter-related lives, they still had significantly differing opinio...
of the United States. Without the philosophies of those that lived in the centuries prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence...
In five pages this paper examines a hypothetical contemporary dialogue between these 3 philosophers on how daily life features vir...
In five pages this report examines the similarities that exist between past and present world conflicts. Three sources are cited ...
is often called the father of Western philosophy, reinforces a legal system that survives to this day in the United States, and in...
In five pages this paper examines concepts featured in 'Myth of the Cave' and The Apology and also considers 'The Death of Ivan Il...
In eight pages the philosophies of these great ancient Greek thinkers on these topics are examined with terms including peitho, ag...
(Bosomolny, 2002). He founded the Pythagorean school of philosophy, mathematics and natural sciences. His teachings soon attract...
about him, without the veil of nicety associated with polite conversation. Platos Gyges discovered the ring during a supern...
the fomentation of rebellion, and to encourage individuals to occupy themselves with private rather than state matters. He saw it ...
Conceptions of Virtue). Furthermore, it was Plato who argued that love was the essential ingredient in the good life because love...
rich this indicates why he sees a democracy as a deviant state as it is argued that the poor will be the dominant influence on the...
sense of the word. The name of the dialogue derives from the Greek word "apologia," which literally translated means defense, or a...
idea that concepts and forms had to begin somewhere. How does one know that they are looking at a pink, or a red, or a blue item? ...
soul has two principal parts. The first part of this argument is that nature inevitably follows a cyclical pattern. All vegetatio...
that can be grasped with the human mind, but not with human senses (Gill, 1996,p. 1). The first part of the Parmenides, Plato has...