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Essays 301 - 330
n.d.). Plato did talk about God, in Timaeus, Plato said that if God made the world as perfect then the soul must be perfect, also ...
and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...
can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...
what was passing in the world around them, to the realm of re-presentative intellect. An external phenomenon is thus translated i...
people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...
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 a paper that consists of eight pages Plato's interpretation of the soul and its parts are explored along with a discussion of t...
in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...
In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...
In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...
In six pages this report examines individual understanding of the world as considered in Plato's Phaedo, in the scientific inquiry...
In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...
In five pages this report discusses Plato's dialogues in terms of how Socrates regarded his philosophical role and how he was pres...
individual to the spiritual and the universe. According to the scala amoris, then, love is that which in its highest and purest se...
his fathers murder was Claudius elaborate conspiracy to become King, but he lacked sufficient proof to support his theory. When t...
many partners and purveyors will be required to furnish them. One person will turn to another to supply a particular want, and fo...
In ten pages this paper examines Plato's views on leadership and human nature as they manifest themselves in his Theory of Forms. ...
of human thinking and an awareness of what constitutes the basics of human nature. Their lessons and attitudes are still relevant ...
do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...
tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...
impious act. Euthyphro replies to Socrates claiming "I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a re...
role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...
pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...
have been discussed in the past and are relatively well known are based on the worst instincts of human nature which seem to defy ...
was that they were certain and immutable. Also, knowledge must have as its objective that which is genuinely real as compared to t...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...
to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...
call to action. Bruskin explains that "The essence of the period is that we were galvanized to do something." (32). While docume...
a humans body. It sought to find pleasure and to find sustenance. "These appetites should not be allowed, to enslave the other ele...