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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...
when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...
In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...
quickly taking over the world, leaving no room for anything else" (Williams, Dustin and McKenney, 2004). In his view, we were leav...
the natural world. Nature, he asserts, is secretive, but at the same time it is human beings who will eventually be able to unlock...
pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...
In eight pages this paper discusses social reformation in a contrast and comparison of the philosophies of Plato and Confucius....
Firstly, one might suppose that Thoreau would support the Occupy Wall Street protests due to his assertion that individuals should...
American people, Thoreau argues that the government "does not settle the West. It does no educate" that it is the American people...
In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's views on railroads through an analysis of Walden passages....
as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...
is it essential for human flourishing? The online edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary [http://www.merriam-webster.com] defin...
equated with worth. Work is the standard by which the content of ones character is judged. There is a pervasive conception that in...
of the soil" (Thoreau 326). In one of most famous lines in his text, Thoreau writes that "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desp...
The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...
new found perception to inform his discussion of why he was in jail in the first place. Thoreau objected to the fact that slavery ...
requirements of the wilderness can be defined as the "difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony" ...
challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...
and the construction company wants to get on with their job of building whatever. Henry David Thoreau, in Walden Pond, written i...
In nine pages this paper examines the role of personal morality in attaching meaning to life in a comparative analysis of Meno and...
In nine pages this report compares the philosophies on human nature as conceptualized by Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato with Plato'...
In five pages the differing political views between Plato and his one time philosophy student Aristotle are discussed with Plato's...
In five pages this research paper examines how Parmenides' Eleatic philosophy was used by Aristotle and Plato as a way for reality...
imposed boundaries. He asks, "What sort of a country is that where the huckleberry fields are private property? When I pass such f...
it is immoral to allow oneself to be associated with a gross injustice. In his essay, Thoreau refers particularly to the Mexican W...
personality was bolder and more action-oriented than Emersons. He was far more progressive and activist than Emerson on the anti-s...
other people, and from the conventions that bind us together. We might also consider the way in which Thoreau considers his hous...
gets. If anything Thoreau gives us an emotional warning, He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useles...
of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...
examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...