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self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...

or so it might seem. But when they return; of course, they are blinded. They may know all and they may have seen all-- but perhaps...

"clearness and accuracy" (336d). He elaborates in section 338c that while there are different forms of governments, each one "defi...

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

inseparable from its body, or at any rate that certain parts of it are" (Aristotle "On the Soul" 21). Aristotles view of the soul...

Analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act V, Scene ii), As You Like It (Act II, Scene vii), Richard III (Act I, Scene ii), The...

This paper discusses different parts of Plato's Republic. There is a discussion of natural law legal theory and legal positivist t...

unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...

academy the first university of its type, he was able to influence minds of the next generation and proliferate his ideas and meth...

for which they are talented. Here, it is thought that the rulers who are willing to rule, who go into the cave, who are vocal, are...

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

with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...

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

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

a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...

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

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

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...

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

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

fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...

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...

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 report examines Plato's perspectives on leadership as they are reflected in The Republic. One source is cited ...

In four pages this paper examines how The Republic presents Plato's views regarding liberty and the perfect state. There are no o...

In five pages this paper compares modern science's concept of reality with Plato's Theory of Forms and how they relate to understa...

In six pages the arguments of city vs. state, the individual, and soul and spirit that are raised in Hegel's Introduction to the P...

In five pages this paper examines Socrates' dialogue with Thrasymachus and considers his concept of justice as described in Plato'...