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'Unexamined Life' Concept of Socrates

In eight pages this paper examines Socrates' philosophical views on self examination and the importance of motivation within the i...

Socrates' Observation 'The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living'

only a satire of society and politics, it is also an example of ones examination of his life. Although this work is a satire, it ...

'An Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living' Contention of Socrates

Applying Socrates' philosophy to one's own life is the focus of this paper consisting of five pages. Four sources are cited in th...

Worthless 'Unexamined Life' According to Socrates

the two philosophers arose from the manifestation that Gorgias was forever attempting to read between the lines of what Socrates h...

'Unexamined Life' Philosophy of Socrates

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

Socrates' and Life's Objective

In three pages this paper discusses 'the pursuit of excellence' deemed by Socrates as life's goal. There are no other sources lis...

Beauty and Love According to Socrates as Represented in Symposium by Plato

In four pages this paper examines how beauty and love were conceptualized by Socrates as portrayed in Symposium by Plato through i...

Life and Death Concepts as Perceived by Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle

In six pages this research paper considers how the death concept was applied to the scheme of life through the classical Greek phi...

Philsophical Issues

ethical theory that supports killing off twice as many people to save half as many because you like them better. That is unethica...

Socrates, Aristotle, and Their Philosophies

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophies of Socrates and Aristotle with virtue concepts being the primary ...

Philosophy's Role and Defense of Socrates in Apology by Plato

In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...

Sophism and Apology by Plato

In five pages this paper examines Socrates' arguments regarding capital punishment and the sophist foundation that cements them....

Soul's Immortality in Meno by Plato

In four pages this paper discusses the soul's immortality as represented in Socrates' arguments that are featured in Meno by Plato...

Pursuing and Improving the Soul According to Socrates

control of the United States and establish a dictatorship. Most women in Gilead are infertile after repeated exposure to pesticide...

Principles for Life/Apology and Crito

if "what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or bad man" ("Apology" 28b)(Plato 32-33). In regards to how ...

Ivan Ilyich and Socrates

from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there w...

Contemporary Concept of Love Compared with Socrates' Idea Expressed in Plato's Symposium

In six pages this paper examines Socrates concept of love, then compares it with the contemporary interpretation before being inte...

Strepsiades, Socrates, and The Clouds by Aristophanes

on their own account." The disciple shows Strepsiades a globe used for astronomy and a map used for geometry. Strepsiades see...

Aristotle and the Idea of the "Good Life"

it mean for a person to be functioning well-or in this case, to be functioning to his highest capability? Its more than acquiring...

Philosophy Defined by Philosphers

explain why this is so. Descartes also questioned the ability of a dreamer to know whether or not he is dreaming. Many people do a...

Discovery and Life

health arena, creating instructional programs that help others learn more about threatening health conditions and preventative mea...

Open Mindedness and The Republic by Plato

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

Socrates' Life and Contributions to Philosophy

(Kemerling, 2002). Lacking professional teacher training, Socrates elected to do some "free-wheeling" by partaking of spirited di...

Socrates' Life and Relevance

things in the sky and below the earth, who makes the worse argument the stronger " (cited in Ross, 2000, p. PG). This is a formula...

Concept of Justice According to Socrates

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

Socrates' Life and Philosophies

In fourteen pages this paper examines Socrates in an overview of his life and philosophical views regarding law, religion, reason ...

Plato's Symposium and Euripides' Hippolytus on Eros or Love

In six pages this paper examines the Greek concept of eros or love as it is portrayed in these works by Plato and Hippolytus with ...

Propriety Rule, Socrates, and Confucius

In five pages Confucian concepts of 'man of humanity' and 'rule of propriety' are considered with the incorporation of Socrates' p...

Soul, Piety, Virtue, and Socrates' Philosophy

In seven pages this paper discuses Socrates' philosophy in an overview that includes his soul concept, what constitutes 'true' kno...

Ethics and Piety According to Socrates

In five pages Socrates' concepts of ethics, piety, and justice are discussed as they are represented in Plato's Crito and Euthyp...