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how the individual, the personality, that is a human being is likely never to experience an afterlife. In this we see that Flew do...
However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...
societys goods (Platos Political Theory, 2002). They were satisfied with their lives and held back from being passionate natured ...
wine and pleasure, and rejecting the cold and structured nature of Apollonian society. For them, to be human is to follow ones bas...
wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...
his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...
the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...
words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...
believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...
charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...
In a paper of thirteen pages, the writer looks at classical texts by Francis Bacon and Plato. The allegory of the cave and the fou...
Near-death experiences (NDE) have been reported since ancient times. Even Plato reported one. In recent decades, there have been t...
This essay pertain to the way Plato and Nietzsche perceived the character and philosophy of Socrates. Seven pages in length, five ...
had to be obtained by directing the students mind toward the discovery of what is real and important, then allowing them to deduce...
of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...
This essay reports on three adult learning theories and relates them to the writer's experience. The theories are Freire, Mezirow,...
moral fact by levying skepticism towards the basis of those moral truths and facts (Sinnott-Armstrong, 2011). For instance, one mi...
view is that the appetite for wisdom is the most noble of the possible forces that can drive humanity, and as such, the one which ...
background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...
also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...
In six pages this paper contrasts and compares these differing views on Socrates' trial for political subversion and execution. T...
In five pages these philosophers' views on the physical elements of fire, water, earth, and air are contrasted and compared. Five...
In seven pages these works are compared in reveal the three ways in which the Christian author of the 20th century may have been i...
For Socrates, and consequently Plato, the great business of life was conversation. He sought out everyone, and seizing upon some e...
In five pages this paper examines the dialogue between Socrates and Callicles regarding the arguments pertaining to happiness purs...
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 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)...