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

many partners and purveyors will be required to furnish them. One person will turn to another to supply a particular want, and fo...

would Hobbes be accepted in todays world? Would he fit in at all? These and other questions loom large. Still, each in their own w...

In six pages good and evil are examined along with Plato's assertion that evil is not knowingly committed by man. There are no ot...

it would seem. Socrates agrees for he sees that by having such an argument with Euthyphro he may find a better way to plead his ow...

citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...

In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...

In six pages this report examines individual understanding of the world as considered in Plato's Phaedo, in the scientific inquiry...

In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...

In five pages this report discusses Plato's dialogues in terms of how Socrates regarded his philosophical role and how he was pres...

In ten pages this paper examines Plato's views on leadership and human nature as they manifest themselves in his Theory of Forms. ...

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...

tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...

do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...

impious act. Euthyphro replies to Socrates claiming "I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a re...

Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...

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...

was that they were certain and immutable. Also, knowledge must have as its objective that which is genuinely real as compared to t...

of his text The Republic, Plato presents one of Western civilizations most accurate conceptualizations of the tremendous influence...

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Plato's theories of Forms. Parmenides' views on change provide a counterpoint. Paper ...

Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...

for the student of psychology to develop a well-rounded and complete understanding of the discipline, it is necessary to study bot...

wish, they have other freedoms that are perhaps not as obvious. Brave New World supports the hedonistic view. That is, Huxley (199...

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

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

This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...

This essay pertains to Plato's perception of rhetoric and the role of eros, as indicated by his texts Gorgias and Phaedrus. Five p...