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Essays 241 - 270
citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...
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...
blight on one of the strongest and wealthiest nations on Earth. The problems associated with poverty are tremendously complex and...
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...
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...
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...
perfect, despite what we observe. Forms are beyond this material world, for nothing that we can grasp in this world is perfect."3 ...
close relationships over great distances and for a long period of time, indefinitely, even with separations and loss of contact" (...
tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
was that they were certain and immutable. Also, knowledge must have as its objective that which is genuinely real as compared to t...
is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...
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...
are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...
Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...
attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...
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...
to the outside, the cave becomes a type of conduit, or birth canal which brings him into the life of actual knowledge. What one ca...
between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...
reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...
how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...
In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...
In five pages this paper examines Socrates' dialogue with Thrasymachus and considers his concept of justice as described in Plato'...
In ten pages this research paper examines Plato's portrayal of the soul as being imprisoned and how it relates to a harmonious sta...
This paper consists of five pages and argues that Socrates was a religious man despite arguments to the contrary and cites evidenc...
In four pages Plato's input is sought in the establishment of a new Dogwood constitution. Three sources are cited in the bibliogr...
In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...
In two pages this paper considers Plato's use of tetralogy organization in an overview of Books I and II of The Republic. There a...