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for Plato and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily...

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...

a patriarchal world would be a gross understatement and one that would also be staunchly supported by the likes of both Bertrande ...

interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

that the story being told is one that has been re-told so often that it is little more than hearsay, and it is from this "story of...

sported the slogan "Challenge Authority." To many, it had little meaning. That is because the majority of people are sheep. They d...

how the individual, the personality, that is a human being is likely never to experience an afterlife. In this we see that Flew do...

Justice are just a few of the high visibility positions now occupied by women. This accomplishment is, however, very limited by w...

is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...

a leader? How should a prince behave? Although the motive for Machiavelli writing this piece, and the application of this work to ...

He saw the changing world and the things within it as mere shadows or reflections of a separate world of independently existing, e...

to see an Etruscan woman naked, nor for her to be seen naked. And, in terms of using their sexuality, "They do not share their cou...

the amount of knowledge that anyone has very little to do with doing things that are wrong. Now, understandably, we can see wher...

patently incorrect assumption or definition. Socrates exercises in dialogue and thinking are not entirely negative and are certa...

life fulfillment and that a disabled individual should be allowed to die because their quality of life will not allow them to find...

values, and sin versus redemption. The cycle of Pips life illustrates how Pip went from being an innocent boy, into being an arrog...

also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...

character of the leader nor of his ability to lead. The book is essentially about how a leader can be at his best. While it is tru...

are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...

the individual and a definition of justice. There are three classes for the state to function properly: artisans, who are skilled ...

only thing that is known is what is presently occurring. In other words, if something is out of ones eyesight and experience, it i...

Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...

interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...

In eight pages this paper discusses menstrual blood, also known as 'the curse,' and how it influences female social status. Five ...

In eight pages this paper examines how the views of Aristotle and Plato on God's existence, poetics, and forms concepts differed. ...

In five pages this paper discusses Philebus by Plato in terms of how it represents the philosopher's views on pleasure. Nine sour...

to Locke. Locke was able to succinctly describe and honor the Enlightenment in his belief in the middle class and its right to fre...

In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...

In ten pages the political theory and government structural views of Thomas Hobbes and Plato are compared and contrasted as they a...