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Human Fulfillment Through Knowledge and Eros

Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...

'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...

Light, Shadows, and Puppets in Plato's 'Allegory of the Cave'

to be transcendent elements sent to teach important lessons turns out to be nothing more than images cast from puppets whose shado...

Greek Literature as Reflective of Greek Culture

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...

Ship of State Metaphor in Book VI of Plato's The Republic

reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...

Republic of Plato and 'the Just City'

how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...

Sports and Music in Book III of Plato's The Republic

between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...

Evil Disease of Crime Cured in Gorgias by Plato

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...

Sociopolitical Classes of Plato and Their Parallels

soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...

Republic by Plato and the 'Just City'

in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

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...

Divine Vies of Plato

n.d.). Plato did talk about God, in Timaeus, Plato said that if God made the world as perfect then the soul must be perfect, also ...

Plato's Examination of the Soul

In a paper that consists of eight pages Plato's interpretation of the soul and its parts are explored along with a discussion of t...

Soul Concepts of Plato

In a type of author/character debate, Plato explores the premises of his theory by having Socrates debate them. Plato theorized ...

Current American Leadership as Viewed by Plato

In seven pages the cave allegory featured in Plato's Republic is applied to contemporary U.S. political leadership. Four sources ...

Knowledge and Philosophy

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

Plato's Allegory of the Cave and the Film Men in Black

humans cannot readily draw on the human collective conscious, or the knowledge that exists in the universe, they had a glimpse of ...

James Conlon's Commentary on Plato's 'Scala Amoris'

individual to the spiritual and the universe. According to the scala amoris, then, love is that which in its highest and purest se...

Plato's View of Who Should Rule

for which they are talented. Here, it is thought that the rulers who are willing to rule, who go into the cave, who are vocal, are...

Do Metaphysical Spiritual Healers Have The Same Faith As Christ

healers could be executed (Healing Rays, 2007). In 1951, the Church made spiritual healing legal again but it is still tarnished w...

Western Medicine and Metaphysical Medicine

In forty five pages this paper presents a literature review in which the incorporation of eastern medical practices including t'ai...

Metaphysical Civilization And Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud

In fifteen pages this essay examines Freud's work in a basic overview and then offers a comparison between the society Freud was w...

Metaphysical Perspectives of Georges Bataille

teachings concerning the Void, which is expressed in the Upandishads and the Gita (Continuity/Discontinuity). From this viewpoint,...

Sample Application Letter for University of Chicago

and expansive the world and its peoples truly are. Because of the diversity to be found on the University of Chicago campus, as we...

The Tertiary Level of Prevention

family violence has occurred relate the importance of a community base and social support mechanisms for reducing recidivism by pe...

A Contract Law Case Study - David Lynch and the Melbourne Recital Group

The writer uses a case study supplied by the student to demonstrate the application of common law to an Australian contract case....

The Application of Game Theory

the market were large and there were a number f player then the situation may be a degenerate game, where the payoff will only be ...

Potential Strategy for Samsung

In a competitive environment a firm has to be able to adapt and adjust, understanding the environment within which it is operating...

Choosing an Application to Create Value within an International Organization

In order to manage their inventory, including management with the vendors, Wal-Mart utilize an Oracle database, the database is on...

Overview of Computer Aided Translation

translating those Internet sites that are in a language unfamiliar to the user. This quick translation is not intended to be that...