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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 argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...

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

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

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

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

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

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

with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...

is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...

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...

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...

ideas. As we shall soon see, through these speeches Plato seems to have reasoned out how it is that mankind make their way from th...

(Washington State University, 2004). Plato asserts that our perceptions are essentially "shadows" of real objects. In ot...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

a humans body. It sought to find pleasure and to find sustenance. "These appetites should not be allowed, to enslave the other ele...

of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...

at once managed for himself to become one of the envoys to the king ; upon arrival, having seduced his wife, with her help, he lai...

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

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

profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...

human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...

In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...

So for Plato, this idea extended into both personal and political ramifications. He reasoned that when an individual was doing th...

the immortal soul so that man can survive (PG). The mortal and the immortal soul were each housed in different areas in the body (...

of just what human nature represents in relation to mans actions. It has long been postulated that human nature is bound by defen...

In five pages the way in which Aristotle perceived the golden mean as described in Politics is discussed and also compared with Th...

it is not necessary that everybody feel compelled or obligated to do so. Moral Communitarianism The philosophy and scholarship of...

This 7 page paper explores three different philosophical concents: the design theory, Kant's theories of knowledge and Plato's ide...

This 5 page paper examines the way in which one can use the Socratic method to find the truth. The writer also discusses the conce...