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Essays 271 - 300
in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...
Naucratis in Egypt there dwell one of the old gods of the country, the god to whom the bird called Ibis is sacred, his own name be...
wiser (21a). This news confused Socrates greatly as he realized that he was not particularly wise. He, therefore, set out to find ...
Platonic love reflects the deepest love possible between two people, in that it does not abide by the notions of restriction, jeal...
What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...
that there is just one objective right way of doing things and on the other hand, there are many truths, is an enormous difference...
that leads Socrates to the conclusion that he will not be exiled from his beloved home, but would rather die a martyr for his beli...
the affirmative to that and other questions. Later on Socrates will ask: "And, in your opinion, do those who think that they will ...
"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...
he means that this should apply to the average politician. Certainly, wisdom is seen as including morality. In terms of knowledge ...
terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...
interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...
also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...
than our enemies, but inferior morally" and people must work to make themselves stronger in all respects (Plato, 1970, p. 45). ...
Tovald must deal with those of his subordinates. Despite his law background, he is employed as a bank manager and has a number of...
negative aspect to this competition, or that they would sabotage one anothers efforts out of jealousy....
Republic, 2002). Therefore, according to this theory, knowledge of anything and understanding of anything comes from examination ...
between Psyche and her other two sisters was that Psyche was appreciably more beautiful than they. By all accounts, the sisters we...
in the Peloponnesian War, which ended in a resounding defeat for Athens in 404 B.C. (Levinson ix-x). While it can be assumed that...
In five pages this research paper analyzes the theory of forms developed by Plato and then provides a defense of the philosopher's...
In five pages an analysis evaluates the accuracy of Socrates' description of the cave's prisoners as 'like ourselves.' There are ...
what it is that you "can do," and then doing that for the good of the group - in this case the city. The unification of the virtu...
In five pages this paper discusses the connection between man's sins and the soul in this analysis of three levels of thought repr...
he considered to be the most significant reason society is its own opposing force. According to Hobbes, subjects of the omnipoten...
threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...
In five pages this paper examines how individual strength increases as a result of security disturbance according to the writings ...
texts The Republic and Crito, Plato learned his lessons well. In both works, Plato theorizes what justice is through deductive re...
they have experienced the fact that the truth simply is and is not an "issue" or understanding that can be discovered. "Meno" As ...
In 5 pages the roots of justice are exposed in these respecitve works in which an imaginary dialogue between Moses, Mohammed, and ...
In five pages this paper compares the views expressed by these authors regarding women's role and the infinite nature of love. Fi...