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his words appear incredibly arrogant and seem to stray off the topic, as the words illustrate his intelligence and depth more than...

the issue of rights we may start with the theoretical foundation of the role that rights and the way these are seen in terms of e...

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

being suppressed both physically and emotionally for years by brutal treatment, Celie blossoms under the sunshine of Shugs love. A...

In a paper of thirteen pages, the writer looks at classical texts by Francis Bacon and Plato. The allegory of the cave and the fou...

In ten pages this paper compares contemporary Christianity and the writings of Alan Jones and Paul Tillich with the Theory of Form...

could only have known him in his last years (Nails, 2005). One finds in any of theses authors reports inconsistencies and contradi...

cast them as slaves of the elite. This action of stripping an individuals inherent rights as a human being can be nothing other t...

and the construction of "local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained" (19...

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

wiser (21a). This news confused Socrates greatly as he realized that he was not particularly wise. He, therefore, set out to find ...

There would be less alienation, according to Marx. For Marx, Communism would be equated with freedom, despite the fact that for mo...

individual study has its place. I think there needs to be a balance in the curriculum, although, I do agree with Deweys integratio...

(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...

In five pages this report considers Socrates' belief that an individual's foremost responsibility is to the state. There are no o...

In fourteen pages this paper contrasts and compares modern policies and approaches to land management with the concepts and views ...

"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...

Mines of gold/Or the riches that the East doth h old" (Bradstreet 5-6). Similarly, Browning begins her famous sonnet by writing th...

even to the edge of doom" (Shakespeare 9-12). In the end he claims that if he is wrong then he never wrote and no man ever loved. ...

good gifts to their friends and family but often do not have the expenses which would allow them to do so. However, people may use...

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...

on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...

that Pericles was a man who felt a powerful sense of duty to his city. He was, after all, an official who stood as one who support...

In five pages this paper discusses how human standards can be lived up to in a consideration of the Old Testament's unrighteousnes...

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...

In three pages this paper considers how Plato's text reveals virtue to be not a single entity but rather deeply connected to other...

so strong, that Browning anticipates that it will follow her after death (line 14). Scottish poet Robert Burns also relied...

anxiety of aloneness, but the wish to conquer or be conquered, by vanity, by the wish to hurt or even to destroy, as much as it ca...

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

can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...