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Essays 271 - 300
tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...
do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...
impious act. Euthyphro replies to Socrates claiming "I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a re...
he had dragged him out into the light of the sun" he would be distressed. For Socrates, the world above ground represents the othe...
much like ourselves. As this suggests, Socrates means to make it clear that this allegory has relevance to the realities of everyd...
living" (Plato Crito 18-19). II. ABORTION To reach true happiness, Plato believed people must strive for a contentment tha...
senate dinner, or basically a drinking party after the meal. Though it is certain that Plato took literary license with the dialog...
know what they, themselves, look like. One day, one of the people breaks free from the chains and makes it back to the outside o...
Plato's Apology and Aristotle's Poetics are both considered masterpieces of ancient Greek philosophy. This report compares the two...
on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...
concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...
Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...
of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...
to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...
call to action. Bruskin explains that "The essence of the period is that we were galvanized to do something." (32). While docume...
Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...
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 ...
texts The Republic and Crito, Plato learned his lessons well. In both works, Plato theorizes what justice is through deductive re...
Tovald must deal with those of his subordinates. Despite his law background, he is employed as a bank manager and has a number of...
they have experienced the fact that the truth simply is and is not an "issue" or understanding that can be discovered. "Meno" As ...
"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...
between Psyche and her other two sisters was that Psyche was appreciably more beautiful than they. By all accounts, the sisters we...
he means that this should apply to the average politician. Certainly, wisdom is seen as including morality. In terms of knowledge ...
interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...
terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...
than our enemies, but inferior morally" and people must work to make themselves stronger in all respects (Plato, 1970, p. 45). ...
"...no man will benefit from his profession unless he is paid as well" (Plato, 2003, p.28). One can easily see that Plato does not...