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In six pages this paper examines Plato's Gorgias which describes a philosophical dialogue between the title character and Socrates...

In five pages this paper examines the philosophical questions resulting from the dialogue between Meno and Socrates as presented i...

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

Essentially, the allegory likens those who remain unaware of forms to prisoners chained in a cave, and they cannot turn their head...

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

possibly think?" (I.3). As this indicates, Aristotles perspective is grounded in observation and reality. He sees the mind as intr...

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

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

In five pages this research paper examines how Parmenides' Eleatic philosophy was used by Aristotle and Plato as a way for reality...

In seven pages this paper discuses Socrates' philosophy in an overview that includes his soul concept, what constitutes 'true' kno...

In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...

only a satire of society and politics, it is also an example of ones examination of his life. Although this work is a satire, it ...

In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...

In five pages Socrates' concepts of ethics, piety, and justice are discussed as they are represented in Plato's Crito and Euthyp...

It is important for to understand that there exist a great many philosophies by which people live their lives. These philosophies...

In five pages this paper examines Socrates' dialogue with Thrasymachus and considers his concept of justice as described in Plato'...

In two pages this paper is structured as a letter to the editor and considers capital punishment form a utilitarian philosophical ...

In three pages this paper discusses Plato's Phaedo in terms of the mechanistic mind model and Socrates' arguments designed against...

In five pages this paper considers the purpose of Socrates' arguments as featured in three of Plato's dialogues. There are no oth...

brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...

tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...

In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...

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

a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...

distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees ...

possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...

of human thinking and an awareness of what constitutes the basics of human nature. Their lessons and attitudes are still relevant ...

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...

so that his assets could be pro-created and he could be put to death. Will Socrates did refuse the request, he simply went home ra...