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adversely influencing the minds of young boys. Augustines autobiographical Confessions ponders the external social threats of sex...

sense of the word. The name of the dialogue derives from the Greek word "apologia," which literally translated means defense, or a...

The thesis of this essay is based on the Roman Catholic view that 'pro life is pro choice.' There are five bibliographic sources ...

In eight pages this paper analyzes how Plato's methods as they involve truth are considered in an examination of this trio of dial...

In six pages Socrates arguments, counterarguments and the great philosopher's defense techniques are examined. Four sources are c...

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...

what she can do with her body, and as the fetus is in her body, the woman has a right to choose to carry it to term, or to termina...

the amount of knowledge that anyone has very little to do with doing things that are wrong. Now, understandably, we can see wher...

no matter how insignificant or trite they may seem. However, it would seem that he believed that there were at least two types of ...

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...

is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...

In five pages justice is defined by Adeimentus, Glaucon, and Thrasymachus and then a response is offered by Socrates in The Republ...

in fact more beneficial than justice and that the role of a good leader is to recognize when it is necessary to take action that a...

In four pages this paper examines how beauty and love were conceptualized by Socrates as portrayed in Symposium by Plato through i...

In ten pages various philosophical methods are applied to the Monica Lewinsky scandal in terms of what might offer the best instru...

In five pages this paper considers how Socrates may have delivered a speech regarding love with references made to Symposium by ...

In two pages this paper considers how Socrates presents the soul's immortality in Phaedo by Plato. There are no other sources lis...

In twenty five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato as they influenced the origins of the...

Since approximately 700 B. C., astronomy had a great deal to do with keeping time (PG). Natural periods of time were generated th...

he did not know the true cause of an action he would readily admit to not knowing. This should not be mistaken however for a will...

In six pages this paper discusses virtue and whether or not it is possible to teach in a consideration of the dialogue between Men...

upon expressing an objective truth. For example, approving of an action and stating that the action is right can be construed as ...

In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...

(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...

for Plato and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily...

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...

Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...