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looked at in the context of history and of the study of philosophy. II. Metaphysics Metaphysics is an abstract part of philos...
In seven pages this paper discuses Socrates' philosophy in an overview that includes his soul concept, what constitutes 'true' kno...
In nine pages this paper examines the philosophies of Mary Wollstonecraft, Samuel Gompers, Frederick Douglass, Plato, and Aristotl...
This essay pertain to the way Plato and Nietzsche perceived the character and philosophy of Socrates. Seven pages in length, five ...
trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...
theory of "seeing is believing" and that something must be touched in order to be a reality. According to Goellnitz, one s...
no matter how insignificant or trite they may seem. However, it would seem that he believed that there were at least two types of ...
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, ...
Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...
education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...
for Plato and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily...
of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...
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...
background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...
wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...
(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...
However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...
also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...
his writings (Levinson x). Socrates would continue to dominate Platos personal and professional lives for years to come, and woul...
be studied scientifically in order to derive the most rational, economic and efficient means of administering policy. The form is...
also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...
human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...
can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...
subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...
led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...
as people do want to know things and understand (1995). Both theorists do view education as important and place a particular empha...
lived a privileged upbringing throughout Europe (Downes 5). Lacking a university education did not deter this young sketch artist...
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was a woman who was independent, has affairs, leaves her husband, isnt interested in being the sole person responsible for the upb...