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conquered territory, when Pompey had returned he found he did not have the assistance of the Optimates and his requests were oppos...

was a referendum that asked whether or not the electorate wanted to retain the Queen as the head of state, remaining a constitutio...

if "what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or bad man" ("Apology" 28b)(Plato 32-33). In regards to how ...

work of fiction to which Alvarez brings her skills as a novelist in creating characterization for each sister. The book is divided...

will shift toward a more extreme position against gun control. And the group as a whole, if a group decision is required, will mo...

a great deal of support for the republic. The anti republican conservative German National Peoples Party and German Peoples Party ...

The writings of 'The Republic,' 'The Communist Manifesto,' 'Tao te Ching,' 'The Prince,' and 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick D...

on the heels of World War I, where the involved countries had already suffered some amount of loss, they collectively desired to r...

This research paper analyzes the reasons behind the structural political shift in ancient Rome from republic to empire. The writer...

around, arousing them and persuading them. He illustrates how people are often irritated by him because they feel they have been r...

noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...

if he has acquired the knowledge he could not have acquired it in this life, unless he has been taught geometry; for he may be mad...

like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...

knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...

three characters (a stranger from Athens; Cleinias, from Crete; and Megillus, a Lacedaemonian) are discussing their various types ...

suggest that both love and hate can be taught (Plato). We can further extrapolate from that to conclude that if a nation is in har...

she proved to me as I proved to him that, by my own showing, Love was neither fair nor good. " Here, the idea that love is powerfu...

the preexistence of the soul, and the separate existence of forms work together or not? Thats a lot of questions to tackle, and to...

has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...

most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...

wish, they have other freedoms that are perhaps not as obvious. Brave New World supports the hedonistic view. That is, Huxley (199...

for the student of psychology to develop a well-rounded and complete understanding of the discipline, it is necessary to study bot...

Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...

This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Plato's theories of Forms. Parmenides' views on change provide a counterpoint. Paper ...

This essay pertains to Plato's perception of rhetoric and the role of eros, as indicated by his texts Gorgias and Phaedrus. Five p...

could be products of society, but never the causes, or it would alter the objectivity of sociology as a science (Hamilton, 1995). ...

will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...

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

in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...