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In five pages this paper considers why Crito believes Socrates should attempt a prison escape instead of subject himself to capita...

in violation of the law and acknowledged that he should be punished accordingly. His "apology" was not a request for forgiveness,...

In nine pages this paper considers Plato's views regarding the soul's immortality as featured in three of his dialogues. There ar...

In eight pages this research paper examines reason as practically used by Socrates during his last days in his Crito dialogue. Fo...

In five pages this paper examines Socrates' arguments regarding capital punishment and the sophist foundation that cements them....

The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...

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

illustrates his stance which is that people, even if they are lacking, do not have the right to coerce the wealthy. Thus, if someo...

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

citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...

good gifts to their friends and family but often do not have the expenses which would allow them to do so. However, people may use...

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

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

This essay pertains to The Cave by Jose Saramago and presents the interpretation that the author stresses the similarities between...

can be found in many church doctrines today (Fisher, 2006). Augustine was a seeker of truth throughout his life (Smitha, 1998). H...

student introduce and summarize Platos "allegory of the cave". The allegory of the cave, as it is commonly known, is a dialogue be...

self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...

Brian Vickers portrays Plato as an intellectual Odysseus, stealthily stealing the rhetorical arsenal of the sophists and using it ...

employee believes a child is abused, they must call the authorities. If a child has a fight in school, the latest trend is to file...

as a teacher, is to free his students from the cave and metaphorically drag them into the sunlight. The selection from Phaedo reco...

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

This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...

In nine pages this report compares the philosophies on human nature as conceptualized by Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato with Plato'...

In five pages the differing political views between Plato and his one time philosophy student Aristotle are discussed with Plato's...

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views on forms held by Plato as critiqued by Aristotle with references made to...

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

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

In four pages this paper discusses the soul's immortality as represented in Socrates' arguments that are featured in Meno by Plato...

must pay for such without question. In Crito, we see Socrates pretending that the laws are coming to talk to him. They say to him...

In four pages this 1994 business text is considered in a summary and general overview....