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ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...

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...

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...

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

fact that they were poets made them think that they had a perfect understanding of all other subjects, of which they were totally ...

In five pages this essay examines the mind and soul dichotomy as conceptualized by Socrates and represented by Plato in Apology an...

In seven pages this paper examines the religious views of Socrates as described by Plato in Apology with the focus being upon hi...

as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

In five pages this paper examines concepts featured in 'Myth of the Cave' and The Apology and also considers 'The Death of Ivan Il...

In six pages this paper examines Socrates concept of love, then compares it with the contemporary interpretation before being inte...

of death, as well as the mystery of death. This establishes a foundation from which we can learn, especially considering that Nula...

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

it would seem. Socrates agrees for he sees that by having such an argument with Euthyphro he may find a better way to plead his ow...

control of the United States and establish a dictatorship. Most women in Gilead are infertile after repeated exposure to pesticide...

This 5 page paper examines the way in which one can use the Socratic method to find the truth. The writer also discusses the conce...

In ten pages this paper examines how women's societal roles are represented in Plato's The Apology, Dante's 'The Inferno,' William...

In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...

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

In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...

-- but to deny their husbands sex until the men agree to sign a treaty. It is the women, therefore, who actually end the war. Rea...