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pious is to act like him, and not tolerate any ill act. Socrates wants more detail. Euthyphro says that what pleases the gods is ...
In this paper of fifteen pages it is Plato that is accused of treason in this new version of 'Apology' and must defend himself aga...
Naucratis in Egypt there dwell one of the old gods of the country, the god to whom the bird called Ibis is sacred, his own name be...
wiser (21a). This news confused Socrates greatly as he realized that he was not particularly wise. He, therefore, set out to find ...
Platonic love reflects the deepest love possible between two people, in that it does not abide by the notions of restriction, jeal...
the affirmative to that and other questions. Later on Socrates will ask: "And, in your opinion, do those who think that they will ...
that leads Socrates to the conclusion that he will not be exiled from his beloved home, but would rather die a martyr for his beli...
the topic of education. He says, "Next, said I, compare our nature in respect of education and its lack to such an experience as t...
are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...
higher than those with iron. Plato argued that this deception was necessary in order to maintain a stable society, and we ca...
between Psyche and her other two sisters was that Psyche was appreciably more beautiful than they. By all accounts, the sisters we...
Republic, 2002). Therefore, according to this theory, knowledge of anything and understanding of anything comes from examination ...
interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...
than our enemies, but inferior morally" and people must work to make themselves stronger in all respects (Plato, 1970, p. 45). ...
"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...
he means that this should apply to the average politician. Certainly, wisdom is seen as including morality. In terms of knowledge ...
terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...
knowledge which is only knowable and obtainable without the aide of the senses. Secondly, the Synoptic Gospels speak as Christ b...
and Socrates meander along the countryside, they talk about the various facets love harbors like heavenly passion all-important fr...
A 6 page research paper that discusses the political positions of various authors from the ancient world. The writer asserts that ...
from mans knowledge of truth; Aristotle believed that all men pursued happiness which came not from wealth but from contemplation ...
away in the most inaccessible part of the abbeys labyrinthine library, where it remained for decades" (Essay on The Name of the Ro...
2002, p.PG). The author explains that the things Occidentalists hate about the West are not just the ones that inspire hatred ; so...
and it was on this that Plato based his philosophical oeuvre (1994). He was not only a disciple of Socrates but a diehard adversar...
support for the notion that people must obey the laws of the place in which they are born. How is this accomplished? Aristotle d...
agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
hand, argued that people would be attracted to others and be willing to help others, if they are virtuous (Lorenz, 2003). Virtue i...
were to consider what is most important in society, most would point to causation. One tries to get to the cause of ones drinking,...
on which the man can stand (and is therefore the crown of the virtues) because Aristotle believed that a man who demonstrated prid...