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sported the slogan "Challenge Authority." To many, it had little meaning. That is because the majority of people are sheep. They d...

his writings (Levinson x). Socrates would continue to dominate Platos personal and professional lives for years to come, and woul...

life fulfillment and that a disabled individual should be allowed to die because their quality of life will not allow them to find...

the circumstance. In other words, if something can go wrong with it, that sense is considered inconsequential to the final outcome...

Socrates frequently alluded was the basis for his debates with Gorgias, contending that the degree of abstraction pursued by thoug...

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

wine and pleasure, and rejecting the cold and structured nature of Apollonian society. For them, to be human is to follow ones bas...

his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...

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...

societys goods (Platos Political Theory, 2002). They were satisfied with their lives and held back from being passionate natured ...

(Garrett(1)). In addition these gods possess many human traits such as jealousy and envy. As Garrett(1) states, "These gods, mo...

the notion of justice. This was essentially defined as doing the right thing. We note that one of the characters in the Republic i...

it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...

Indeed, one might readily surmise that Plato believed man was a product of how "own imperfect understanding of nature, of our igno...

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...

things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...

(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...

the best" (the literal definition of aristocracy) was to be achieved. This scenario, by its very nature, assured the manifestatio...

also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...

had to be obtained by directing the students mind toward the discovery of what is real and important, then allowing them to deduce...

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

they know was agreed upon in full assembly; and should it be decided that this is not so, the poor have discovered a hundred excus...

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...

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...

trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...