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In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
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 are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...
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...
interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...
Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...
new ideas. The body supplies the means by which knowledge can be attained, for it is necessary, according to Plato, for things an...
(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...
to shake off these social controls and become the master rather than the slave. This, he argues, is the true justice of nature: la...
support for the notion that people must obey the laws of the place in which they are born. How is this accomplished? Aristotle d...
"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...
profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...
a person even know if those opinions are really yours or the opinions of others which you have adopted as your own without testing...
are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...
childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...
manifestation that Gorgias was forever attempting to read between the lines of what Socrates had to say, perpetually wondering if ...
is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...
Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...
purposes, that they are omnipresent, and that they give signs to men of all that concerns them (X Memorabilia I, I, 19) (Beck ppg...
In this paper consisting of twenty pages questions regarding such influential philosophers as Robert Nozick, Mary Daly, the Stoics...
say that a given society defines its own justice. Correspondingly another society, might have a slightly different version. Anaxi...
In seven pages this paper examines the religious views of Socrates as described by Plato in Apology with the focus being upon hi...
In five pages this paper considers why Crito believes Socrates should attempt a prison escape instead of subject himself to capita...
he did not know the true cause of an action he would readily admit to not knowing. This should not be mistaken however for a will...
In six pages this paper examines Plato's Gorgias which describes a philosophical dialogue between the title character and Socrates...
This essay discusses Robert Bolt's play that relates the life of Thomas More, A Man For All Seasons. The writer compares More's he...
In five pages this paper examines the justifiability of civil disobedience in a consideration of several philosophers and theori...
In 6 pages this paper critically analyzes Socrates argument regarding justice in this text and the use of logical deduction by Pla...
In six pages Socrates arguments, counterarguments and the great philosopher's defense techniques are examined. Four sources are c...
Plato's Apology is examined in 5 pages in a structural and rhetorical analysis of the philosopher's defense of his teacher Socrate...