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yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indic...

he had dragged him out into the light of the sun" he would be distressed. For Socrates, the world above ground represents the othe...

much like ourselves. As this suggests, Socrates means to make it clear that this allegory has relevance to the realities of everyd...

living" (Plato Crito 18-19). II. ABORTION To reach true happiness, Plato believed people must strive for a contentment tha...

senate dinner, or basically a drinking party after the meal. Though it is certain that Plato took literary license with the dialog...

know what they, themselves, look like. One day, one of the people breaks free from the chains and makes it back to the outside o...

philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate ...

have merit, they are essentially inapplicable to our contemporary concerns regarding knowledge. In other words, while knowledge m...

at once managed for himself to become one of the envoys to the king ; upon arrival, having seduced his wife, with her help, he lai...

of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...

a humans body. It sought to find pleasure and to find sustenance. "These appetites should not be allowed, to enslave the other ele...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...

In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...

So for Plato, this idea extended into both personal and political ramifications. He reasoned that when an individual was doing th...

In five pages this paper examines the 'Argument from Design' argument from both sides as considered by David Hume in Dialogues Con...

should also be noted that persuasion is not synonymous with dogmatism: the speaker must acknowledge that opposing viewpoints exist...

a Sound and Logical Argument To assume that the students who did not make the trip to their state capitol "evidently werent conce...

he means that this should apply to the average politician. Certainly, wisdom is seen as including morality. In terms of knowledge ...

thought and action. There are times, however, when vice distracts these efforts and renders man vulnerable to a less ethical exis...

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

In six pages this paper examines the Greek concept of eros or love as it is portrayed in these works by Plato and Hippolytus with ...

In ten pages this paper examines the debate on affirmative action from the viewpoint of Platonic philosophy. There are 6 sources ...

In five pages this report considers Socrates' belief that an individual's foremost responsibility is to the state. There are no o...

(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...

In five pages the theme of love is considered within the context of these authors and their tales. Three sources are cited in the...

understand each of these elements through sensation, he finds himself challenged by the mutability of everything that exists: not...

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...

In 5 pages the roots of justice are exposed in these respecitve works in which an imaginary dialogue between Moses, Mohammed, and ...