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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 ...

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

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

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

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

for Plato and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily...

of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...

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 ...

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

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...

he make it eternal anyway? Many people think of the universe as something that was eternal in the first place, irrespective of wha...

subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...

interprets the ideal of freedom and to what extent they live in their own psychological prisons. Social freedom means that one wil...

that was determined by human will, in that people choose whether or not to keep their promises (Hobbes, 1982). Those that keep th...

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

be studied scientifically in order to derive the most rational, economic and efficient means of administering policy. The form is...

also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...

Lysias topic is love, which in the ancient Greek world referred to the love of a man for another man. Homosexuality was practiced...

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

qualities in the face of conflict or challenge. "Deliberate effort and the taking of thoughtful pains are required...Education, a...

not go to reincarnation necessarily, but rather to the idea that death does not end life. On the other hand, New Ageism, Buddhism,...

surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

character of the leader nor of his ability to lead. The book is essentially about how a leader can be at his best. While it is tru...

as people do want to know things and understand (1995). Both theorists do view education as important and place a particular empha...

a democracy. Plato contended that it would be impossible within a democracy to have the kind of harmony and societal unit...