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for an impartial judge; one who would not be swayed by public opinion and "hype" to pre-judge the tyrant. With themselves a...
In order to effectively answer this, they decide on the necessity for an impartial judge who could not be made to choose a biased ...
they have the capacity to attain a happy, or perfect, life. Essential to the perfect polis is the individuals capacity to strive ...
In five pages this report examines Plato's perspectives on leadership as they are reflected in The Republic. One source is cited ...
In four pages this paper examines how The Republic presents Plato's views regarding liberty and the perfect state. There are no o...
In five pages this paper considers Plato's reasons for writing Symposium in an examination of Alcibiades' speech creation. There ...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Plato's ideas regarding love with the views of Socrates and Aristophanes as expres...
In five pages a comparison and contrast of how these philosophers perceived political leadership are made by noting the difference...
-- but to deny their husbands sex until the men agree to sign a treaty. It is the women, therefore, who actually end the war. Rea...
In four pages this paper discusses the contemporary court system and considers Plato's philosophy on leadership as presented in Th...
In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...
In eleven pages this research paper contrasts and compares Plato's and Confucius's perceptions on the ruling state and society wit...
between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...
how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...
with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...
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...
Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...
reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...
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...
is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...
from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there w...
of death, as well as the mystery of death. This establishes a foundation from which we can learn, especially considering that Nula...
ideas. As we shall soon see, through these speeches Plato seems to have reasoned out how it is that mankind make their way from th...
Plato's Apology and Aristotle's Poetics are both considered masterpieces of ancient Greek philosophy. This report compares the two...
on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...
Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...
of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...