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Essays 61 - 90
a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...
fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...
the lyrics in modern songs, and in essence, the poets of today are Eminem and Jay Zee and Beyonce. Lyrics to emanate from these ar...
for which they are talented. Here, it is thought that the rulers who are willing to rule, who go into the cave, who are vocal, are...
unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...
This paper discusses different parts of Plato's Republic. There is a discussion of natural law legal theory and legal positivist t...
In six pages this paper compares contemporary religious views with Plato's philosophical concepts with God's existence, morality, ...
In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...
In eleven pages this research paper contrasts and compares Plato's and Confucius's perceptions on the ruling state and society wit...
In seven pages this paper presents a comparative analysis of these theorists' philosophies and how each of them would critique the...
In 5 pages the roots of justice are exposed in these respecitve works in which an imaginary dialogue between Moses, Mohammed, and ...
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 ten pages this research paper examines Plato's portrayal of the soul as being imprisoned and how it relates to a harmonious sta...
what it is that you "can do," and then doing that for the good of the group - in this case the city. The unification of the virtu...
In five pages this paper discusses the connection between man's sins and the soul in this analysis of three levels of thought repr...
he considered to be the most significant reason society is its own opposing force. According to Hobbes, subjects of the omnipoten...
In five pages an analysis evaluates the accuracy of Socrates' description of the cave's prisoners as 'like ourselves.' There are ...
negative aspect to this competition, or that they would sabotage one anothers efforts out of jealousy....
student introduce and summarize Platos "allegory of the cave". The allegory of the cave, as it is commonly known, is a dialogue be...
still perhaps not arriving at solid answers when his friend tells him he has to leave. Socrates tells him, "Alas! my companion, an...
is great interest. Plato looks at all of these things in his book The Republic. In Book I, justice is discussed and it is deemed ...
knowledge which is only knowable and obtainable without the aide of the senses. Secondly, the Synoptic Gospels speak as Christ b...
friends, but whose definition of "friendship" differs. For instance, person A strongly believes that trust is an essential element...
In six pages this research paper defines morality within the context of Kant's philosophy and also considers supreme morality's va...
the considerations surrounding his concepts of the mind and he supports his contentions with direct demonstrations of the applicab...
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or sight) was subjected to each individuals standards of judgment. Whereas concrete facts were not changeable or subject to ones i...
illustrates his stance which is that people, even if they are lacking, do not have the right to coerce the wealthy. Thus, if someo...
Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...
distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees ...