YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :True Love in Symposium by Plato
Essays 361 - 390
if he has acquired the knowledge he could not have acquired it in this life, unless he has been taught geometry; for he may be mad...
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...
could be products of society, but never the causes, or it would alter the objectivity of sociology as a science (Hamilton, 1995). ...
brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...
It is the spiritual and unconditional love for another person. The self, in essence, must be entirely removed from the equation. ...
love but rather sees it as simply a different option he is being offered in terms of continuing to love her and be devoted to her....
harmed, though he will herald her with poetry if he is an artistic sort. These are fairly simple definitions, but they help to set...
In an essay consisting of five pages the role of love is compared and contrasted in these two works. There is one other source ci...
for fleeting moments of pleasure with Robert Lebrun, Ednas longing for love remained unfulfilled. One defining even occurred when...
In this analytical research paper consisting of 6 pages considers while Berowne agrees to the creation of the literary academe pro...
In 4 pages this paper explores the biographical elements of this Dickinson poem that are obscured by her uses of legal jargon. Th...
or Adams Rib, or the many films in the screwball genre. Such movies were invariably satirical, using the manners and foibles of me...
Tovald must deal with those of his subordinates. Despite his law background, he is employed as a bank manager and has a number of...
they have experienced the fact that the truth simply is and is not an "issue" or understanding that can be discovered. "Meno" As ...
threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...
In five pages this paper examines how individual strength increases as a result of security disturbance according to the writings ...
texts The Republic and Crito, Plato learned his lessons well. In both works, Plato theorizes what justice is through deductive re...
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 ...
In five pages this research paper analyzes the theory of forms developed by Plato and then provides a defense of the philosopher's...
in the Peloponnesian War, which ended in a resounding defeat for Athens in 404 B.C. (Levinson ix-x). While it can be assumed that...
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 ten pages this paper applies the metaphysical tradition to an analysis of Existentialism and Basic Writings by Friedrich Nietzs...
Knowledge is true judgment. Socrates and Theatetus are talking about the nature of knowledge. Theatetus suggests that mathematic...
This narrative essay consisting of five pages rewrites the Apology of Plato and features Socrates' arguing to have his life spared...
In 5 pages the roots of justice are exposed in these respecitve works in which an imaginary dialogue between Moses, Mohammed, and ...
In five pages Plato considers whether or not virtue is a concept that can be taught in Protagoras and Meno. Twelve sources are ci...
a state of disinterested selflessness. Confucius (or more accurately Kung-Fu-Tzu or Kongfuzi) explains the thinking and motivati...
In ten pages this paper examines the debate on affirmative action from the viewpoint of Platonic philosophy. There are 6 sources ...