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The commission here was difficult, as the foundations of the former building and some of its elements had to be incorporated into ...

"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...

of his better known works "The Social Contract", he discusses issues involved in radical or republican thought regarding the human...

wealthy people who give no thought to dropping thousands of dollars at a charity dinner or going on vacations month after month. I...

wiser (21a). This news confused Socrates greatly as he realized that he was not particularly wise. He, therefore, set out to find ...

Platonic love reflects the deepest love possible between two people, in that it does not abide by the notions of restriction, jeal...

notions of the division between the "haves" and "have nots" and in fact supported his ideas with the theory of alienation. Further...

that there is just one objective right way of doing things and on the other hand, there are many truths, is an enormous difference...

Naucratis in Egypt there dwell one of the old gods of the country, the god to whom the bird called Ibis is sacred, his own name be...

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

that leads Socrates to the conclusion that he will not be exiled from his beloved home, but would rather die a martyr for his beli...

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

valid and offers perspectives that are perhaps ignored in historical texts. As such his work, though possessing a very powerful ag...

the topic of education. He says, "Next, said I, compare our nature in respect of education and its lack to such an experience as t...

higher than those with iron. Plato argued that this deception was necessary in order to maintain a stable society, and we ca...

is dead, at least as a philosophy, in the sense that it can never be implemented. While there is much lip service given to democra...

are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...

This book report tutorial on Hans Peter Richter's Friedrich consists of four pages. There are no other sources listed....

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 ...

without knowing that something solid existed humanity would not see or comprehend anything but shadows. When shown that the world ...

fact, contended that: "even under the best arrangements a considerable margin of irresponsible conduct of...

of money and they will all essentially be wealthy. In the end the townspeople kill this man so they will receive the money....

The left wing, also known as Young Hegelians, emphasized the analysis of contradictions (Kamenka, 1983). The left looked at cont...

"...no man will benefit from his profession unless he is paid as well" (Plato, 2003, p.28). One can easily see that Plato does not...

academy the first university of its type, he was able to influence minds of the next generation and proliferate his ideas and meth...

cast them as slaves of the elite. This action of stripping an individuals inherent rights as a human being can be nothing other t...

so that his assets could be pro-created and he could be put to death. Will Socrates did refuse the request, he simply went home ra...

The most important characteristics of Platos concept of human nature revolve around freedom of will and ones existence. People ha...

of law as it has manifest in the place of which he writes about. There is some action in this work. Yet, what the action is compr...