YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Immortal Soul in Phaedo by Plato
Essays 121 - 150
at once managed for himself to become one of the envoys to the king ; upon arrival, having seduced his wife, with her help, he lai...
of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...
is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...
profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...
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...
to be transcendent elements sent to teach important lessons turns out to be nothing more than images cast from puppets whose shado...
In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...
In four pages this paper discusses the contemporary court system and considers Plato's philosophy on leadership as presented in Th...
In eleven pages this research paper contrasts and compares Plato's and Confucius's perceptions on the ruling state and society wit...
reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...
between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...
with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...
Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...
to the outside, the cave becomes a type of conduit, or birth canal which brings him into the life of actual knowledge. What one ca...
how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...
Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...
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 ...
concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...
of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...
to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...
call to action. Bruskin explains that "The essence of the period is that we were galvanized to do something." (32). While docume...
was that they were certain and immutable. Also, knowledge must have as its objective that which is genuinely real as compared to t...
role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...
pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...
do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...
impious act. Euthyphro replies to Socrates claiming "I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a re...