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threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...

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...

Republic, 2002). Therefore, according to this theory, knowledge of anything and understanding of anything comes from examination ...

between Psyche and her other two sisters was that Psyche was appreciably more beautiful than they. By all accounts, the sisters we...

Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...

Tovald must deal with those of his subordinates. Despite his law background, he is employed as a bank manager and has a number of...

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

interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...

terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...

than our enemies, but inferior morally" and people must work to make themselves stronger in all respects (Plato, 1970, p. 45). ...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

the affirmative to that and other questions. Later on Socrates will ask: "And, in your opinion, do those who think that they will ...

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

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

"...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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

know him as a real person, not just a symbol of authority. He was someone they could trust and who could help them solve problems....

2003). Since the Gestalt therapist limits this sort of interpretation, this facilitates meeting the needs of clients who have cult...