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would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...

to be transcendent elements sent to teach important lessons turns out to be nothing more than images cast from puppets whose shado...

human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...

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...

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...

how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...

are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...

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...

between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...

ideas. As we shall soon see, through these speeches Plato seems to have reasoned out how it is that mankind make their way from th...

laws to get it. There are no dearth of people who slip across the northern or southern borders of the United States; many are so d...

individual to the spiritual and the universe. According to the scala amoris, then, love is that which in its highest and purest se...

did the so-called "technostructure" - the idea that technology can have an impact on the economy (Landry, 1998). Furthermo...

of death, as well as the mystery of death. This establishes a foundation from which we can learn, especially considering that Nula...

reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...

is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...

from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there w...

qualities in the face of conflict or challenge. "Deliberate effort and the taking of thoughtful pains are required...Education, a...

humans cannot readily draw on the human collective conscious, or the knowledge that exists in the universe, they had a glimpse of ...

a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...

n.d.). Plato did talk about God, in Timaeus, Plato said that if God made the world as perfect then the soul must be perfect, also ...

In a paper that consists of eight pages Plato's interpretation of the soul and its parts are explored along with a discussion of t...

In a type of author/character debate, Plato explores the premises of his theory by having Socrates debate them. Plato theorized ...

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...

in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...

can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...