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In seven pages this paper examines Plato's Phaedo and The Republic in terms of how it portrays the philosopher's perspectives on d...

In five pages this report examines Plato's perspectives on leadership as they are reflected in The Republic. One source is cited ...

In five pages this paper compares modern science's concept of reality with Plato's Theory of Forms and how they relate to understa...

for an impartial judge; one who would not be swayed by public opinion and "hype" to pre-judge the tyrant. With themselves a...

In order to effectively answer this, they decide on the necessity for an impartial judge who could not be made to choose a biased ...

prisoners were suddenly unshackled and forced to turn around and face the fire. To begin with, he would be blinded by its brillian...

In five pages Kaku's theory of the universe is compared and contrasted with Plato's cave allegory that is featured in Book VII of ...

In six pages this paper discusses the philosophical distinctions Socrates made between these two concepts as presented in Plato's ...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...

he had dragged him out into the light of the sun" he would be distressed. For Socrates, the world above ground represents the othe...

yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indic...

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

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

with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...

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

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

In seven pages this paper discusses the many components and perspectives on justice utilizing the categorical imperative of Immanu...

In five pages the way in which Aristotle perceived the golden mean as described in Politics is discussed and also compared with Th...

In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...

In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...

would Hobbes be accepted in todays world? Would he fit in at all? These and other questions loom large. Still, each in their own w...

has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...

do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...

then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...

of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...

the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...

fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...

the lyrics in modern songs, and in essence, the poets of today are Eminem and Jay Zee and Beyonce. Lyrics to emanate from these ar...

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...