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of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...
believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...
charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...
words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...
the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...
wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...
offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...
However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...
societys goods (Platos Political Theory, 2002). They were satisfied with their lives and held back from being passionate natured ...
they know was agreed upon in full assembly; and should it be decided that this is not so, the poor have discovered a hundred excus...
his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...
wine and pleasure, and rejecting the cold and structured nature of Apollonian society. For them, to be human is to follow ones bas...
top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...
things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...
(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...
of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...
it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...
Indeed, one might readily surmise that Plato believed man was a product of how "own imperfect understanding of nature, of our igno...
In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...
In six pages this research essay considers the differences that exist in the political philosophies of John Locke and Plato. Four...
In five pages this paper examines how Plato, Aristotle, and Immanuel Kant define political thinking. Six sources are cited in the...
In five pages this report discusses memory substance and access as they are examined in Meno by Plato. There is 1 source cited in...
and the things within it as mere shadows or reflections of a separate world of independently existing, eternal, and unchanging ent...
looked at in the context of history and of the study of philosophy. II. Metaphysics Metaphysics is an abstract part of philos...
In five pages this paper discusses D.R. Bhandarei's essay regarding the representation of justice in The Republic by Plato. There...
have groomed themselves for heaven. They have made sure to live clean lives so their souls will be saved. Agnostics and atheists e...
In six pages this paper examines 'The Aeneid' in terms of the dialogue with the dead featured by Virgil and its difference with 'T...
In ten pages various philosophical methods are applied to the Monica Lewinsky scandal in terms of what might offer the best instru...
In seven pages the views of Plato, Thomas Aquinas, and Thomas Hobbes are compared and contrasted in a consideration of whether or ...
In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Rene Descartes and Plato in a consideration of the mind and the soul, which ...