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Essays 541 - 570
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...
Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...
of death, as well as the mystery of death. This establishes a foundation from which we can learn, especially considering that Nula...
(Washington State University, 2004). Plato asserts that our perceptions are essentially "shadows" of real objects. In ot...
individual to the spiritual and the universe. According to the scala amoris, then, love is that which in its highest and purest se...
spoke of virtue as something equated with wisdom. Yet he also "spoke more expansively of justice, courage, temperance, magnificenc...
Aristotles contention is that we are all prone to anger - it is one of the "passions" that makes up our...
coined until Aristotle contributed to it, the concepts were there in the past. Thus, in such concerns, one might say that Aristotl...
This 4 page paper gives an explanation of Rectifactory Justice as defined by Aristotle. This paper includes examples of the volunt...
The concept of information warfare is not new, it has been around for centuries, while cyber-terrorism is new. Despite this the tw...
In five pages these rhetorical forms as devised by Aristotle are discussed along with accompanying examples and an explanation of ...
In five pages this paper examines how a tragic literary hero is defined by Aristotle in Poetics and then applied to Oedipus. One ...
In five pages this paper discusses the connection between man's sins and the soul in this analysis of three levels of thought repr...
In five pages an analysis evaluates the accuracy of Socrates' description of the cave's prisoners as 'like ourselves.' There are ...
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...
In five pages this research paper analyzes the theory of forms developed by Plato and then provides a defense of the philosopher's...
what it is that you "can do," and then doing that for the good of the group - in this case the city. The unification of the virtu...
he considered to be the most significant reason society is its own opposing force. According to Hobbes, subjects of the omnipoten...
thought and action. There are times, however, when vice distracts these efforts and renders man vulnerable to a less ethical exis...
Knowledge is true judgment. Socrates and Theatetus are talking about the nature of knowledge. Theatetus suggests that mathematic...
In ten pages this paper applies the metaphysical tradition to an analysis of Existentialism and Basic Writings by Friedrich Nietzs...
who, even for women, is feminine perforce" (Hoff, 1997, p. 215). Indeed, Platos Symposium exemplifies the need for virtue w...
In 5 pages the roots of justice are exposed in these respecitve works in which an imaginary dialogue between Moses, Mohammed, and ...
This narrative essay consisting of five pages rewrites the Apology of Plato and features Socrates' arguing to have his life spared...
(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...
understand each of these elements through sensation, he finds himself challenged by the mutability of everything that exists: not...
In ten pages this paper examines the debate on affirmative action from the viewpoint of Platonic philosophy. There are 6 sources ...
In five pages the theme of love is considered within the context of these authors and their tales. Three sources are cited in the...
In five pages this report considers Socrates' belief that an individual's foremost responsibility is to the state. There are no o...