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Essays 331 - 360
In seven pages the cave allegory featured in Plato's Republic is applied to contemporary U.S. political leadership. Four sources ...
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...
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 ...
most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...
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...
she proved to me as I proved to him that, by my own showing, Love was neither fair nor good. " Here, the idea that love is powerfu...
fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...
thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...
In six pages this paper compares contemporary religious views with Plato's philosophical concepts with God's existence, morality, ...
knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...
three characters (a stranger from Athens; Cleinias, from Crete; and Megillus, a Lacedaemonian) are discussing their various types ...
suggest that both love and hate can be taught (Plato). We can further extrapolate from that to conclude that if a nation is in har...
if he has acquired the knowledge he could not have acquired it in this life, unless he has been taught geometry; for he may be mad...
noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...
the physical in a dramatic and practical way. While Aristotle saw the heart as just a physical organ, he had an idea that seemed t...
off than those who remain in the cave. Before delving into an analysis, it pays to explore the allegory as laid out by Plato. Wh...
The role of critical thinking in American society has taken on greater importance in the 21st century. This paper relates the conc...
In five pages this paper examines four of Plato's dialogues in order to provide answers to various questions. There are no other ...
In 5 pages this paper discusses how leadership and education can have implications for the state in a consideration of Plato's fam...
of just what human nature represents in relation to mans actions. It has long been postulated that human nature is bound by defen...
In five pages the way in which Aristotle perceived the golden mean as described in Politics is discussed and also compared with Th...
the immortal soul so that man can survive (PG). The mortal and the immortal soul were each housed in different areas in the body (...
it is not necessary that everybody feel compelled or obligated to do so. Moral Communitarianism The philosophy and scholarship of...
This 5 page paper examines the way in which one can use the Socratic method to find the truth. The writer also discusses the conce...
know what they, themselves, look like. One day, one of the people breaks free from the chains and makes it back to the outside o...
yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indic...
would be clearly dependent upon the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the conclusions were not judgments, per se, but were response...
he had dragged him out into the light of the sun" he would be distressed. For Socrates, the world above ground represents the othe...