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Essays 1741 - 1770

Socrates and the Need for Philosophers

this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...

Societal Structure Lessons in The Republic by Plato

the best" (the literal definition of aristocracy) was to be achieved. This scenario, by its very nature, assured the manifestatio...

Symposium by Plato and the Concept of Love

that the story being told is one that has been re-told so often that it is little more than hearsay, and it is from this "story of...

Success Factors, Technology, and Knowledge Management at Price Waterhouse Coopers

able to communicate with one another -- and that transparency of information between the communities was important (Anonymous, 199...

Experience, Knowledge, and the Individual

ordinary. For example, the treadmarks that a car makes in the mud he translated into a tires treads rolled through paint and appli...

Democracy and Education

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...

Socrates' Influence

charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...

Drug Law Philosoophy

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

Natural Law and How It Developed

also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...

Worldly Circumstance and Moral Worth

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

Plato and Euripides on Human Nature

wine and pleasure, and rejecting the cold and structured nature of Apollonian society. For them, to be human is to follow ones bas...

Real World Cases and Accounting Knowledge Application

Squadron is a unit of the Bavarian police. IT has an annual budget of ?7 million a year which is used to support and maintain the ...

Great Britain, Pearl Harbor, and Prior Knowledge of the Japanese Attack

States government, in order that we would have to respond. "Roosevelt had repeatedly and publicly stated that America wo...

'Ovid's Banquet of Sence' by George Chapman

his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...

Socrates to John Dewey on Education

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...

Philosophical Views on Individual Good v. Community Good

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

Rene Descartes and Aristotle on Knowledge

unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...

Critiquing Barnes' and Bloor's 'Strong Programme' of Scientific Sociological Knowledge

counter the views of those sociologists who believe that this is not the case, that pure knowledge stands independent from social ...

Comparative Analysis of Virtue and Vice

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...

Justice Discovered by Socrates in Books Two and Four of The Republic by Plato

offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...

Greek Society and Cultural Values

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...

Political Theory and Power

societys goods (Platos Political Theory, 2002). They were satisfied with their lives and held back from being passionate natured ...

Philosophers and Personal Responsibility

In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Rene Descartes and Plato in a consideration of the mind and the soul, which ...

Augustine, Plato, and Anthropology

In five pages the ways in which anthropology is reflected in the philosophical works of Augustine and Plato are examined. Five so...

Book I of Republic by Plato and Justice

In 6 pages this paper critically analyzes Socrates argument regarding justice in this text and the use of logical deduction by Pla...

Piety Concept of Plato in Euthyphro

In five pages this report considers how Plato defines piety in this early dialogue. There are no other sources listed....

Allied Powers and Knowledge of Nazi's Anti Semitic Policies

In five pages this paper examines what the Allied powers knew and when they knew it regarding the Nazi's anti Jewish policy and if...

Literature and Social Isolation

In seven pages this paper considers how social isolation is represented in Philoctetes by Sophocles, Apology by Plato, and Night b...

Allegory of the Cave Analogy by Plato

In five pages this paper discusses the symbolism in an analysis of the Allegory of the Cave analogy of Plato. There are no other ...