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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...
like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...
thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...
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...
has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...
most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...
In six pages good and evil are examined along with Plato's assertion that evil is not knowingly committed by man. There are no ot...
it would seem. Socrates agrees for he sees that by having such an argument with Euthyphro he may find a better way to plead his ow...
close relationships over great distances and for a long period of time, indefinitely, even with separations and loss of contact" (...
citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...
has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...
many partners and purveyors will be required to furnish them. One person will turn to another to supply a particular want, and fo...
role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...
do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...
impious act. Euthyphro replies to Socrates claiming "I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a re...
pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...
was that they were certain and immutable. Also, knowledge must have as its objective that which is genuinely real as compared to t...
In six pages this report examines individual understanding of the world as considered in Plato's Phaedo, in the scientific inquiry...
In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...
In five pages this report discusses Plato's dialogues in terms of how Socrates regarded his philosophical role and how he was pres...
In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...
In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...
In ten pages this paper examines Plato's views on leadership and human nature as they manifest themselves in his Theory of Forms. ...
In eight pages this paper defends Plato's assertion regarding the immortality of the human soul with references made to his text P...
In five pages this report examines the qualities of being human in terms of being and becoming in the individual and incorporates ...
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...
of just what human nature represents in relation to mans actions. It has long been postulated that human nature is bound by defen...
it is not necessary that everybody feel compelled or obligated to do so. Moral Communitarianism The philosophy and scholarship of...