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of participating in Forms consists (as he holds in the Phaedo) in taking the Forms apart, with the result that nothing remains: 1)...
In five pages this report examines the similarities that exist between past and present world conflicts. Three sources are cited ...
In seven pages this paper analyzes the views of these philosophers as they relate to the death penalty. Six sources are cited in ...
For Socrates, and consequently Plato, the great business of life was conversation. He sought out everyone, and seizing upon some e...
Fact versus fiction is the focus of this analysis of theses classical texts in an essay consisting of two pages. There are no oth...
in violation of the law and acknowledged that he should be punished accordingly. His "apology" was not a request for forgiveness,...
In three pages this paper discusses how Socrates can be studied by reading the dialogues of his most famous student. There are no...
In five pages this paper examines Socrates' arguments regarding capital punishment and the sophist foundation that cements them....
Plato demonstrates Socratess reason for remaining imprisoned even though he had opportunity to escape and the Phaedo addresses phi...
In eight pages this research paper examines reason as practically used by Socrates during his last days in his Crito dialogue. Fo...
In five pages this paper analyzes truth in these works in a consideration of the axiological, ontological, and epistemological arg...
or so it might seem. But when they return; of course, they are blinded. They may know all and they may have seen all-- but perhaps...
as its model. Things are intellectually and emotionally captured by the understanding, not by the senses. The "Forms" of Things ...
of the perceptions of others. It is only the question of whether or not seeming and being are one in the same or whether there is...
In six pages this paper considers the self interest and justice arguments of Thrasymachus and Socrates in The Republic. One sourc...
of life, Socrates contends that reason is as well. Socrates considers the difference between those things that can be understood ...
In five pages this argumentative essay employs these philosophical writings in support of the notion that the worst type of govern...
"clearness and accuracy" (336d). He elaborates in section 338c that while there are different forms of governments, each one "defi...
sense of the word. The name of the dialogue derives from the Greek word "apologia," which literally translated means defense, or a...
the fomentation of rebellion, and to encourage individuals to occupy themselves with private rather than state matters. He saw it ...
(Bosomolny, 2002). He founded the Pythagorean school of philosophy, mathematics and natural sciences. His teachings soon attract...
about him, without the veil of nicety associated with polite conversation. Platos Gyges discovered the ring during a supern...
text in which he is painstakingly honest, demonstrates that his spiritual path was not easy. It is clear from the beginning that t...
Rule, was developed as a handbook for new monks entering his order. There are a number of chapters in the rule, most of which pert...
soul has two principal parts. The first part of this argument is that nature inevitably follows a cyclical pattern. All vegetatio...
that can be grasped with the human mind, but not with human senses (Gill, 1996,p. 1). The first part of the Parmenides, Plato has...
being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...
when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." And, for 20th century Catholic theologian Josef Pieper (1904-97), Gods role in...
advent of history. When women were allowed to work in the factories during World War II, it was found that the women were actually...
In five pages this paper examines concepts featured in 'Myth of the Cave' and The Apology and also considers 'The Death of Ivan Il...