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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...

only thing that is known is what is presently occurring. In other words, if something is out of ones eyesight and experience, it i...

what was passing in the world around them, to the realm of re-presentative intellect. An external phenomenon is thus translated i...

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...

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

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...

in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...

can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...

people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...

societal reminders from kith and kin on what she should have done. In the end the audience is left with the same awful sense of de...

the topic of education. He says, "Next, said I, compare our nature in respect of education and its lack to such an experience as t...

higher than those with iron. Plato argued that this deception was necessary in order to maintain a stable society, and we ca...

"...no man will benefit from his profession unless he is paid as well" (Plato, 2003, p.28). One can easily see that Plato does not...

wiser (21a). This news confused Socrates greatly as he realized that he was not particularly wise. He, therefore, set out to find ...

Platonic love reflects the deepest love possible between two people, in that it does not abide by the notions of restriction, jeal...

Naucratis in Egypt there dwell one of the old gods of the country, the god to whom the bird called Ibis is sacred, his own name be...

the affirmative to that and other questions. Later on Socrates will ask: "And, in your opinion, do those who think that they will ...

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

that leads Socrates to the conclusion that he will not be exiled from his beloved home, but would rather die a martyr for his beli...

so that his assets could be pro-created and he could be put to death. Will Socrates did refuse the request, he simply went home ra...

academy the first university of its type, he was able to influence minds of the next generation and proliferate his ideas and meth...

in a different time and place and almost seems like a fairy tale. Yet, if one were to consider that Socrates was a part of a cultu...

is great interest. Plato looks at all of these things in his book The Republic. In Book I, justice is discussed and it is deemed ...

without knowing that something solid existed humanity would not see or comprehend anything but shadows. When shown that the world ...

cast them as slaves of the elite. This action of stripping an individuals inherent rights as a human being can be nothing other t...

The most important characteristics of Platos concept of human nature revolve around freedom of will and ones existence. People ha...

of law as it has manifest in the place of which he writes about. There is some action in this work. Yet, what the action is compr...

Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...