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of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...

In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...

support for the notion that people must obey the laws of the place in which they are born. How is this accomplished? Aristotle d...

are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...

In fact, he suggests that work is done for the "sake of leisure" (267). More completely, Aristotle believed that it is important ...

character of the leader nor of his ability to lead. The book is essentially about how a leader can be at his best. While it is tru...

in which truth is believed to derive chiefly from experience" (Nichols, 2003, p. 20). In order to explore his general theory, it p...

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

when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...

the morality Aristotle speaks of is relative. While it is not relative from one individual to another perhaps, and there is certai...

In eight pages this research paper discusses whether or not morality can be reinforced in citizens by the state in a comparative a...

In twenty pages the relationship that exists between natural law ans sovereignty is examined through such philosophical perspectiv...

In five pages this paper discusses Philebus by Plato in terms of how it represents the philosopher's views on pleasure. Nine sour...

to Locke. Locke was able to succinctly describe and honor the Enlightenment in his belief in the middle class and its right to fre...

In five pages the views of Sartre, Hegel, Marx, and Plato on happiness are examined in a comparative analysis of their writings. ...

In ten pages this paper examines how Hobbes and Plato would view the problems currently faced by the U.S. health care industry. F...

In seven pages this paper examines the conflict of man's struggles in accepting duties and responsibilities to the polis from the ...

In five pages with a hypothetical situation of people who have been shipwrecked seeking to set up their own island government thei...

upon expressing an objective truth. For example, approving of an action and stating that the action is right can be construed as ...

and subvert purpose in ways deemed dysfunctional. The nature of the slave is slavish and subservience the natural consequence. A...

men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...

Hylemorphism's preference over materialism in philosophy is examined from the metaphysical perspectives of Thomas Aquinas and Aris...

In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...

In fourteen pages this essay examines the perspectives of theorists and philosophers including Albert Einstein, Aristotle, and Ren...

In five pages the social role of justice is evaluated by employing the philosophical views of Plato and Immanuel Kant. Four sourc...

In four pages the ways in which Aristotle believes virtue is acquired within the perspective of prudence as discussed in his treat...

In ten pages the political theory and government structural views of Thomas Hobbes and Plato are compared and contrasted as they a...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophical views of Hobbes and Plato regarding the state and democracy as re...

In eight pages this paper examines the contemporary government relevance of Socrates' views as portrayed in The Republic by Plato....