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distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees ...

This essay pertains to The Cave by Jose Saramago and presents the interpretation that the author stresses the similarities between...

In six pages this paper compares contemporary religious views with Plato's philosophical concepts with God's existence, morality, ...

In five pages Socrates' concepts of ethics, piety, and justice are discussed as they are represented in Plato's Crito and Euthyp...

In six pages this paper examines Socrates concept of love, then compares it with the contemporary interpretation before being inte...

In five pages this paper examines Socrates' dialogue with Thrasymachus and considers his concept of justice as described in Plato'...

In six pages this paper discusses the philosophical distinctions Socrates made between these two concepts as presented in Plato's ...

In three pages this paper considers how Plato's text reveals virtue to be not a single entity but rather deeply connected to other...

In five pages this paper compares modern science's concept of reality with Plato's Theory of Forms and how they relate to understa...

In five pages this paper compares Plato's perspectives on democracy with Marx's concepts of capitalism. There are 4 other sources...

good gifts to their friends and family but often do not have the expenses which would allow them to do so. However, people may use...

of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...

on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...

close relationships over great distances and for a long period of time, indefinitely, even with separations and loss of contact" (...

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...

In five pages this paper discusses how human standards can be lived up to in a consideration of the Old Testament's unrighteousnes...

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...

the supreme principle, the fundamental principle on which any well-ordered society could live (Bhandari, nd). Plato was certainl...

Brian Vickers portrays Plato as an intellectual Odysseus, stealthily stealing the rhetorical arsenal of the sophists and using it ...

This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...

In five pages this research paper examines how Parmenides' Eleatic philosophy was used by Aristotle and Plato as a way for reality...

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views on forms held by Plato as critiqued by Aristotle with references made to...

In five pages the differing political views between Plato and his one time philosophy student Aristotle are discussed with Plato's...

Essentially, the allegory likens those who remain unaware of forms to prisoners chained in a cave, and they cannot turn their head...

can be found in many church doctrines today (Fisher, 2006). Augustine was a seeker of truth throughout his life (Smitha, 1998). H...

as a teacher, is to free his students from the cave and metaphorically drag them into the sunlight. The selection from Phaedo reco...

of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...

human being for a short span of time. The cave allegory is quite well known and has been used by many to interpret Platos philosop...

life fulfillment and that a disabled individual should be allowed to die because their quality of life will not allow them to find...

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