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illustrates his stance which is that people, even if they are lacking, do not have the right to coerce the wealthy. Thus, if someo...

In eight pages this paper discusses social reformation in a contrast and comparison of the philosophies of Plato and Confucius....

student introduce and summarize Platos "allegory of the cave". The allegory of the cave, as it is commonly known, is a dialogue be...

The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...

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

terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...

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

The role of critical thinking in American society has taken on greater importance in the 21st century. This paper relates the conc...

self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...

In nine pages this report compares the philosophies on human nature as conceptualized by Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato with Plato'...

employee believes a child is abused, they must call the authorities. If a child has a fight in school, the latest trend is to file...

who will eventually hold office and decide what to pursue in respect to issues like abortion, stem cell research and capital punis...

still perhaps not arriving at solid answers when his friend tells him he has to leave. Socrates tells him, "Alas! my companion, an...

of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...

or values. It is by understanding leadership and its influences that the way leadership may be encouraged and developed in the con...

n.d.). Plato did talk about God, in Timaeus, Plato said that if God made the world as perfect then the soul must be perfect, also ...

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

In five pages a comparison and contrast of how these philosophers perceived political leadership are made by noting the difference...

In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...

as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...

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

noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...

the physical in a dramatic and practical way. While Aristotle saw the heart as just a physical organ, he had an idea that seemed t...

Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...

ideas. As we shall soon see, through these speeches Plato seems to have reasoned out how it is that mankind make their way from th...

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...

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...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

So for Plato, this idea extended into both personal and political ramifications. He reasoned that when an individual was doing th...