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knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...

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

to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...

knowledge which is only knowable and obtainable without the aide of the senses. Secondly, the Synoptic Gospels speak as Christ b...

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

This 5 page paper discusses whether the U.S. government works for the community as a whole, or for indivdiual interests. The write...

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

impartial form of government: the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. One only needs to look at the Amendme...

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

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

This paper considers the need for evolution in Rome’s government. Caesar Augustus was particularly successful in adjusting for co...

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

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at American and Greek democracies. The Republic of Plato is also presented in summary-f...

draw on the human collective conscious, or the knowledge that exists in the universe, they had a glimpse of it once, and that expl...

society exist without democracy? Many theorists today would think not, and while many enlightened individuals could argue that mer...

stratification of society. The rulers tell the populace that the divisions between one social group and another are because of div...

very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...

that was determined by human will, in that people choose whether or not to keep their promises (Hobbes, 1982). Those that keep th...

his writings (Levinson x). Socrates would continue to dominate Platos personal and professional lives for years to come, and woul...

Yet is it just to have such a rule in place? Furthermore is a just for a professional football team to be fined, simply because th...

this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...

the best" (the literal definition of aristocracy) was to be achieved. This scenario, by its very nature, assured the manifestatio...

is not clear how the lower classes are expected to live (1993). It is also noted that while Plato makes a case for communism for ...

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...

works into three central periods: namely, early, middle and late and the Republic is generally regarded as a middle period work (W...

classes in the State severally did their own business; and also thought to be temperate and valiant and wise by reason of certain ...

for Plato and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily...

the notion of justice. This was essentially defined as doing the right thing. We note that one of the characters in the Republic i...

In six pages this paper analyzes The Republic by Plato in a consideration of how women's roles are portrayed. There is 1 source c...

things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...