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the harp is broken the music stops; if the human dies, doesnt the soul also vanish? (Plato). It is to answer these concerns and ar...
stratification of society. The rulers tell the populace that the divisions between one social group and another are because of div...
because it is supposed to produce truth in the end. The essence of this method is a process that usually begins with Socrates ask...
interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...
his words appear incredibly arrogant and seem to stray off the topic, as the words illustrate his intelligence and depth more than...
various experiences are provided by Socrates and the others. In some way, the work examines the idea of power. After all, if someo...
will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...
tragedy" (Cai, 1999, p. 317). For Confucius, the focus was much narrower: when he considered poetry, he was thinking of the Book o...
Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...
very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...
possibly think?" (I.3). As this indicates, Aristotles perspective is grounded in observation and reality. He sees the mind as intr...
why so many people had to suffer. No matter the cause, the gods were not looked on with the reverence they had once enjoyed, and t...
be quantified. That is, ones life may be the truth, but it cannot be articulated as the truth. Still, there had been much debate b...
can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...
as well as the people. When one views the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for example, one hardly thinks ab...
original thirteen colonies on which the new United States of America was founded removed their approval of being governed by the B...
Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...
he make it eternal anyway? Many people think of the universe as something that was eternal in the first place, irrespective of wha...
subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...
interprets the ideal of freedom and to what extent they live in their own psychological prisons. Social freedom means that one wil...
that was determined by human will, in that people choose whether or not to keep their promises (Hobbes, 1982). Those that keep th...
surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...
not go to reincarnation necessarily, but rather to the idea that death does not end life. On the other hand, New Ageism, Buddhism,...
qualities in the face of conflict or challenge. "Deliberate effort and the taking of thoughtful pains are required...Education, a...
be studied scientifically in order to derive the most rational, economic and efficient means of administering policy. The form is...
also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...
Lysias topic is love, which in the ancient Greek world referred to the love of a man for another man. Homosexuality was practiced...
human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...
led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...
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...