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This essay is on Aristotle's "Politics" and how he saw the role of the city in human life. The writer relates his political thinki...

todays society, but the search for contentment goes back centuries. For many searchers, happiness comes and goes, but it is a popu...

brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...

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

Socrates frequently alluded was the basis for his debates with Gorgias, contending that the degree of abstraction pursued by thoug...

with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...

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

tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...

only a satire of society and politics, it is also an example of ones examination of his life. Although this work is a satire, it ...

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

In three pages this paper discusses Plato's Phaedo in terms of the mechanistic mind model and Socrates' arguments designed against...

This narrative essay consisting of five pages rewrites the Apology of Plato and features Socrates' arguing to have his life spared...

In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...

women, including approved activities, mannerism, education, sexuality and religious pursuits, as well as the extent to which there...

In eight pages the issues considered in Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life by Sommers and Sommers are discussed as they relate to al...

In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...

In ten pages this tutorial paper imagines a lively dialogue between political philosophers including St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle...

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

so that his assets could be pro-created and he could be put to death. Will Socrates did refuse the request, he simply went home ra...

the lyrics in modern songs, and in essence, the poets of today are Eminem and Jay Zee and Beyonce. Lyrics to emanate from these ar...

and ones existence. To reach true happiness, Plato contended that people must strive for a contentment that only comes from being...

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

This paper discusses Richard Kraut's commentary on the intellectual elitism of Aristotle an defines virtue in this overview of Ari...

in the Peloponnesian War, which ended in a resounding defeat for Athens in 404 B.C. (Levinson ix-x). While it can be assumed that...

In six pages virtue as defined by the philosophies of Aristotle and Plato and their continuity are examined. There are 5 sources ...

VI of "Nicomachean Ethics", goodness under the concept presented by Plato suggests almost an unattainable element, and it was Aris...

In a paper consisting of seven pages the concept of marriage rooted in friendship is a view shared by Barbara Whitehead and Aristo...

Since approximately 700 B. C., astronomy had a great deal to do with keeping time (PG). Natural periods of time were generated th...

In twenty five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato as they influenced the origins of the...

In seven pages various readings featured in this collective volume consider topics of self respect, self interest, dignity, and ch...