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Socrates and the Need for Philosophers

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

Forms and Recollection in Phaedo by Plato

leg only" (Plato). If this were true, if there were only one process in regards to life-death, then everything would ultimately co...

Justice Discovered by Socrates in Books Two and Four of The Republic by Plato

offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...

Insights and Concepts Regarding Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

steeled and a heart trans- formed into brass, so as to bear the weight of such responsibility" (Nietzsche, p.129). One can see tha...

Socrates' Thoughts and Influence

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

Divine Vies of Plato

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 ...

Aristotle's Perspectives on Evil

originally? Even if it is passed on to future generations, or victims, it has to come form somewhere. While some say it is origina...

Criticism on the Democracy Objections of Friedrich Nietzsche

he had the same words of contempt. Under an absolute monarchy, he believed, the military or law-enforcing caste was unduly exalte...

Philosophy, Humanness and the Concepts of Friedrich Nietzsche

In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...

'Last Man' and Friedrich Nietzsche

reference regarding a camel fitting through the eye of the needle. Certainly, Nietzsche did not mean to suggest anything beyond th...

Reasons for Punishment According to Friedrich Nietzsche

core of humanitys lack of individualism and blind willingness to be part of what he referred to as "the herd." In Nietzsches opini...

Justice and the Argument Between Socrates and Polemarchus in The Republic by Plato

do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...

Dialogue Format of Plato

In five pages this report discusses Plato's dialogues in terms of how Socrates regarded his philosophical role and how he was pres...

Meno and Socrates in Meno by Plato

In five pages this paper examines the philosophical questions resulting from the dialogue between Meno and Socrates as presented i...

5 Dialogues of Plato and Human Nature

It is important for to understand that there exist a great many philosophies by which people live their lives. These philosophies...

Apology of Plato and Its Meaning

Plato's Apology is examined in 5 pages in a structural and rhetorical analysis of the philosopher's defense of his teacher Socrate...

Human Fulfillment Through Knowledge and Eros

Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...

Value of Piety

Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...

Socrates on the Body and Soul

the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...

Religion and Socrates

This paper consists of five pages and argues that Socrates was a religious man despite arguments to the contrary and cites evidenc...

Dialogue Between Gorgias and Socrates

In six pages this paper examines Plato's Gorgias which describes a philosophical dialogue between the title character and Socrates...

Socrates' Wisdom in Apology by Plato

In ten pages this paper examines the wisdom of Socrates as it is depicted in Plato's Apology. There are no other sources listed....

'Just' Guilty Verdict for Socrates in Plato's Apology?

This paper consists of four pages and evaluates the guilty verdict Socrates received in terms of whether or not it represented the...

The Clouds by Aristophanes and Apology by Plato

another thing: ? young men of the richer classes, who have not much to do, come about me of their own accord; they like to hear th...

Human Effort and Improvement According to Socrates and Seneca

In five pages this report discusses the extent human effort can result in improvement in a consideration of Letters from the Stoic...

Socrates and the Unjust's Plight in Gorgias by Plato

In six pages this paper considers Plato's text in its representation of the evil and unhappiness of the 'unjust' according to Socr...

Harp Analogy in Phaedo by Plato

In four pages this paper analyzes the harp analogy of Socrates that is featured in Plato's Phaedo. There are no other sources lis...

'Beautiful and Just Things,' 'Just' and Plato's The Republic and Phaedo

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

Virtue in Protagoras by Plato

In fifteen pages this paper considers the connection between wisdom, holiness, justice, courage, temperance and virtue as revealed...

Euthyphro by Plato and the Reactions of David Hume and Immanuel Kant

In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...