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is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...

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...

fair and sensible legal procedure based primarily upon morality and justice. Alexander the Great was the instrumental force behin...

to be transcendent elements sent to teach important lessons turns out to be nothing more than images cast from puppets whose shado...

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

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

issues concern youth and the treatment of youth as adults. Acknowledging that there is a difference between youth and adult offend...

to the outside, the cave becomes a type of conduit, or birth canal which brings him into the life of actual knowledge. What one ca...

human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...

reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...

between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...

how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...

This 12-page paper deals with the effect of plea bargaining on the criminal justice system. It argues that the relatively new pra...

for which they are talented. Here, it is thought that the rulers who are willing to rule, who go into the cave, who are vocal, are...

the streets? Will Valentine disgrace himself in the commodities market? Since this is a comedy, we know the answer to both questio...

three characters (a stranger from Athens; Cleinias, from Crete; and Megillus, a Lacedaemonian) are discussing their various types ...

suggest that both love and hate can be taught (Plato). We can further extrapolate from that to conclude that if a nation is in har...

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...

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

the preexistence of the soul, and the separate existence of forms work together or not? Thats a lot of questions to tackle, and to...

is societally acceptable to that which is societally reprehensible. There is, of course, no one place to lodge the blame for juve...

has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...

most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...

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...

vary somewhat from state to state, juvenile justice typically has a similar protocol. At the time a juvenile is arrested, a decis...

and foremost, its reliability for identification purposes (Technology and Human Values, 1997). In addition, it is widely used and...

offender population. Rehabilitation refers to "changing either the offenders objective circumstances or his value system in ways t...

could be products of society, but never the causes, or it would alter the objectivity of sociology as a science (Hamilton, 1995). ...

Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...

a duel with Danceny which has been orchestrated by his nemesis Merteuil, and she in turn has her reputation and physical beauty de...