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In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...

In five pages this paper considers Plato's reasons for writing Symposium in an examination of Alcibiades' speech creation. There ...

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

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

of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...

good gifts to their friends and family but often do not have the expenses which would allow them to do so. However, people may use...

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

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

In five pages this paper discusses the philosophies of God as espoused by Socrates and Aristotle in a comparison and contrast of A...

Platonic love reflects the deepest love possible between two people, in that it does not abide by the notions of restriction, jeal...

Naucratis in Egypt there dwell one of the old gods of the country, the god to whom the bird called Ibis is sacred, his own name be...

In six pages arguments which dispute Plato's theory of ideas or forms as represented in The Republic are presented. Four sources ...

In five pages this paper presents the argument that Desdemona's love for the Moorish Othello expands romantic love to include fide...

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

citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...

understand each of these elements through sensation, he finds himself challenged by the mutability of everything that exists: not...

In five pages the theme of love is considered within the context of these authors and their tales. Three sources are cited in the...

thought and action. There are times, however, when vice distracts these efforts and renders man vulnerable to a less ethical exis...

can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...

the more metaphysical idea that the world of the present is known as the physical world that one is able to perceive using the sen...

is only preserved as a term of reproach" (Plato). He illustrates how the figures of men and women and the third figure were round ...

his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...

that man and woman should be attracted to each other, fall in love, marry, and produce new life. This is Eros love" (Eros. Philios...

she taught him that the journey of the soul is to go from the immediate experience of the everyday world and ascend into a realm t...

revealing aspect of "Loves Executioner" which makes the book a tremendously useful and constructive resource to practicing psychot...

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

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

of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...

In seven pages an argument that supports the death penalty as justified punishment in terms of retribution, deterrence, and infall...

In four pages this paper presents an autobiography of Saint Augustine and also considers his arguments on the existence of God....