SEARCH RESULTS

In eight pages this paper examines Socrates' philosophical views on self examination and the importance of motivation within the i...

was that all humans are born with an inherent worth which he labeled human dignity (Mazur, 1993). He further felt that human dign...

have been utilized in both historical and contemporary politics: (a) The use of diplomacy and the formation of coalitions; (b) Vio...

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

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

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

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

something in Platos morality which does not really belong to Plato but is only to be met with in his philosophy, one might say in ...

In five pages this paper examines The Republic by Plato in a consideration of Glaucon and Socrates' dialogue and how the Gyges myt...

In six pages this paper examines the Greek concept of eros or love as it is portrayed in these works by Plato and Hippolytus with ...

In seven pages this paper examines the religious views of Socrates as described by Plato in Apology with the focus being upon hi...

In eight pages this paper examines Socrates' life and philosophy as represented in the Five Dialogues of Plato. Four sources are ...

In five pages this paper discusses Socrates' argument fallacies as they are portrayed in Crito by Plato. There are no other sourc...

form of flattery. Socrates voices such strong opposition to the type of oration he attributes to men like Gorgias because knowl...

In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...

In three pages this paper discusses how the Athenians made class distinctions in a consideration of Socrates' noble myth depicted ...

means. The function of justice is to improve human nature, which is inherently constructive. Therefore, at a minimum, justice i...

In five pages The Republic by Plato is examined in a consideration of Books I and II in a discussion of Socrates' extended dialogu...

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

In eight pages this paper examines the contemporary government relevance of Socrates' views as portrayed in The Republic by Plato....

because it is supposed to produce truth in the end. The essence of this method is a process that usually begins with Socrates ask...

correct them by illustrating how values are an integral component of personhood. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the concept...

In twenty pages the relationship that exists between natural law ans sovereignty is examined through such philosophical perspectiv...

In five pages this paper examines a hypothetical contemporary dialogue between these 3 philosophers on how daily life features vir...

In eight pages the philosophies of these great ancient Greek thinkers on these topics are examined with terms including peitho, ag...

is often called the father of Western philosophy, reinforces a legal system that survives to this day in the United States, and in...

In eight pages this paper examines these 3 primary Greek philosophers in a contrast and comparison of their similarities and diffe...

of the United States. Without the philosophies of those that lived in the centuries prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence...

(Allmark, 2003, p. 4). Poststructuralism: This perspective takes a deconstructive view of structuralism and "sees inquiry as ine...

ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...