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In ten pages this trio of philosophers and their philosophies are contrasted and compared. Ten sources are cited in the bibliogra...

(Saxonhouse, 1998). This is something thought not to lead to violence, but rather to a profound gentleness (Saxonhouse, 1998). In ...

In eight pages this research paper examines reason as practically used by Socrates during his last days in his Crito dialogue. Fo...

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...

control of the United States and establish a dictatorship. Most women in Gilead are infertile after repeated exposure to pesticide...

In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...

In four pages this paper discusses the soul's immortality as represented in Socrates' arguments that are featured in Meno by Plato...

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

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophies of Socrates and Aristotle with virtue concepts being the primary ...

interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...

if "what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or bad man" ("Apology" 28b)(Plato 32-33). In regards to how ...

Brian Vickers portrays Plato as an intellectual Odysseus, stealthily stealing the rhetorical arsenal of the sophists and using it ...

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

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views on forms held by Plato as critiqued by Aristotle with references made to...

In five pages the differing political views between Plato and his one time philosophy student Aristotle are discussed with Plato's...

must pay for such without question. In Crito, we see Socrates pretending that the laws are coming to talk to him. They say to him...

different aspects of individual virtue can be seen to be included. Meno offers the suggestion that virtue can be defined as the wi...

support for the notion that people must obey the laws of the place in which they are born. How is this accomplished? Aristotle d...

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

the physical in a dramatic and practical way. While Aristotle saw the heart as just a physical organ, he had an idea that seemed t...

charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...

from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there w...

Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...

is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...

as a teacher, is to free his students from the cave and metaphorically drag them into the sunlight. The selection from Phaedo reco...

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

for Plato and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily...

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

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