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In six pages this research paper considers how the death concept was applied to the scheme of life through the classical Greek phi...

In eight pages this paper discusses whether or not the government is justified in legally regulating marijuana use according to th...

In five pages this paper examines the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Microsoft and issues regarding the Internet E...

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

This paper addresses the nature of morality as portrayed in these three works. The author compares and contrasts how good, evil, ...

In twenty five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato as they influenced the origins of the...

argued that this is true, Plato, but let us bring forth two other philosophers to create a better atmosphere for this discourse. ...

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

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

his writings (Levinson x). Socrates would continue to dominate Platos personal and professional lives for years to come, and woul...

be studied scientifically in order to derive the most rational, economic and efficient means of administering policy. The form is...

also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...

as people do want to know things and understand (1995). Both theorists do view education as important and place a particular empha...

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

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

(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...

Morality (age 4 - 10) - This is when moral value resides in what the person needs and wants for himself (Laurence Kohlberg, 2002)....

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...

However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

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, ...

Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...

theory of "seeing is believing" and that something must be touched in order to be a reality. According to Goellnitz, one s...

no matter how insignificant or trite they may seem. However, it would seem that he believed that there were at least two types of ...