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God wills at any particular moment." To this proposition, Nielsen poses three questions: 1. Is being willed by God the, or even a,...
of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...
as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...
around, arousing them and persuading them. He illustrates how people are often irritated by him because they feel they have been r...
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...
a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...
in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...
can one know what is beautiful or what is ugly? There must be some sort of shared experience. Plato uses a cave allegory--somethi...
noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...
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...
In five pages this paper compares Plato's perspectives on democracy with Marx's concepts of capitalism. There are 4 other sources...
In six pages this paper discusses the philosophical distinctions Socrates made between these two concepts as presented in Plato's ...
In five pages this paper compares modern science's concept of reality with Plato's Theory of Forms and how they relate to understa...
In six pages this paper compares contemporary religious views with Plato's philosophical concepts with God's existence, morality, ...
In six pages this paper examines Socrates concept of love, then compares it with the contemporary interpretation before being inte...
In five pages this paper examines Socrates' dialogue with Thrasymachus and considers his concept of justice as described in Plato'...
In three pages this paper considers how Plato's text reveals virtue to be not a single entity but rather deeply connected to other...
is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...
So for Plato, this idea extended into both personal and political ramifications. He reasoned that when an individual was doing th...
terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...
of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...
on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...
In five pages this paper discusses how human standards can be lived up to in a consideration of the Old Testament's unrighteousnes...
This 5 page paper examines the way in which one can use the Socratic method to find the truth. The writer also discusses the conce...
role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...
close relationships over great distances and for a long period of time, indefinitely, even with separations and loss of contact" (...
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...
Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...
distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees ...
This essay pertains to The Cave by Jose Saramago and presents the interpretation that the author stresses the similarities between...