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essential to the happiness of a man - having something worth living for is as important as having something worth dying for (Bloom...
self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...
yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indic...
profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...
-- but to deny their husbands sex until the men agree to sign a treaty. It is the women, therefore, who actually end the war. Rea...
another thing: ? young men of the richer classes, who have not much to do, come about me of their own accord; they like to hear th...
may have perceived myself as a moderate, it has been brought home to me enough times, that I can no longer pretend it is my person...
This paper examines various forms of feminism seen in two works by Shakespeare's, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Aristophanes', Lys...
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 five pages this paper contrasts and compares Plato's ideas regarding love with the views of Socrates and Aristophanes as expres...
noble. Socrates was doing the right thing. Today, as people wrestle with unjust rules and laws, there are some who simply follow ...
of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...
still perhaps not arriving at solid answers when his friend tells him he has to leave. Socrates tells him, "Alas! my companion, an...
In fourteen pages this paper examines Socrates in an overview of his life and philosophical views regarding law, religion, reason ...
In six pages The Book of Job from the Old Testament, Antigone by Sophocles, Crito and Apology by Plato, and The Clouds by Aristoph...
charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...
as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...
they can stop the men from going off to war and would ultimately bring some peace. The premise of the story is a tragic one, in th...
a man. She is fighting to ensure that he has a proper burial and she has no thoughts for herself. Ismene simply wants to be a good...
also notes that even when she met with her husband near the end she still did not run into his arms, remaining cautious and loyal ...
art of argument. He is a lost cause at the school and he is deemed too stupid to really be taught this fine art. He then sends ...
their worthiness within the stringent boundaries of a male-dominated existence speaks volumes about the inherent fortitude that co...
indication of satire must be seen in the name and the role of the Clouds, these are women that take the place of the goods, who ar...
by, at least, a millennium. For them, they are merely being "realistic" and that such realism can serve as a basis for a social or...
In five pages this report examines how family dynamics were portrayed in epic literature in a consideration of Sappho's poetry, Ar...
sense one gets at the end of the work, that under the humorous aspects, there is something very sad occurring. It does appear that...
In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...
In a paper consisting of nine pages the seriousness of Aristophanes' comedies 'The Birds' and 'The Clouds' is considered. Seven s...
even screenwriters who disguise them as interesting stories. The original Star Trek was great at teaching these moral lessons whil...
thing. CLEONICE (wearily) And is it thick too? LYSISTRATA...