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only thing that is known is what is presently occurring. In other words, if something is out of ones eyesight and experience, it i...
in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...
is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...
of fire (The New York Times, 2008). He lived during the late fifth century BC (The New York Times, 2008). The Eleatic school for i...
in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...
truly understand Gods word: "I ask Thee, my God: pardon my sins, and as Thou didst grant to Thy servant to speak those words, gran...
Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...
unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...
possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...
ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...
Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...
for the student of psychology to develop a well-rounded and complete understanding of the discipline, it is necessary to study bot...
wish, they have other freedoms that are perhaps not as obvious. Brave New World supports the hedonistic view. That is, Huxley (199...
In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Plato's theories of Forms. Parmenides' views on change provide a counterpoint. Paper ...
This paper discusses different parts of Plato's Republic. There is a discussion of natural law legal theory and legal positivist t...
This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...
In ten pages the political theory and government structural views of Thomas Hobbes and Plato are compared and contrasted as they a...
In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophical views of Hobbes and Plato regarding the state and democracy as re...
In six pages this paper discusses how Plato's Euthyphro would be received by Hume and Kant in a consideration of family duty, love...
In five pages this paper considers Plato's reasons for writing Symposium in an examination of Alcibiades' speech creation. There ...
In six pages a work of Plato is compared with the Christian writer C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters. Two sources are cited in t...
In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...
In four pages Plato's input is sought in the establishment of a new Dogwood constitution. Three sources are cited in the bibliogr...
This paper consists of five pages and argues that Socrates was a religious man despite arguments to the contrary and cites evidenc...
role of rhetoric within the political arena. Therefore, "Rhetoric is the expressed genre of the second grammatical person" (545)....
In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...
Plato's Euthyphro is employed in this paper consisting of eight pages in order to explore the roots of godly piety and this tutori...
In five pages this paper examines political rule in a consideration of knowledge, wisdom, and morality in Plato's The Republic. T...
In two pages this paper considers Plato's use of tetralogy organization in an overview of Books I and II of The Republic. There a...
In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...