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knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...

ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...

so that his assets could be pro-created and he could be put to death. Will Socrates did refuse the request, he simply went home ra...

his words appear incredibly arrogant and seem to stray off the topic, as the words illustrate his intelligence and depth more than...

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

"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...

(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...

threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...

Plato's Apology and Aristotle's Poetics are both considered masterpieces of ancient Greek philosophy. This report compares the two...

leg only" (Plato). If this were true, if there were only one process in regards to life-death, then everything would ultimately co...

In five pages this essay examines the mind and soul dichotomy as conceptualized by Socrates and represented by Plato in Apology an...

fact that they were poets made them think that they had a perfect understanding of all other subjects, of which they were totally ...

In five pages this paper discusses Socrates' argument fallacies as they are portrayed in Crito by Plato. There are no other sourc...

means. The function of justice is to improve human nature, which is inherently constructive. Therefore, at a minimum, justice i...

soul has two principal parts. The first part of this argument is that nature inevitably follows a cyclical pattern. All vegetatio...

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

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...

In fifteen pages this paper considers the connection between wisdom, holiness, justice, courage, temperance and virtue as revealed...

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

do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...

are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...

with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...

abortion debate is that many of the original laws and ideas formed about abortion originated in colonial times during a different ...

a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...

This essay offers an argument that supports the pro-choice position in the abortion debate. The stance of the opposing pro-life po...

In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...

In five pages Socrates' concepts of ethics, piety, and justice are discussed as they are represented in Plato's Crito and Euthyp...

In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...

In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...

In five pages this paper examines concepts featured in 'Myth of the Cave' and The Apology and also considers 'The Death of Ivan Il...