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humans cannot readily draw on the human collective conscious, or the knowledge that exists in the universe, they had a glimpse of ...

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

n.d.). Plato did talk about God, in Timaeus, Plato said that if God made the world as perfect then the soul must be perfect, also ...

in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ...

soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...

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...

thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...

she proved to me as I proved to him that, by my own showing, Love was neither fair nor good. " Here, the idea that love is powerfu...

if he has acquired the knowledge he could not have acquired it in this life, unless he has been taught geometry; for he may be mad...

like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...

fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...

has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...

most part. He was clearly setting himself up as some sort of martyr or individual who would ultimately bring about change to the s...

the lyrics in modern songs, and in essence, the poets of today are Eminem and Jay Zee and Beyonce. Lyrics to emanate from these ar...

the preexistence of the soul, and the separate existence of forms work together or not? Thats a lot of questions to tackle, and to...

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...

three characters (a stranger from Athens; Cleinias, from Crete; and Megillus, a Lacedaemonian) are discussing their various types ...

suggest that both love and hate can be taught (Plato). We can further extrapolate from that to conclude that if a nation is in har...

brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...

In four pages this paper analyzes the harp analogy of Socrates that is featured in Plato's Phaedo. There are no other sources lis...

In six pages this paper considers Plato's text in its representation of the evil and unhappiness of the 'unjust' according to Socr...

In nine pages this paper considers Plato's views regarding the soul's immortality as featured in three of his dialogues. There ar...

prisoners were suddenly unshackled and forced to turn around and face the fire. To begin with, he would be blinded by its brillian...

In five pages Kaku's theory of the universe is compared and contrasted with Plato's cave allegory that is featured in Book VII of ...

In nine pages this paper examines Plato's polis design as featured in The Republic in an analysis of the significance he places up...

for an impartial judge; one who would not be swayed by public opinion and "hype" to pre-judge the tyrant. With themselves a...

In order to effectively answer this, they decide on the necessity for an impartial judge who could not be made to choose a biased ...

they have the capacity to attain a happy, or perfect, life. Essential to the perfect polis is the individuals capacity to strive ...