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This paper examines if Niccolo Machiavelli or Plato would have provided Ralph with better advice on governing the island in this a...

tragedy" (Cai, 1999, p. 317). For Confucius, the focus was much narrower: when he considered poetry, he was thinking of the Book o...

various experiences are provided by Socrates and the others. In some way, the work examines the idea of power. After all, if someo...

very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...

why so many people had to suffer. No matter the cause, the gods were not looked on with the reverence they had once enjoyed, and t...

smartest beings when it comes to illustrating their capacity for cultivating and understanding knowledge; therefore, the value of ...

(Garrett(1)). In addition these gods possess many human traits such as jealousy and envy. As Garrett(1) states, "These gods, mo...

Indeed, one might readily surmise that Plato believed man was a product of how "own imperfect understanding of nature, of our igno...

it comes to knowledge leads one to believe that people are much more likely to act out in such a manner that is motivated only by ...

the harp is broken the music stops; if the human dies, doesnt the soul also vanish? (Plato). It is to answer these concerns and ar...

his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...

words, "how does one KNOW that this is the truth". Most of Socrates teaching took place on the steps of a Lyceum, much like an a...

charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...

also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...

offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...

wine and pleasure, and rejecting the cold and structured nature of Apollonian society. For them, to be human is to follow ones bas...

societys goods (Platos Political Theory, 2002). They were satisfied with their lives and held back from being passionate natured ...

they know was agreed upon in full assembly; and should it be decided that this is not so, the poor have discovered a hundred excus...

This essay pertain to the way Plato and Nietzsche perceived the character and philosophy of Socrates. Seven pages in length, five ...

Near-death experiences (NDE) have been reported since ancient times. Even Plato reported one. In recent decades, there have been t...

that was filed did not meet the criteria to dismiss such heinous a charge ("Lawyers Request To Dismiss Moms Charges Denied" ). The...

student sees in relationship to what the image can present: "but of the ideas which they resemble; not of the figures which they d...

moral fact by levying skepticism towards the basis of those moral truths and facts (Sinnott-Armstrong, 2011). For instance, one mi...

In a paper of thirteen pages, the writer looks at classical texts by Francis Bacon and Plato. The allegory of the cave and the fou...

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at American and Greek democracies. The Republic of Plato is also presented in summary-f...

This essay reports on three adult learning theories and relates them to the writer's experience. The theories are Freire, Mezirow,...

around, arousing them and persuading them. He illustrates how people are often irritated by him because they feel they have been r...

original thirteen colonies on which the new United States of America was founded removed their approval of being governed by the B...

Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...