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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...

only a satire of society and politics, it is also an example of ones examination of his life. Although this work is a satire, it ...

This 5 page paper examines the way in which one can use the Socratic method to find the truth. The writer also discusses the conce...

unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...

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

of just what human nature represents in relation to mans actions. It has long been postulated that human nature is bound by defen...

the immortal soul so that man can survive (PG). The mortal and the immortal soul were each housed in different areas in the body (...

In five pages the way in which Aristotle perceived the golden mean as described in Politics is discussed and also compared with Th...

it is not necessary that everybody feel compelled or obligated to do so. Moral Communitarianism The philosophy and scholarship of...

In 5 pages this paper discusses how leadership and education can have implications for the state in a consideration of Plato's fam...

The role of critical thinking in American society has taken on greater importance in the 21st century. This paper relates the conc...

In five pages this paper discusses how human standards can be lived up to in a consideration of the Old Testament's unrighteousnes...

In seven pages this paper discusses the many components and perspectives on justice utilizing the categorical imperative of Immanu...

Plato's Apology is examined in 5 pages in a structural and rhetorical analysis of the philosopher's defense of his teacher Socrate...

In eleven pages this paper compares how advertising uses music with Plato's music utilization theory. Eleven sources are cited in...

In five pages analogy is defined and then related to these two philosophers as they are used in Rousseau's The Social Contract and...

In six pages arguments which dispute Plato's theory of ideas or forms as represented in The Republic are presented. Four sources ...

of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...

to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...

call to action. Bruskin explains that "The essence of the period is that we were galvanized to do something." (32). While docume...

concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...

the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...

on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...

attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...

was that they were certain and immutable. Also, knowledge must have as its objective that which is genuinely real as compared to t...

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

and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...

people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...

senate dinner, or basically a drinking party after the meal. Though it is certain that Plato took literary license with the dialog...