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If Ralph Had Provided Better Government Advice, Would Events Have Been Different in Lord of the Flies by William Golding?

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

Defense Management Ethics and Classic Philosophy

In five pages the perceptions of classical philosophers Machiavelli, Plato, and Aristotle are applied to defense management's ethi...

The Role of Confucian Reflection in Early Poetry

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

Innate Knowledge and the Debate Between Nativism and Empiricism

In nine pages the debate between innate or native knowledge as espoused by Kant, Descartes, and Plato is compared with the empiric...

Afterlife and Socrates

In seven pages this paper examines the religious views of Socrates as described by Plato in Apology with the focus being upon hi...

Democracy and Plato

outwardly did not follow -- was intended to represent a well-oiled machine that prospered for all parties involved. What Pl...

Beauty and Love According to Socrates as Represented in Symposium by Plato

In four pages this paper examines how beauty and love were conceptualized by Socrates as portrayed in Symposium by Plato through i...

Citizenship Responsibilities

between the citizen and the government? Throughout the ages many great men have spouted views on politics regarding the role of ...

War According to Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato

In seven pages this paper examines how war was viewed by Machiavelli and Plato. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Great Minds Discuss Life's Meaning and Purpose

In five pages this paper examines how life's meaning and purpose are viewed by such great thinkers as Albert Camus, Friedrich Niet...

Pythagoras and His Widespread Influence

In five pages this paper examines Pythagoras' widespread influence that includes the Western scientific concept, mysticism, number...

NDEs and Religious Ministers

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

Adult Learning Theories

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

American and Greek Democracies - A Comparison

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

Bacon and Plato - An Analysis

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...

Human Nature - The Philosophical Perspective

view is that the appetite for wisdom is the most noble of the possible forces that can drive humanity, and as such, the one which ...

Nihilism: An Overview of Perspectives

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

Personal Morality and Life's Meaning

In nine pages this paper examines the role of personal morality in attaching meaning to life in a comparative analysis of Meno and...

Book I of Republic by Plato and Justice

In 6 pages this paper critically analyzes Socrates argument regarding justice in this text and the use of logical deduction by Pla...

Augustine, Plato, and Anthropology

In five pages the ways in which anthropology is reflected in the philosophical works of Augustine and Plato are examined. Five so...

Allegory of the Cave Analogy by Plato

In five pages this paper discusses the symbolism in an analysis of the Allegory of the Cave analogy of Plato. There are no other ...

Perspectives of Aquinas, Aristotle, and Plato on Economic Growth and Human Welfare

In six pages this report contrasts and compares the views of Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, and Plato on economic growth in terms of h...

Literature and Social Isolation

In seven pages this paper considers how social isolation is represented in Philoctetes by Sophocles, Apology by Plato, and Night b...

Piety Concept of Plato in Euthyphro

In five pages this report considers how Plato defines piety in this early dialogue. There are no other sources listed....

Crito by Plato Summarized

In five pages this paper presents a summary of the Crito dialogue by Plato. Three other sources are cited in the bibliography....

Forms According to Aristotle and Plato

In five pages this essay distinguishes between how forms were conceptualized by Plato and his student Aristotle with Aristotle bei...

Love in the Works of Plato and Isaac Bashevis Singer

This paper examines how love is conceptualized by Plato in Symposium when contrasted and compared with the views of Isaac Singer i...

Apology by Plato and Innocence

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

Virtues, Morals, and Ethics of Bill Clinton and the Monica Lewinsky Scandal

In ten pages various philosophical methods are applied to the Monica Lewinsky scandal in terms of what might offer the best instru...

Perfect City According to Plato

In five pages The Republic is used to examine how Plato reveals what constitutes a perfect city in his view. There are no other s...