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his words appear incredibly arrogant and seem to stray off the topic, as the words illustrate his intelligence and depth more than...
interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...
only thing that is known is what is presently occurring. In other words, if something is out of ones eyesight and experience, it i...
come after Plato, not before. (This example is found in Book VII of The Republic, which is available online.) As Im sure youll ...
the street ... must and will reflect our personal moral standards" (Reavley, 2001). Those moral standards, Reavley implies, must ...
"what is justice?" and after a definition is provided, Socrates gets the interlocutor to make a statement that would obviously con...
Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...
This itself is also likely to have been influenced by the long Peloponnesian war in which Plato himself was involved. Different me...
to return to the cave because its familiar and comfortable? The answer to all these questions is "yes." (Allegory of the Cave, 2...
a product of how "own imperfect understanding of nature, of our ignorance of how to harmonize our activities with the worlds scrip...
his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...
wine and pleasure, and rejecting the cold and structured nature of Apollonian society. For them, to be human is to follow ones bas...
However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...
(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...
societys goods (Platos Political Theory, 2002). They were satisfied with their lives and held back from being passionate natured ...
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...
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...
wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...
the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...
major argument in favor of poetry; that it was an educational tool that could be used in the instruction of moral values. Sidne...
smartest beings when it comes to illustrating their capacity for cultivating and understanding knowledge; therefore, the value of ...
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...
Indeed, one might readily surmise that Plato believed man was a product of how "own imperfect understanding of nature, of our igno...
possibly think?" (I.3). As this indicates, Aristotles perspective is grounded in observation and reality. He sees the mind as intr...
top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...
In six pages this paper examines 'The Aeneid' in terms of the dialogue with the dead featured by Virgil and its difference with 'T...
have groomed themselves for heaven. They have made sure to live clean lives so their souls will be saved. Agnostics and atheists e...
Client self knowledge and the connection between the use of narrative therapy and the 'Allegory of the Cave' by Plato are examined...
In five pages this research essay discusses how private property is conceptualized by John Locke and Plato with the writer's own p...