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is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...
importance and children were to be guarded from superfluous information to come from for example poetry and literature. Rather, th...
means. The function of justice is to improve human nature, which is inherently constructive. Therefore, at a minimum, justice i...
of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...
a familiar kind of Socratic dialogue about justice, just as the Euthyphro is about piety and the Meno is about virtue. The Republi...
as a teacher, is to free his students from the cave and metaphorically drag them into the sunlight. The selection from Phaedo reco...
self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...
as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...
at once managed for himself to become one of the envoys to the king ; upon arrival, having seduced his wife, with her help, he lai...
good gifts to their friends and family but often do not have the expenses which would allow them to do so. However, people may use...
in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...
In five pages this paper compares modern science's concept of reality with Plato's Theory of Forms and how they relate to understa...
In five pages this paper examines Socrates' dialogue with Thrasymachus and considers his concept of justice as described in Plato'...
In six pages this paper discusses the philosophical distinctions Socrates made between these two concepts as presented in Plato's ...
a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...
The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...
In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views on forms held by Plato as critiqued by Aristotle with references made to...
illustrates his stance which is that people, even if they are lacking, do not have the right to coerce the wealthy. Thus, if someo...
the notion of justice. This was essentially defined as doing the right thing. We note that one of the characters in the Republic i...
works into three central periods: namely, early, middle and late and the Republic is generally regarded as a middle period work (W...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...
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...
he had dragged him out into the light of the sun" he would be distressed. For Socrates, the world above ground represents the othe...
concepts that are far beyond his level of comprehension, only to ultimately be able to process the information. To reach true m...
soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...
In a type of author/character debate, Plato explores the premises of his theory by having Socrates debate them. Plato theorized ...
In seven pages the cave allegory featured in Plato's Republic is applied to contemporary U.S. political leadership. Four sources ...
In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...
In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...