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This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...
offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...
something in Platos morality which does not really belong to Plato but is only to be met with in his philosophy, one might say in ...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
In five pages this paper examines four of Plato's dialogues in order to provide answers to various questions. There are no other ...
In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...
Socrates frequently alluded was the basis for his debates with Gorgias, contending that the degree of abstraction pursued by thoug...
is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...
are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...
has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...
knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...
could be products of society, but never the causes, or it would alter the objectivity of sociology as a science (Hamilton, 1995). ...
ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...
wish, they have other freedoms that are perhaps not as obvious. Brave New World supports the hedonistic view. That is, Huxley (199...
do good, not evil to their friends (Plato, 2002). As this indicates, Polemarchus works hard to defend his fathers "rule of thumb...
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...
Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...
In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
profit than seeking knowledge. The schools headmaster was Socrates, and Strepsiades hopes that Phidippides will be able to apply ...
Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Plato's ideas regarding love with the views of Socrates and Aristophanes as expres...
In four pages this paper analyzes the harp analogy of Socrates that is featured in Plato's Phaedo. There are no other sources lis...
In fifteen pages this paper considers the connection between wisdom, holiness, justice, courage, temperance and virtue as revealed...
In six pages this paper discusses the philosophical distinctions Socrates made between these two concepts as presented in Plato's ...
This paper consists of five pages and argues that Socrates was a religious man despite arguments to the contrary and cites evidenc...
In six pages this paper considers Plato's text in its representation of the evil and unhappiness of the 'unjust' according to Socr...
This paper consists of four pages and evaluates the guilty verdict Socrates received in terms of whether or not it represented the...
another thing: ? young men of the richer classes, who have not much to do, come about me of their own accord; they like to hear th...
In five pages this report discusses the extent human effort can result in improvement in a consideration of Letters from the Stoic...
In ten pages this paper examines the wisdom of Socrates as it is depicted in Plato's Apology. There are no other sources listed....