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In six pages this paper considers Plato's text in its representation of the evil and unhappiness of the 'unjust' according to Socr...
brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...
In four pages this paper discusses the soul's immortality as represented in Socrates' arguments that are featured in Meno by Plato...
In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...
form of flattery. Socrates voices such strong opposition to the type of oration he attributes to men like Gorgias because knowl...
In six pages this paper examines Plato's Gorgias which describes a philosophical dialogue between the title character and Socrates...
In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
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...
interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...
cast them as slaves of the elite. This action of stripping an individuals inherent rights as a human being can be nothing other t...
Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...
Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...
from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there w...
as a teacher, is to free his students from the cave and metaphorically drag them into the sunlight. The selection from Phaedo reco...
if "what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or bad man" ("Apology" 28b)(Plato 32-33). In regards to how ...
as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...
distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees ...
a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...
with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...
In five pages this report argues that both Protagoras and Socrates' ideals are ascetic and hedonistic as presented in Plato's dial...
tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted if in any...
In five pages Socrates' concepts of ethics, piety, and justice are discussed as they are represented in Plato's Crito and Euthyp...
In five pages this paper examines Socrates' dialogue with Thrasymachus and considers his concept of justice as described in Plato'...
In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...
In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...
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 ...
In three pages this paper discusses Plato's Phaedo in terms of the mechanistic mind model and Socrates' arguments designed against...
In five pages this paper considers the purpose of Socrates' arguments as featured in three of Plato's dialogues. There are no oth...
In twelve pages Plato's dialogues The Republic, Phaedrus, and Gorgias are examined in an analysis of how the philosopher conceptua...
This essay pertains to Plato's perception of rhetoric and the role of eros, as indicated by his texts Gorgias and Phaedrus. Five p...