SEARCH RESULTS

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

In five pages this paper discusses the philosophies of God as espoused by Socrates and Aristotle in a comparison and contrast of A...

It is important for to understand that there exist a great many philosophies by which people live their lives. These philosophies...

Plato's Apology is examined in 5 pages in a structural and rhetorical analysis of the philosopher's defense of his teacher Socrate...

Socrates ideas. He states that he will be Euthyphros student in these matters. Of course, it would seem that Socrates is being a b...

Brian Vickers portrays Plato as an intellectual Odysseus, stealthily stealing the rhetorical arsenal of the sophists and using it ...

In five pages this paper examines Socrates' arguments regarding capital punishment and the sophist foundation that cements them....

illustrates his stance which is that people, even if they are lacking, do not have the right to coerce the wealthy. Thus, if someo...

of death, as well as the mystery of death. This establishes a foundation from which we can learn, especially considering that Nula...

In six pages this paper examines Socrates concept of love, then compares it with the contemporary interpretation before being inte...

upon expressing an objective truth. For example, approving of an action and stating that the action is right can be construed as ...

In fourteen pages this paper examines Socrates in an overview of his life and philosophical views regarding law, religion, reason ...

In four pages this paper examines how Plato and Socrates were philosophically viewed by Nietzsche. Two sources are cited in the b...

interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...

is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...

for Plato and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily...

interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...

this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...

charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...

offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...

change and that personality stays the same. In order to comprehend why this is not the case, and understand the thesis which also ...

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 ...

leg only" (Plato). If this were true, if there were only one process in regards to life-death, then everything would ultimately co...

Socrates frequently alluded was the basis for his debates with Gorgias, contending that the degree of abstraction pursued by thoug...

In three pages this paper discusses how the Athenians made class distinctions in a consideration of Socrates' noble myth depicted ...

means. The function of justice is to improve human nature, which is inherently constructive. Therefore, at a minimum, justice i...

In eight pages this paper examines Socrates' life and philosophy as represented in the Five Dialogues of Plato. Four sources are ...

In five pages this paper discusses Socrates' argument fallacies as they are portrayed in Crito by Plato. There are no other sourc...

In five pages this paper examines how Plato described Socrates' trial and death in his dialogues Phaedo, Crito, Apology, and Euthy...

form of flattery. Socrates voices such strong opposition to the type of oration he attributes to men like Gorgias because knowl...