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  • Philosophical Heavyweights - Marx Versus Plato

    Philosophical Heavyweights - Marx Versus Plato

    Karl Marx and Plato are two names heard all across the world. Their names ring in halls of philosophy everywhere, and their ideas run rampant in the heads of bright young thinkers. Karl Marx was a very prominent and influential philosopher from Germany. While Marx addressed a wide range of issues, he is most famous for his analysis of history in terms of class struggles, made very evident in his book titled The Communist Manifesto.

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    Essay Length: 972 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: June 8, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Plato’s Theaetetus

    Plato’s Theaetetus

    In Plato's Theaetetus Plato attempts to show what knowledge is. Socrates asks Theaetetus what he thinks knowledge is. Since Theaetetus answers incorrectly, Socrates presents other definitions about knowledge. One theory is "Man is the Measure of all things." Although this theory comes from Socrates, he still believes it is in need of more explanation. Socrates reverts to Protagoras' teachings and explains his theory on the idea that "Man in the Measure of all things" Socrates

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    Essay Length: 1,340 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: June 9, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Compare, Contrast and Evaluate Plato and Aristotle on Human Wellbeing

    Compare, Contrast and Evaluate Plato and Aristotle on Human Wellbeing

    WHEN Socrates was sixty years old, Plato, then a youth of twenty, came to him as a pupil. When Plato was sixty years old, the seventeen-year-old Aristotle presented himself, joining the Teacher's group of "Friends," as the members of the Academy called themselves. Aristotle was a youth of gentle birth and breeding, his father occupying the position of physician to King Philip of Macedon. Possessed of a strong character, a penetrating intellect, apparent sincerity, but

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    Submitted: June 9, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Method and Madness - Education in Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Politics

    Method and Madness - Education in Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Politics

    Education is a central part of the establishment and continued advancement of any government, so it rightfully commands the attention of politicians, philosophers, and citizens who seek the betterment of their own community and state to this day. The debate around the topic of education is even more heated because everyone has had some type of personal experience with it—be it through state-sponsored schooling, private education, professional training, or attaining a general understanding of the

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    Essay Length: 2,678 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: June 11, 2010 By: Mike
  • Justice in Plato

    Justice in Plato

    What is justice? Why do men behave justly? Is it because they fear the consequences of injustice? Is it worthwhile to be just? Is justice a good thing in and of itself regardless of its rewards or punishments? Speaking through his teacher Socrates, Plato attempts to answer these questions in the Republic. In book I Thrasymachus, a rival of Socrates makes the claim that justice is nothing but the advantage of the stronger. It does

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    Submitted: June 13, 2010 By: July
  • Allegory of the Cave by Plato

    Allegory of the Cave by Plato

    In the Allegory of the Cave Plato represents man's condition as being "chained in a cave," with only a fire behind him. He perceives the world by watching the shadows on the wall. He sits in darkness with the false light of the fire and does not realize that this existence is wrong or lacking. Much like the matrix, it merely is his existence — he knows no other nor offers any complaint. In the

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    Submitted: July 28, 2010 By: Dina
  • Machiavelli Vs Plato

    Machiavelli Vs Plato

    Many people in history have written about ideal rulers and states and how to maintain them. Perhaps the most talked about and compared are Machiavelli's, The Prince and Plato's, The Republic. Machiavelli lived at a time when Italy was suffering from its political destruction. The Prince, was written to describe the ways by which a leader may gain and maintain power. In Plato?s The Republic, he unravels the definition of justice. Plato believed that

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    Essay Length: 1,886 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: May 1, 2011 By: nuric1986
  • Death in Plato'S Apology

    Death in Plato'S Apology

    Daniel Sill PHI 100.02 Fall 2012 Mattingly In Plato’s Apology, Socrates’ argument that death is a blessing begins with the premise that in death, either the soul is transported to another place where one is conscious and aware for eternity in some afterlife, or one is completely void of consciousness and perception for eternity. The former choice entails some system where the soul is either allowed into paradise or punished for their sins, while the

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    Essay Length: 713 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 6, 2014 By: Captain Dan
  • Plato's Critique on Art

    Plato's Critique on Art

    Shan Dev Philosophy 103 April 28, 2016 Final Paper Plato’s Critique of Art In Book X of The Republic, Socrates explains his concern with art. He believes art is dangerous and affects the inferior part of your soul. He believes this because he thinks these artists pretend to know things when they in fact do not. They have no real knowledge of what they are writing or painting about. In his opinion, artwork cannot be

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    Submitted: April 30, 2016 By: shany423
  • Social Contract Theory Shown in Plato’s Crito

    Social Contract Theory Shown in Plato’s Crito

    Mary Humphreys Professor Harold Hansen PHL 210 Introduction to Philosophy Module 5-2 Final Prospectus 15 May 2016 Briefly explain the problem I have chosen. An explanation of the social contract theory shown in Plato’s CRITO would be the agreement between the society and the people who are it. A society that provides to the education of people young and old, the basic rules of government (including rules of marriage) and all who agree to obey

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    Submitted: June 25, 2016 By: mary.humphreys
  • Plato Essay

    Plato Essay

    Gabel Plato Twenty-four centuries ago the foundation of Western culture was slowly being unraveled, along with Plato’s discoveries, which still have an impact on Western culture. Plato was a student of Socrates, learning that the most efficient path to wisdom is through rational thinking. Plato believed that being a philosopher was the highest form of life. Throughout Plato’s life he was a major contributor towards society whether it was by learning from Socrates, providing his

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    Submitted: October 13, 2016 By: treemonster93
  • Plato’s Writing Meno

    Plato’s Writing Meno

    Plato’s writing, Meno, is structured as a dialogue between Meno and Socrates. Meno asks Socrates whether virtue can be taught and this starts their discussion. Socrates then starts to break down his question and prompts Meno with questions in order to make him brainstorm. Meno tries to come up with definitions, but Socrates always finds away to prove them false. This leads them to believe that it might not even be possible to define virtue.

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    Submitted: April 23, 2017 By: astang
  • Aristotle and Plato

    Aristotle and Plato

    Plato and Aristotle Plato and Aristotle Samantha Meador Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on May 21st, 2017, for Cheryl Gunnaway’s G440 Political Thought. ________________ Plato and Aristotle Plato wanted people to reach full fulfillment in life. He wrote many books that featured his teacher Socrates. Among the books that Plato wrote, The Republic, The Symposium, The Laws, The Meno, and The Apology are some of the most known("PHILOSOPHY - Plato"). Plato

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    Essay Length: 562 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: June 19, 2017 By: Samantha Meador
  • Plato Reading Summary

    Plato Reading Summary

    In Plato’s dialogue called the Timaeus, Plato discusses the origin and construction of the cosmos. He points out varieties of arguments that the philosophers were confused and with a purpose to educate everyone to the existence of every little thing in the universe. For instance, he claims that there are four elements, everything is created with a purpose, and Demiurge is the Creator of the universe. Plato also argues against the idea of Aristotle that

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    Essay Length: 490 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 26, 2018 By: Yuvi Singh

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