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Plato's, "The Allegory of the Cave":
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This 5 page paper provides a detailed analysis for Plato's, "The Allegory of the Cave". Furthermore, this paper examines this aspect of Plato's philosophy from the empiricist perspective, employing the views of empiricists such as Hume and Locke. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, Education and Leadership; the Implications for the State.
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A five page paper which looks at the principles underlying the concepts of enlightenment, responsibility and leadership in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and the qualities which Plato perceives as essential for the foundation and internal cohesion of the State, with regard to the role of the philosopher in interacting with and guiding the people towards the acquisition of truth and virtue. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Plato’s “Euthyphro” and the Concept of Piety
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This 5 page report discusses one of the earliest dialogues of Plato, the Euthyphro, is devoted to the issue of piety and virtue and offers a great deal of insight to his larger views regarding the ethics and egoism of virtue and the definitions of piety. In his dialogue with Euthyphro, Socrates asks “What is holiness (or piety)?” Euthyphro answers: “the holy is this, what all gods love, and the opposite, what all gods hate, is unholy.” Of course, such a statement leads Socrates to then ask then if something is holy because it is loved by the gods or do the gods love it because it is holy and the reader, along with Euthyphro, receives a lesson in multi-dimensional thinking. No additional sources.
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Plato’s “Gorgias” and Curing the Evil of Crime
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A 6 page paper which considers the validity of Socrates’ argument that just punishment benefits those upon whom it is imposed because it ‘cures’ them of their wickedness. Specifically considered is if punishment should be directed toward curing criminals or if it should have some other aim such as a deterrent or exacting retribution and whether punishment actually ‘cures’ criminals or should be replaced by psychiatric or other forms of treatment. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Plato’s “Meno”
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This 5 page report discusses Plato’s “Meno” and how he developed arguments about the substance of memory and techniques to access memory in his work “Meno.” “Meno” stimulated new debates about the cultural structures related to memory and their control, and about the definition of knowledge as recollection or invention. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
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Plato’s “Phaedo,” the Newtonian Revolution and “The Blair Witch Project”
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This 6 page report discusses the fact that Plato explains that the capacity to understand the world outside the world of the individual and his/her internal world includes the ability to interpret, characterize, and associate what seems to be singular things or, at least, singular groups of things. Sir Isaac Newton demonstrate the ability to do that in the context of scientific inquiry. However, centuries later, a movie such as “The Blair Witch Project” still demonstrates humanity’s determination and inability to understand the realm of the metaphysical or the supernatural. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Plato’s “Protagoras”
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This 5 page report discusses Plato’s “Protagoras” and the idea that the ideals of both Socrates and Protagoras are both hedonistic and ascetic. Each is convinced that his point of view regarding the practice of self-denial as a measure of personal and spiritual discipline is the “right” one. In addition, each believes that he knows and can best explain what is the basis of the sole good in life and through which means a person may attain it. No additional sources.
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Plato’s “Symposium” and Nietzsche’s “Beyond Good and Evil”
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A 5 page paper which examines Plato’s possible response to Nietzsche’s argument that Socrates form of rationalism overly tames youth. No additional sources cited.
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Plato’s “The Republic” and Thomas Hobbes’ “The Leviathan” on Forms of Power
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A 5 page paper which examines the role of manipulation in the theories of these renowned political philosophers, and compares these theories to today’s world. No additional sources are used.
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Plato’s “The Republic”: Lessons in Societal Structure
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A 4 page overview of the lessons contained in “The Republic”. These writings have application in several different arenas of our modern life. They outline they basis of the existence of government itself. Through Plato’s extensive discussion of the concepts of ethics and morality we are able to ascertain that government is a man-made structure which imposes the wishes of the majority, or at least the most powerful, on the whole. Indeed, these writings provide the basis for ethics themselves. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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