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Plato/Theory of Forms
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A 5 page research paper that investigates and defends Plato's Theory of Forms. The writer first offers a comprehensive explanation of Plato's theory and then offers a defense of this position. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Plato: Education Of Men And Women
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3 pages in length. Plato was a thinker well ahead of his time in many ways; his insightful understanding of people and the way in which they interacted with each other and society as a whole was instrumental in his ability to articulate in a most accurate fashion. One of his most astute assertions made in relation to humanity's perceived social and political limitations revolves around the issue of education, arguing how men and women bear no difference in their ability – or natural right – to obtain knowledge. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Plato: Great Dialogue Questions
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses the following as they relate to Plato's "Phaedo" and "Symposium," translated by W.H.D. Rouse: What is the "ladder of love" described in the Symposium (pp.104-106); When Diotima talks about "beauty itself" how is this similar to, and at the same time different from, beautiful people; In his autobiographical passage in the Phaedo (pp.500-503), Socrates says that bones, sockets, sinews and the like are not the "real causes" (502) of his imprisonment. What are the real causes; In the Phaedo, Socrates says about his investigations into the natural theories of Anaxagoras: "How high I soared, how low I fell!" (502). Why did Socrates fly so high, and why did he fall so low; and what hope did Anaxagoras fail to fulfill for Socrates? No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCpladi.doc

Plato: Law, War, Peace and Virtue in the "Laws"
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This 4 page paper is a brief discussion of Plato's thinking about war, peace, the law and virtue as expressed in the Laws. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Plato: Sick City/Healthy City
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3 pages in length. To understand Plato's distinction between a sick city and a healthy city, one must also realize the dichotomy he presents in his definition. The self-sufficient status of the first city, which exists in a state of complete harmony and has no need for formal government, is the antithesis of the second city, which – although having emerged from the first city – is fraught with a social chaos born out of corruption and, thus, must have structured government to survive. Indeed, it is puzzling to think Plato would consider the second city a more appropriate model in his quest for justice, however, if one understands the true nature of his political perspective, one is not at all surprised by this contradiction. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Plato: The Perfect City
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A 5 page paper which discusses Plato's attitudes concerning the rule of the state by philosophers, which he perceived to a concept for the perfect city as seen in his work Republic. The paper uses his story of the cave as an illustration of his theories concerning a perfect state. The text used is Plato's Republic. No additional sources cited.
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Plato: The Republic, Translated by A. Bloom. Questions from the Allegory of the Cave, the Soul and Ethical Views
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This is an 8 page paper discussing specific aspects of Plato’s The Republic as translated by A. Bloom. Aspects discussed are the Allegory of the Cave, The Soul and ethical and religious views in respect to arguments by Socrates and presented by A.J. Ayer. Direct references are made to Bloom’s 1968 translation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Platonic Knowledge and Belief
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A 4 page paper seeking to distinguish between knowledge and belief. Plato is the first of the philosophers to offer the view that there is really nothing new, insisting that the process we call “learning” in reality is nothing more than mere recollection. In the Platonic view, belief can be characterized as a precursor to knowledge, and the basis on which the individual focuses the recollection that reveals the knowledge that already exists within him. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSphilKnowBelPl.rtf

Pleasure in More’s Utopia, Plato’s Republic and Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels
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A six page paper which compares and contrasts the concept of pleasure in the three works, with particular reference to the difference between physical, mental and apiritual pleasure, and the importance of rationality and wisdom to a civilised society.
Filename: JLutop.rtf

Poetry in The Republic
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This 5 page paper examines Plato's comments in The Republic as they concern poetry. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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