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… it might be worthwhile clarifying what it isn't. Philosophy is not about two old men sitting around the fireplace discussing the meaning of life. Unfortunately, that is the type of mental picture most people have of the discipline. It is generally…

… the assumption, made in the Crito, that "one should never do wrong in return, nor injure any person, whatever injury one has suffered at his hands" within the context of civil disobedience. I will show how civil disobedience must incorporate…

… Virtues, according to Aristotle, are those strengths of character that promote 'eudomania' (human flourishing). A good action is a product of these virtues. A person is virtuous in so far as he acts with the goal of human flourishing in view. …

… first proof for the existence of God, he begins by stating that there is motion in the world and states that there is no motion with out cause. He defines motion as "...the reduction of something from potentiality to actuality" (Aquinas 25). In…

… man to define, is cleverly studied in Plato's "Symposium". Philosophy is the most perfect form of love, in fact, since the philosopher is the lover of wisdom and wisdom is the most beautiful thing of all. The lover is intermediate between being beautifu…

… referred to him; others in the 16th century used the satanic label "Old Nick" for the crafty philosopher. In 1827, Lord Macaulay, poet and philosopher, wrote that he doubted "whether any name in literary history be so generally odious." In…

… that lived from 384 to 322 BC. He is ranked with Socrates and Plato to be one of the most famous philosophers. Aristotle was born at Stagira, in Macedonia, as the son of a physician to the royal court. At the age of 17, he went to Athens to study…

… Cave Comparison of the Matrix and Plato's Allegory of the Cave         The following essay is based on the comparison between the Allegory of the Cave written by Plato and the movie the Matrix produced by Joel Silver. Both stories, the Allegory…

… Both Bourdieu and Plato, two great philosophers, are simply restating a fact that should be already known by all. You can always get caught in a lie; however, you can never be tripped up by the truth. By living lives filled with truth, we can…

… greatest piece of work. It consists of a group of different arguments on a great variety of subjects. They are different issues and items that occur when organizing a government. Plato's recommendations for the "Fair and Just" city are diverse…