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Plato used the analogy of the sun, the line, and the cave in explaining the living conditions of prisoners in the cave.

It is not only children who imitate the behaviors of people they consider to be their role models but even the adults do.

The changes of the plot throughout the movie in comparison with the original novel are disturbing watchers since the times of cinema appearing and performance of the derivative movies.

The two issues that are outlined in the book are the definitions of justice and the reasons of being just. Although Thrasymachus stated that this was his explanation of justice, it was not truly intended [...]

In the book, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, she writes about a group of four Chinese families who immigrate to the States, taking advantage of "The Better Life".

The main objective of the constructionist point of view is that it is aimed at uncovering how the individuals and the groups tend to participate in the creation of their perceptions of gender and women [...]

The next logical step was to have specific and testable objectives."In this study we want to see the perspectives of the students concerning collaboration through online and face-to-face discussion" is a reasonable statement of the [...]

Plato's idea of non-interference also can be applied to the first example of genetic treatment that individuals with an illness have their own specialization, thus treatment should not be provided as a disease is something [...]

One of the points that Plato expresses in this philosophical work is that rhetoric should be viewed primarily as the "artificer of persuasion". This is one of the similarities that can be distinguished.

The number of twins of like sex would be approximately equal to the number of mixed pairs. The most generally accepted theory to account for the differences between identical twins is based on this normal [...]

Therefore, using several rules of good definitions, the notion virtues is going to be defined with the further explanation of the rules used for this, Meno says that the virtue of a woman is to [...]

In his description of the ideal society, Plato explains that people in the society are not advised to act without knowledge such that before a city is erected, full understanding of justice should be known.

This normally impairs the reasoning of the rapist and at the same time, it impairs the defense of the victim. In both situations, that is, date and stranger rape the violation of the victim's right [...]

The dilemma in this dialogue is "whether God says actions or things are morally acceptable because they are naturally good, or such practices become moral because God appears to declare them to be ethical".

Furthermore, Thrasymachus' interpretation of justice can undermine the efficiency of the state and deprive the elites of their credibility. This is one of the paradoxes that should be recognized, and Thrasymachus does not speak about [...]

Socrates' argument is largely based on the premise that a citizen accepts the laws adopted in the society and should not resist the decisions of the state represents the interest of the community.

In the eighth page, as well as the ninth, Phaedo reports all the activities that went on in the room, including the views of friends and strangers on the decision of Socrates to pursue justice [...]

This new technique along with the publications of Sigmund Freud who was on a trip to New York at the time of the productions spread interest in the use of the unconscious mind. She is [...]

In "The Apology" by Plato, the characterization of Socrates is tied to the fact that the setting of the book was Socrates' execution.

The Athenian's contribution to the 'would be' laws of the new city is impressive to the Spartan and the Cretan and they therefore recommend him to be part of the team founding the new city [...]

Since knowledge already exists in the human soul, Plato believes in the theory of re-incarnation, a process that is ever occurring.

It will be dealt with Mary Shelley's biography and will also contain a detailed analysis of the most famous of all her books, Frankenstein.

Under business ethics, this is a form of art which is said to examine the ethical principles or even the moral problems which might tend to occur as a result of running the business and [...]

Some of the aims of academic achievement include a better career, higher opportunities, and a better understanding of life. The aim of academic achievement is to guarantee careers that we can enjoy in the future, [...]

The 'Allegory of the cave' and 'You, Screws' are two metaphors that different authors have used to show some similarity in the way people think and limit themselves to view the world and reality as [...]

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was an amendment to the Fair Labor Standard Act, by the United States Congress, with the sole aim of abolishing differences in wages based on sex.

It is a follow up of Plato's 'The Apology' and provides a description of the conversations between Socrates, and his disciples, Crito and the jailer.

This will mean that what men are supposed to do is to get assistance and checkups so that they can have treatment of their disease within the time when the signs show in their bodies.

Religious leaders also pray for the body and the soul of the dead but lay a lot of emphasis on the soul.

The cave conditions are, therefore, a correlation of mans education or lack of it Plato tells us that if the prisoners were unlocked and forced out of the cave, they would prefer to go back [...]

The parable of the cave by Plato was an attempt to highlight the importance of education to the achievement of wisdom.

People in the Cave do not interact with the worlds outside the Cave, reflected in water, the things themselves, including the stars and the moon in the night sky and the sun.

He had the view that individuals naturally possess knowledge and that what they need is a direction for them to come to terms with what they already knew. He seems to be of the opinion [...]

Behind the prisoners a fire is playing, so that they can see their own shadows and the shadows of one another thrown by the fire on the opposite wall of the cave in fact, shadows [...]

Plato and Hesiod tried to evaluate the ideas of justice in their worlds and the ways of how people prefer to use their possibilities and knowledge using the story of Prometheus; Plato focused on the [...]

Occasionally, the carriers of the objects speak to one another, but their voices reach the prisoners in form of echoes from the wall ahead of them.

The prisoners are only able to see the shadow of the puppets on the wall of the cave-their only way of being acquainted to the outside world.

On the other hand, The Aeneid, written by Virgil, is a Latin epic poem, which tells of the story of Aeneas, the ancestor of the Romans.

The goal of Aristotle is knowledge in action and real knowing, which merge in the higher stratum of existence - the active mind.

For a government to be effective, there must be a set of morals and virtues in place to ensure the people are happy.

The sixth is a spectacle which is the visuals in the drama that include props, set, and actor's costumes. An example of a tragic hero is King Macbeth in Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth.

Chapter five of Kupperman's book "Theories of human nature" looks at great philosophers, namely Plato's and Aristotle's points of view in trying to define humanity. The writer tries to illustrate the complexity of defining a [...]

The purpose of this paper is to review each of the two theories and develop a comparison between them. This term is in contrast to the paths of extremities described by eternalism and annihilationism that [...]

Oftentimes, all one has to do is look at the parents of the child in order to determine the course of the social development of the child.

According to Plato, the functioning of every human being is closely linked to the entire society. Therefore, the major difference here is that for Plato, the function of every individual is to improve the entire [...]

Although it is possible to consider Aristotle as the first political scientist with references to the aspects of discussing political science in the context of the political philosophy, a lot of researchers also determine the [...]

One of the implications of syllogism to audiences is in regards to the possibility of creating offensive conclusions from an argument's statements.

Nicomachean Ethics is one of the most significant works of the prominent ancient philosopher, dedicated to the analysis of the moral purposes and virtues of a man.

It is also important to add that these values are only declared in many countries while the power is still in hands of the rich.

Galileo utilized a number of scientific techniques to prove to the church that the earth was not the center of the universe.

Shyness may seem like a normal or common problem faced by most children, but the disorder sometimes tends to interfere with the social development and growth of children and can prove to be a hindrance [...]

The two philosophers studied emotions to determine some of the common causes of this mental state, and the events that take place in the mind before one becomes emotional.

In particular, he writes that virtue is "a state that decides, consisting in a mean, relative to us, which is defined by reference to a reason, that is to say, to the reason by reference [...]

According to Aristotle, politics is the master of all arts since it is concerned with the end in itself. This is a central argument to the ideas of Aristotle and underscores his idea that politics [...]

On building trust at work, employers are required to give minimum supervision to the employees in an effort to make the latter feel a sense of belonging and responsibility.

From Aristotle's perspective, to know the purpose of nature is the most essential task of a philosopher and his strategies should be subjected to this task.

The paper reviews the traits of the best working places and compares the ideas with those offered by Aristotle. In fact, through training, the employees are able to develop virtues that enhance interactions, and the [...]

Their organization is such that the top in the rank consists of all properties of the one at the bottom. The rational soul's ability to reason that is not in the other types of souls.

This conflict tended to be a struggle between Iraq and the United Nations in which Iraq struggled to break out of the controls and sanctions the UN established as part of the cease-fire in the [...]

This is not the case in the contemporary work place where a myriad of factors contribute to the happiness of the employees.

However, the fact that there are many actions that people engage in, Aristotle argues that their ends are countless. Aristotle concludes that happiness is the key principle that causes people to practice virtues such as [...]

The main similarity of pre-WWII period and the Innti generation is close attention to Irish language and folklore. During the pre-WWII period of time, anxiety and desperation dominated in Irish poetry.

The weakness of philosophical theories is that they are mere intellectual theories void actions or activities, which require habitual practice as a process of achieving moral virtues.

'Leaves of Grass' is a collection of Walt Whitman's poems to which he wrote a preface titled "Inscription: To the Reader at the Entrance of Leaves of Grass".

Although the proton, neutron, electron, and possibly the neutrino are the most important of the elementary particles in the present universe, there are many others.

Arguments to the contrary, comprising the aforesaid petition to the employer's incomplete control area, do not account for rational restraints on worker confidentiality which is inherent to the requirements of the workplace and understood in [...]

In English law, there is no real distinction between public and private law, but the main essentials of constitutional law are clear, they include all the rules relating to the crown and its powers, the [...]

Broadly defined, the bildungsroman is "the novel of youth, the novel of education, of apprenticeship, of adolescence, of initiation, even the life-novel".

Phrases such as 'pain', 'pain in the neck, and 'bingo' are commonly used by American teenagers and prove the notion what Ellis conforms that teenagers' skill over a range of styles and slang jargons indicates [...]

The idea that man is inherently selfish and is motivated only by his fundamental needs is not a new one. The idea is that any act of a human being requires some basic motivational factor.

Finally, the destruction of the Usher's house can be explained by the fact that its base was not solid and the change in weather conditions caused it destruction.

It supplies a two-year higher education to students from the local community, it enrols students only from the local community, and it is funded by the local community via property taxes.

Each of these obstacles must be dealt with separately in order to analyze the issues of self-assessment and find out the way of increasing its accurateness.

In the UK, where this type of fuel has been researched to a somewhat greater extent than in the US, a recent report commissioned by the Department of Transport entitled "Fuelling Road Transport" showed that [...]

Punishment is a system of power and parameters within a system that are utilized to turn the people of a nation into docile and obedient drones.

An assessment argument tries to induce the reader that the criterion you use to assess a situation are the suitable criteria, and so, that your evaluation of a situation is a precise one.

The rising phenomenon of aging has created new issues such as increased healthcare and rising costs of maintaining the senior citizens and continuation of the social security program has to be reconsidered.

He would provide support not because minorities are underprivileged, but rather because of his belief that everybody has the right to lead his own life and is granted equal rights.

The same document ensures that the majority is not able to infringe on the rights of the minority. The majority rule is the basic principle of U.S.democratic government, which rests on the assumption that policies [...]

The English taught in my school is much different than the English used day to day in the English speaking world.

Research indicates that the success of long-term relationships is related both to intrinsic aspects of the relationship, such as liking one's partner as a person, and to factors that are extrinsic to the relationship, such [...]

The current essay deals with a crucial issue of the interrelation of syntax and lexical meaning in the process of word formation and constructing utterances and longer structural elements of a discourse.

As a teacher is the fashioner of the young brains, there must be professional ethics to identify the rights and duties in the course of a dual relationship between teacher and student.

The opposition between Apollonian and Dionysian can be described to be in the center of modern literary analysis since literary work is a difficult interrelation between form and contents, norm and abnormality, which can be [...]

The ethics in Kantianism are deontological in nature which is based on the duty of the person instead of the emotional feelings and the goals.

In conclusion, I have explored the obligations of the system administrator and why it is important for him to act ethically as he is the only person with superuser powers of computing systems in an [...]

There is simply no other sure way of getting to the top, of having the capability to get the best and nicest things in life than having that diploma from a well-known university.

The current paper is concerned with the analysis of two works of this type, namely, William Hogarth's pair of paintings entitled Before and After and Egon Schiele's painting Embrace 1917.

This essay will portray the commonalities in these three novels and try to draw a contrast between them and discuss them in the light of three similar literary tools used, i.e.theme, antagonist, and irony in [...]

The American Nurses Association recognized the necessity to offer culturally competent care and established in the association's code that nurses, in all qualified relations, are required to practice with care and respect for the intrinsic [...]

The Puritan dogma of retrospection forced Bradstreet to explore her religious beliefs and reveal them in the poem Upon the Burning of Our House on July 10th, 1666.

Whitman on the other hand demonstrates the idea that we are all part of a large whole, he explains, "And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand and the egg of wren".

For example, the highly centralized polities of Bunyoro and Buganda, located to the north of Lake Victoria, were the result of migrations, beginning in about the sixteenth century, of Lwo-speaking peoples originating in the territories [...]

The main reasons were the reformist and the conservatives. This was the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right.

Censorship is an act of the government and the government had no hand in the ban of Dixie Chicks songs, rather it was the fans boycotts that led to a ban on airplay.

Whereas medieval science and technology did not seek to defeat the existing world views of the time, their activities did lay the ground for the scientific revolution as well as European global expansion of the [...]

The Story of the Western Wing is a love comedy that depicted adventures and relations between Oriole and Zhang. Secret love and romantic relations between a young scholar, Zhang Sheng, and a daughter of a [...]

Thesis A central strand in this poem is the stress on the expressive and emotional side achieved through stylistic devices and vivid images of 'hips.' The main theme of the poem is freedom as a [...]

In this topology, a device wanting to communicate with other devices in the same network sends a message to the backbone cable, which all the devices see, but it's only the intended recipient that gets [...]

Washington made a significant difference in the lives of thousands of former slaves just following emancipation and, through his own life examples as well as the lives he touched, ensured that the black race would [...]

The therapists engaged in home healthcare have to move recurrently to the residences of their patients. Additionally, progress in treating sufferers of heart attacks, mishap victims, and untimely infants will boost the requirement for the [...]

The USA's influence on the Rest of the world is maintained in terms of economics, politics, social institutions, and even the personal psyche of individuals.Dr.

Tackling health inequalities is a top priority for this Government, and it is focused on narrowing the health gap between disadvantaged groups, communities and the rest of the country and on improving health overall.

The Phaedrus compares oral and written communication and outlines the advantages of the two forms. At the beginning of the 21st century, the Internet becomes the main and the most popular form of communication.

Wealthy people soon started socializing in the park concerts, ball games, skating, and the park was used as a playground for the children; soon, the park was crowded, by 1940's the Central Park had more [...]

As culture is defined as the processes that produce behaviors, practices, meanings, and institutions of our social existence, movies being a modern cultural communicator have a direct effect in shaping the society's beliefs and practices [...]

For instance, In 1990, and Latin America occupies 15 percent of the total area of the inhabited continents of the world.

His first works were in the style of gothic and the traditional modes of his country but he later developed his own style which was distinct from the style that was used in that place [...]

He also explains that we as humans tend to relate to things based on our perception and not on a neutral basis; as quoted, "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit".

However, doubting everything as proposed by Descartes is wrong because it may make us discard almost all of our knowledge.....in preparing the easiest way for us to withdraw the mind from the senses Descartes questions [...]

The third argument that can be employed to discuss whether Socrates was a Christian thinker is the philosopher's loyalty to his people.

The philosopher's inquiry into the nature of human morality was closely tied to the examination of how one could live his or her life in the most fulfilling manner.

The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast how Medea and Socrates respond to injustice or unfair accusations. The following section discusses how Medea and Socrates respond or react to adversity by comparing [...]

From the standpoint of proactiveness and the willingness to change the world for the better, the specified approach toward managing complex issues might be seen as the sign of weakness.

Inconsistencies in responses lead to a determination of truth of earlier statements; in short a question is broken down to a series of smaller questions in order to ultimately arrive at a more refined for [...]

In his understanding, "the soul" is the mind, which is the ability to think, and the conscience, which is the moral principle. According to Socrates, the soul is the owner of the body.

A hero is one who chooses to go against the status quo even when, by doing so, he risks the wrath of the authorities or the powerful.

Plato was of the view that Socrates was accused falsely of inciting the youths against the ruling class yet he was the righteous person in society.

This is of particular concern to the interpretation of Socrates's political and philosophical visions. In particular, the source introduces a multifaceted analysis of Socrates' personality and his philosophical outlook on life.

The jurors argued that Socrates' ideas and teachings corrupted the minds of young people. Some scholars believe that Socrates' views and beliefs could have influenced the later works of Plato, particularly in literary writings.