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    Gorgias is a detailed study of virtue founded upon an inquiry into the nature of rhetoric, art, power, temperance, justice, and good versus evil. As such, the dialogue both maintains independent significance and relates closely to Plato's overarching philosophical project of defining noble and proper human existence. It exists in the form of a mostly friendly (though at times scathing) conversation between Socrates and four fellow citizens. Chaerephon, an apparent contemporary of Socrates, is found

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    Contemporary Thinkers: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aguinas Question #1 : Please discuss the political organization of the Greek city- states, particularly Athenian democracy at the time of Pericles, Plato, and Aristotle. Also discuss the backgrounds of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle and the fate of the Greek city-states historically.      During the time of Pericles, Plato, and Aristotle, Greece was divided into city-states with a wide variety of constitutions, ranging

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    Bernard Madoff's Case

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    Plato argues that a justice will lead us to the good and happy life. So, if Plato had seen the Madoff’s case, he would assert that first, we must arrest and punish Bernard Madoff because this guy is a classic representation of an injustice man. His career as a crook started unjustly from the very beginning. He began to work as a stock broker in 1930 (I will check the exact period later) without an official stock broker license. He registered his first firm illegally. After that, the rest is a history

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    Despite the arguments for equality given between men and women of the guardian class in The Republic, Plato didn’t offer a solid theory that liberated women in general. Book V within the Republic, deals with the status of women. This essay will show that Plato’s theory is not sustainable by assessing certain parts of his dialogue and offering insight on the subject of gender based on critical analysis and modern day perceptions. Before analyzing Plato’s arguments, its evident to note that women

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    Plato Perfect City

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    the way that human mind. However, in The Republic by Plato, He describes a perfect city with everyone living in perfect harmony with each other within the city. He bases how this city is to be made by trying to find the definition of justice which will provide to be the base for this city which then solidify how to produce the perfect city. He claims that in order to have the perfect city you must have a just one. He shares his definition of justice as living up to your legal obligations and not involving

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    “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”. King would quote Socrates and give him credit for his ideas. They both stuck to their principles and payed with their lives. Both of them were concerned with having the people of their time question the accepted norm. Plato diagnosed a speech given by Socrates in “The Apology” which was both an argumentative and defensive speech about what Socrates had walked throughout his life. Martin Luther King,

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    Philosophy Paper

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    101 PAPER # 1 The book The Republic by Plato, was written in Athens around 380 B.C. Around that time Plato wasn’t so happy with the conditions in Athens. This book is focused on the conception of justice and what it is to be just. This theory has been presented differently by each of the characters in the book, which are Cephalus, Polymarchus, Thrasymachus, and Glaucon. However, Socrates is the one who is given a challenge: to prove that justice is good and desirable. The book starts off

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    Plato’s Allegory of the Cave In Allegory of the Cave, Plato conveys his message through the use of rhetorical device, repetition, and educational format, the Socratic method. The message explains that humans have preconceived ideas of reality, but they do have the power to achieve the truth or true knowledge. Ergo, it is necessary to spread the upper echelons of knowledge to others who do not possess it. During the 4th century B.C., Plato founded the Platonic Academy in Athens, the first scholarly

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    Plato’s Republic Book I, Socrates and Thrasymachus who had just finished a set of vigorous arguments on what the definition for justice is and whether the just or the unjust life is the best life to live, come to a conclusion. Regarding the true definition of justice, at the end of Book I, Socrates mentions that their discussion have not led them to the true definition of justice (Republic 354b). On the other hand, their discussion on which life is more profitable does come to a conclusion, “So the just

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    be right in describing that Plato`s matchless influence on Christian theology is philosophy of the hierarchal model of institute at different levels modeled the virtuous of the citizens like wisdom, justice and courage after rationally organized natural world; in turn this conviction has profoundly impacted Christian perception of morality, society, and politics that its order must be the result of some intelligence thereby the world`s harmonized order is evident, this cause must be good and without

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