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Papers On Classic Greek Philosophy
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Ideas From Plato's Republic
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This 3 page paper examines virtue and the class stratification system set up by the theorist. The ideal republic is discussed in addition to how gender plays a role in terms of the elite guardian society. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA504Plt.rtf
Imaginary Dialogs on Politics
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This 10 page paper provides a fictitious romp through history. This tutorial is written at times in the format of a play while considering what some of the old philosophers might say. Included are Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas and many others. Each provides their views on political life. Other issues are also addressed in the context of this paper . No bibliography.
Filename: SA449Plt .rtf
Is Moral Worth Determined by Worldly Circumstance?
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A 5 page address of the question of whether moral worth is determined by worldly circumstance. This paper reviews the opinions of Plato and Aristotle on this question. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPmoralW.rtf
Is Plato's Conception of Human Nature Accurate?
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5 pages in length. Plato and Stevenson share a number of common denominators whereby the distinctions of human nature are concerned; only the subtlest of nuances serve to separate the alignment each man puts forth in comparison with the other. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCPlatoHN.rtf
Issues in Various Texts
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A 7 page paper which examines issues of law, justice, crime, guilt, punishment, morality, and human nature as seen in Plato’s Apology, Sophocles’ Antigone, The Book of Job, and The Trial by Franz Kafka. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAissph.rtf
Jury Member Speaks Out on Socrates’ Innocence
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In eight pages this paper incorporates Plato’s Apology and Gorgias along with parenthetical numbered references to student supplied questions to support a hypothetical juror’s case in support of Socrates’ innocence. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.
Filename: TGsocjury.rtf
Justice : Plato & Aquinas
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A 4 page paper that discusses the concept of virtues, emphasizing justice, according to Plato through Meno and Socrates and St. Thomas Aquinas' Four Cardinal Virtues. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGjsplaq.rtf
Justice as Seen by Plato and Aeschylus
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This is a 5 page paper discussing the issue of justice as found in Plato’s “Republic” and Aeschylus’ “Oresteia”. Through the ten volumes of the Republic, Plato argues about the issues of justice, virtue and happiness which are all linked within an individual and if an individual is just, he will also be happy and this will be reflected in others as well as himself. Aeschylus outlined a similar theme in Oresteia except for the fact that along with the individual’s pursuit of justice, they should also consider the effect justice (in a tribunal) would have on Athenian society and also fear the gods when determining justice. Aeschylus wrote his play approximately 100 years before Socrates and Plato were born and the power of the gods and the preservation of Athens were much more dominant in philosophical beliefs. When Socrates came along a century later and bestowed that “justice was a virtue” and Plato continued the argument in its relation to the functioning of the soul, then the fear of the gods was taken out of the argument of justice and remained a “phantom” in the background.
Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TJOrest1.rtf
Justice in Plato's "Republic"
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A six page paper looking at this Socratic dialogue in terms of its analysis of justice. The paper breaks down Socrates' entire argument as presented in Book I, and shows how Plato used logical deduction to render an abstract argument in concrete terms. No additional sources.
Filename: KBplato4.wps
Justice Politic and the Good Life in Plato's Gorgias
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This 5 page paper looks at the augment used by Callicles that as long as he does not get caught any behaviour is acceptable in pursuit of his own happiness. Plato has Socrates refuting of this statement and arguing that to suffer wrong is better that to be the cause of wrong. This paper concentrates on those arguments, considering who is right and the evidence Socrates presents. Quotes from the work are used to support the arguments put forward. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEplatog.wps
JUSTICE: 5th and 6th century Greek style
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(5 pp) Anaximander, Xenophanes, and Socrates are
examined for their ideas about the definition of
justice. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BBjustGr.doc