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    of necessity that I have given in the introduction‚ I have tried to incorporate the different sections in Thucydides History to justify my arguments of what is a war of necessity and in what circumstances would it be necessary for states to go to war with each other. By incorporating different sections into my arguments‚ I try to ensure that I have a more well-rounded understanding of Thucydides viewpoints and not take any of his viewpoints out of context. With the above in mind‚ I have put forth two

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    Plato and Immigration

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    Plato Module Today‚ we live in a world that has come a long way and is in a constant state of evolution. Every day‚ our nation leaders are constantly battling to come up with or refine policies and regulations that will‚ they hope‚ improve or sustain our current lifestyle. While the amount of polices is vast‚ the one in particular that I will be focusing on will be immigration‚ more specifically‚ the immigration policy that allows for case-by-case decision making in regards to immigrant deportation

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    PLATO THE REPUBLIC

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    Sub areas of philosophy Metaphysics – what is? Epistemology – what can I know? Ethics – what ought to be? Logic- what is good reasoning? Plato Student of Socrates There are no recorded teaching of Socrates Plato three different periods- early middle and late Middle- what is ethics and what is morality? Morality- give back to what is due. Is morality the following of a rule or is it something more involved? Do you really achieve obedience by punishing? Thrasymuchas- morality is

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    1 Towards the beginning of this passage‚ Socrates gets Laches to agree to a new definition of courage. What is it? (5 marks) In the beginning of the passage Socrates gets Laches to agree that wise endurance is the definition of courage “Socrates: so according to your account‚ wise endurance will be courage. Laches: so it seems”. 2 What conclusion do Socrates and Laches reach at the end of the passage? Why might Laches be surprised by this conclusion? (5 marks) By the end of the passage

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    All in One: Knowledge‚ Opinion‚ and Teaching Phil-290-07 February 17‚ 2012 Knowledge and opinion essentially form the entire dialogue of Plato’s Meno. Throughout the dialogue Socrates and Meno are on the search for whether virtue can be taught. From Socrates and Meno’s search for virtue‚ the importance of understanding knowledge and opinion becomes evident. Socrates and Meno’s search for virtue results in three themes. These themes are the relationship of knowledge

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    English 104 10/1/2014 The Irony of Socrates Socrates was thought to be ahead of his time. At the time‚ the citizens of Athens believed that their government had the ultimate power and nothing could be higher. So of course when one person chose to believe another view‚ the government became a part of the situation to maintain a sense of peace thorough the nation. This didn’t sit well with Socrates. He wanted as many people to know about his knowledge as possible because he had found scientific

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    Plato and Confucius

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    many similarities between Confucius and Plato. Both taught through means of dialogue‚ and both expressed reticence to provide direct definitions. Both advocated contemplation and education as the means for moral attainment‚ and both sought to balance contemplation with service. Both sought to apply their moral theory to public office (though both failed). And while Plato espoused the ‘heavenly’ forms‚ Confucius espoused the ‘Decree of Heaven.’ Moreover‚ Plato advocated the life of the philosopher‚

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    for the Aristotelian material‚ analyzation of Thucydides’ description of the advanced stages of stasis at Kerkyra is essential. There are five generic themes characteristic of stasis‚ including the rhetorical replacement of common values by values of private interest‚ the use of terror and fraud to satisfy desires for honor (philotimia) and unfair gain (pleonexia)‚ and the unfettered passions that generally rule a state convulse by stasis. Thucydides’ historical account of Kerkyra shows stasis to

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    Apology‚ in greek‚ means ‘to give defense’ (###). In Plato’s Apology‚ Socrates is blamed for numerous acts and elegantly defends himself in front of the court. To start off‚ he was first accused of studying astrology and demonology and passing his knowledge and beliefs to other people. His first response to this was blatantly asking who has heard him speaking of such acts: “…should tell each other if anyone of you has ever heard me discussing such subjects to any extent at all” (19d). He also claims

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    The philosophical ideas of Plato that relate to the Parthenon include whether the structure is an element of the Visible World or the Intelligible World. In my opinion‚ Plato would view the Parthenon as an object in the Visible World. The Parthenon is a one of a kind monument that is tangible and exists in our real world. The Parthenon is an architectural project and deals with forms of science and mathematics. Plato’s view of science and mathematics are categorized as forms in the Intelligible

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