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    Plato on the Parthenon

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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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    “Allegory” Assignment Your Name Here Kaplan University HU250 – 08 In the book The Republic‚ Plato through “the Allegory of the cave” makes a difference between illusion as a truth and the truth as a reality. In that scenario‚ Plato used the cave‚ the flame‚ the shadow‚ the sun and the return to the old “world” to demonstrate: That knowledge comes from what we see and hear in the nature‚ it uses the cave as the hotbed of misunderstanding. He believes that the shadow seen in the wall and being interpreted

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    Plato, Symposium

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    Term paper Plato: Symposium Love or greek Eros‚ Philia was in the ancient Greece often theme to talk about between philosophers. Same as it is very spoken theme now so as it was a lot of years ago. This theme is very difficult to explain. Every one has different interpretation of it and think that it is the right one. Every one of us has its own definition of who is loved one and who is lover and how they should behave to each other. Love in according to the ancient Greeks has two different

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    Cave Paintings

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    The Cave of Lascaux and Cave Art Cave paintings might possibly be the oldest known form of communication that exists today. Cave paintings date back to a period of time called the Paleolithic Age. The Paleolithic Age took place from 40‚000 to 10‚000 B.C. Prehistoric Age is divided into three parts: Paleolithic being the earliest‚ Mesolithic being the middle at 10‚000 B.C. and Neolithic Age being the latest at 8‚000 B.C. During the Paleolithic Age it is believed that the cave paintings at Lascaux

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    easily acknowledges we clearly cannot act and also engage in choice without holding some ideas to which we assent. The issue is not the fact that we possess beliefs; the issue for the Skeptic lies in the kind of beliefs they hold and the way in which they approach these beliefs. Therefore‚ the continual process of inquiry highlighted as a rebuttal to the first objection of Skepticism‚ does not mean they cannot partake in the best approximated action to date‚ given their previous investigations. It also

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    Allegory of the Cave 1

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    Allegory of the Cave Julie Haire PHI 103 Grand Canyon University May 5‚ 2011 Mr. Terry J. Bovinet‚ D.Min. Allegory of the Cave Plato’s Allegory of the Cave brings about many question compared to Christianity. He depicts a group of prisoners in a cave chained and unable to move. The only thing they can see is shadows cast upon the wall by their guards. The rationalism in this is very confusing but based on Christianity many of us are prisoners of the world we live in

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    Plato Hedoism

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    Plato‚ a Greeek philospopher‚ believes that Hedonism is false and forms an argument against it through the voice of Socrates. Hedonism refers to the view that says pleasure is intrinsically good and that pain is intrinsically evil. Also‚ that the goal of life is to achieve pleasure and avoid pain. Hedonism states: Pain = Evil Pleasure = Good Plato explains how just as health and sickness cannot occur together‚ as they’re opposites‚ evil and good cannot be present simultaneously. Someone

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    Cave Art: Lascaux & Cosquer Cave When someone mentions cave art‚ everyone is probably going to assume that it’s art inside of a cave. Sure‚ they are right‚ but what kind of art? And why would art be in a cave? Cave art dates back to the Paleolithic era. Many believe that the reason cavemen did this cave art was to tell stories. That’s what is so interesting about cave art. You’re not sure exactly what the story of this world’s history is‚ but you have to interpret it. The only place in the world

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    Report skepticism is exactly as it sounds; can we trust the data we are receiving for the experiment? We can gather all the data in the world and analyze it for years but if you cannot trust the data itself none of the information we have gathered matters. Two distinct subsects of report skepticism exist and they are known as under-determination and circularity. Under-determination is when the data you have collected does not have any significant evidence between two possibilities. With external

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    Euthyphro- Plato

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    Euthyphro- Plato Alexia Manigault PHI 200 Mind and Machine Michelle Loudermilk October 2‚ 2012 In the writing called Euthyphro by Plato‚ Socrates is being charged with corrupting the youth and not believing in all of the Gods. He is being accused of this by a man named Meletus who feels as though he is guilty of not believing in the Gods of the states. Not only does he not believe in the Gods but he is accused of making up new ones. The crimes that he is being charged with go hand in hand

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