In the debate betwixt Plato and Glaucon‚ Glaucon explained that somethings are good in itself and others are good due to the consequences. For instance‚ he introduces the enlightening idea that justice is not good in itself‚ because it was created only for the benefit of others through a contract. A contract-view society refers to law making and abiding‚ because it prevents harm being done to individuals. Through this idea‚ Glaucon explained how all decisions have either good or bad consequences
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Conception of God: Spinoza follows the Stoics in drawing a distinction between rational action as self-caused activity and passions as external determination‚ he does state in a clear sense that “God alone is a free cause. For God alone exists only from the necessity of his nature… and acts from the necessity for his nature.” All other beings are “determined to exist and act by another and to produce an effect in a certain determinate manner.” God alone is an infinite being‚ and therefore is completely
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One of the core concepts that Plato attempts to communicate in his books is the topic of “The Forms”‚ which are an ideal set of characteristics that exist in the soul. Socrates believes that Justice is a form and that a just individual is ultimately happier than an unjust one. In book one of Plato’s Republic‚ a Sophist philosopher called Thrasymachus challenges Socrates’s beliefs on justice by claiming that happiness is the practice of pleonexia‚ which is the act of the stronger being “getting more”
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Mike W. Civ. 1: Sec‚ 121-10 Dr. Maria Farina Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle‚ three men considered to be the quintessential basis of ancient Greek philosophy. Not only were they responsible for Greek enlightenment‚ but also foreshadowed the coming of Christ in there speculations. Plato‚ the protégé of Socrates‚ became the first to document the philosophy of his teacher‚ which in turn is passed down to Aristotle. This process of mentoring aided ancient man in the intellectual evolution of
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All over the world‚ we have been taught that the life begins when we were born and have at least the 1st second of life. But‚ what we must know is that life starts when we were on the womb of our mother. As soon as the spermatozoid mixed with the ovule‚ the magic begins‚ and an amazing process takes place. Moreover‚ the creation of new organs‚ systems‚ body parts‚ etc‚ makes that process unique. As a result‚ birth is a magic moment from a complex process of creation that‚ usually takes 9 months or
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Martin Heidegger regards language to be the ultimate reality‚ and holds poetry to be the highest and most authentic form. Language became a quasi-divinity‚ the ultimate reality or medium which explains the world to us. Heidegger takes this idea further to say all art is essentially poetry. He furthermore states the work of art‚ or in this case the painting is as dependent upon the painter as the painter is dependent upon the painting. This brings us to conclude that the origin of the work of art
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affirms that their roles in Greek tragedy place them at Ancient Greece’s cultural peak. However‚ his ideas invite further social and political contemplation due to their resonant implications. The intention of the essay is to outline Nietzsche’s conception of the Dionysian and the Apollonian‚ before assessing the necessary implications in a modern western society‚ looking at psychoanalysis‚ feminism and anthropology. In order to really understand the implications of the
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ON POL 311 (HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT) TOPIC A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PLATO AND ARISTOTLES POLITICAL THOUGHT WRITTEN BY OKWOR‚ STEPHEN USHIE 09/ED/EF/814 DEPT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS (POLITICAL SCIENCE UNIT) FACULTY OF EDUCATION SUBMITTED TO DR. EJERE DEPT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF UYO‚ UYO AKWA IBOM STATE MAY‚ 2012 A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PLATO AND ARISTOTLES POLITICAL THOUGHT In order to compare these great philosophers
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Critically consider Fitzgerald’s conception of the American Dream through the character of Gatsby. Discuss with reference to how the ‘Great Crack-up’ essays inform your understanding. The American Dream is irrefutably the heart of America and its society; the dream itself has undergone many formulations which has led to the true American Dream being questioned. (Thomas Jefferson) stated ‘Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help
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FOR ALL Plato‚ who began his philosophical career as a student of the Socrates‚ is in the pursuit of showing the weaknesses of where he lived-Athens-. He attacks the democracy of Athens’ which found in the degenerated conditions and he came to propose construction of an ideal society in which justice symbolizes the virtuous‚ since Plato believed justice is there to be the prescription for the evils. He used the Greek word "Dikaisyne" for justice which refers the work
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