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    Plato’s republican Plato is very clearly a feminist although he does not hold women completely equal to men. In fact Plato states that the majority of women are inferior to all men‚ but not all women were inferior. Plato was indeed a feminist‚ but his feminist views were as a result of decisions made for what he thought was in best interest of the good city. A feminist is a described as an advocate for women’s rights and legal protection. Within book V of the Republic‚ Plato advocates equality

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    This memo is in response to what I have learned in Cultural Competence in Research Symposium featuring the Bok Players. First time I attended the Cultural Competence in Research Symposium featuring the Bok Players. From this symposium I learned in what way the cultural difference in research influences that what we investigate‚ how we investigate‚ and how we interpret our findings. I learned how we can explore the complexities of issues in cultural differences in research. I learned how we can discuss

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    Socrates 469 BC–399 BC‚ was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy‚ he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers‚ especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon‚ and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Many would claim that Plato’s dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity. Through his portrayal in Plato’s dialogues‚ Socrates has become renowned

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    Euthyphro Plato’s Euthyphro is the dialogue of Socrates and Euthyphro. Socrates requests that Euthyphro teaches him the meaning of piety‚ when Socrates finds out that Euthyphro is persecuting his father for being impious. Euthyphro offers four definitions for what piety is‚ all of which are analyzed by Socrates‚ and then turned down by him in turn. The pious is to prosecute the wrongdoer and to not persecute is impious. This is the first definition that Euthyphro offers to Socrates as a

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    A&H Paper Number 1 Todd MacDowell September 26‚ 1999 Prof. Waite In ancient Greece women were viewed as many things. They were not viewed as equivalent to males by any means. Women were portrayed usually as submissive domestic‚ and controlled. They played supporting or secondary roles in life to men‚ who tended to be demanding of their wives‚ but expected them to adhere to their wishes. In the tragedy Medea‚ written by Euripides‚ Medea plays the major role in this story‚ unlike

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    is called a a. clinic b. forum c. seminar d. symposium e. workshop 7. A lecture and a dialogue that allow participants to share experiences in a particular field is known as a a. clinic b. forum c. seminar d. symposium e. workshop 8. A small group led by a facilitator or trainer--generally includes exercises to enhance skills or develop knowledge in a specific topic a. clinic b. forum c. seminar d. symposium e. workshop 9. Which type of meeting room setup

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    Imitation Plato and Aristotle Introduction Plato and Aristotle are two famous literary critics in ancient Greece. Aristotle is Plato’s student. They all agree that art is a form of imitation. However‚ their attitudes towards imitation are profoundly different. Plato claims that poetry is worthless and bad because it is mere imitation and may have bad influence on human beings. Instead‚ though Aristotle admits that poetry is imitation‚ he thinks that it is all right and even good. He also

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    Plato Defends Rationalism Plato was a highly educated Athenian Philosopher. He lived from 428-348 B.C. Plato spent the early portion of his life as a disciple to Socrates‚ which undoubtedly helped shape his philosophical theories. One topic that he explored was epistemology. Epistemology is the area of philosophy that deals with questions concerning knowledge‚ and that considers various theories of knowledge (Lawhead 52). Plato had extremely distinct rationalistic viewpoints. Rationalism

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    Mimesis: Plato and Aristotle 1‚515 Words Philosophy 2348: Aesthetics\ The term ‘mimesis’ is loosely defined as ‘imitation’‚ and although an extensive paper could be written about the cogency of such a narrow definition‚ I will instead focus on Plato and Aristotle’s contrasting judgements of mimesis (imitation). I will spend one section discussing Plato’s ideas on mimesis and how they relate to his philosophy of reality and the forms. I will then spend a section examining Aristotle’s differing

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    afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light”‚ Plato said. Studying knowledge is something philosophers have been doing for as long as philosophy has been around. People always see just a part of things around the world. They need an open mind to understand more deep and wise into the world. It’s one of those perennial topics that philosophy has been refining since before the time of Plato. The discipline is known as epistemology which comes from two Greek words episteme

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