The Greek philosopher Plato depicts the unclear relationship between physical and ideal beauty through the analogy of madness. ... In From Phaedrus written by Plato, the philosopher has not succumbed to madness but is instead misunderstood by the unenlightened. ... The profound drive the lover has acquired in order to progress his moral and rational quests to achieve enlightenment that is attainable only through witnessing ideal beauty is unable to be comprehended. ... If the lover is conscious enough to choose his own love, then madness is not a factor in determining what the philosopher e...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The importance of existing though freedom, knowledge, and enlightenment is accentuated by Plato on The Republic. He uses the cave allegory to highlight how human beings will not survive the darkness unless they act together and be led by a philosopher king who leads them to the light. ...

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In the fifth section I will summarise the artists, writers and philosophers used in the essay and finally in the sixth section I will set out my conclusion from the earlier sections. ... With its emphasis on the imagination and emotion, Romanticism emerged as a response to the disillusionment with the Enlightenment values of reason and order in the aftermath of the French Revolution of 1789. ...

• Word Count: 2825
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate