Plato's cavemen theory is probably one of the earliest analogies about humans' incapability to see things in depth. In the dialogue of "Allegory of the Cave", Plato asks his readers to imagine a group of prisoners, who were kept in a cave down the Earth. ... Plato then offered a plot twist to his idea, by giving one of the prisoners his freedom he is able to escape the cave and look at the real world. ... In Plato's dialogue, the author suggests the question "How could [the prisoners] see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads"...

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Probably the philosophy that embodies the notion of transcendent universals is Plato with his notion of the Forms. ... This is what we refer to as a viscous regress, and it illustrates an enormous error in Plato's philosophy. ...

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Aristotle first trained in medicine, and then in 367 BC, he was sent to study philosophy with Plato in Athens. He studied there for 20 years, until Plato's death in 347, before returning to Macedonia after 20 years. ... Although he studied under Plato, he disagreed with Plato on almost all issues. He did not think about the world in abstract terms like Plato. ... Plato saw reality in ideas that could only be known by thinking and reasoning about them. ...

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The Similarity in Prometheus Bound and Plato's Apology on "Shame" According to the Oxford University Press, shame is defined as, "a feeling of humiliation or distress caused by awareness of wrong or foolish behavior," or, "a regrettable or unfortunate thing." ... In Plato's Apology, shame was defined by an action that one was willing to beg for forgiveness for so that the judges" punishment would be less harsh. ... In Plato's Apology, although Socrates was sentenced to death for his actions, he believed that his actions were justified and was therefore neither shameful nor...

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Plato and Aristotle made clear that there was a distinction between humans and animals. Plato believed that humans and animals both had mortal souls located in the chest and stomach. ... This immortal soul, which Plato believed animals did not have, had a connection with the divine. ...

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Plato, Plotinus, and the Bhudda all held that time was not completely illusionary. ... Many religions believe that there is indeed an Everlasting Life after death on Earth, but others (Bhuddists, Orphics, Pythagoreans, Plato) maintain that the human essence - the spirit, the soul, the Egyptian sa - is reincarnated countless time into a new body after each physical death. ... It was Plato's belief that time is the "circular motion of the heavens," but Aristotle held firm in his rebuttal of this theory in his belief that time is the "number of movement in respect of the before and after, an...

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It has always been said that Socrates was wise, wise in years, wise in speech, wise in the virtuous life. His words inspired others to follow him, and, although he never claimed to be a teacher, taught others indirectly. Did he explicitly teach others his ways? Not necessarily, but rather, he, through his active discussions, allowed others to learn from him and his logical way of thinking. He led by example. ...

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Robots of Dawn This novel is a story of an earthling detective, Elijah Baley, sent to the planet Aurora, where a humaniform robot (human form) has been roboticized or placed in mental freeze. The act of roboticide is comparable to the murder of a human being on Aurora. According to the Aurorains,...

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In their discussions and explorations of what it is that makes a person a good human being, Socrates and Confucius value many of the same traits. Primarily, they both value the pursuit of learning as key to the development of their model of an enlightened person. However, there are a few important d...

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Art One of the many things Greeks created was their beautiful artwork. They excelled in painting the human figure. They liked to paint these humans on vases as well as murals. The Greeks designed there pottery due to there different functions. As an example the Greeks mad kraters, also known as...

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In this paper I will discuss Aristophanes" speech on love found in Plato's Symposium. I will summarize his speech and explain the characteristics of love as Aristophanes thinks of it. I will also explain Aristophanes" definition of love, and whether or not love is an admirable or good thing. And fin...

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The Rules of Attraction Attraction is what draws people together. Friendships, romantic relationships, infidelity, marriage, lust, and love: all these things are founded on the deeper need of survival of the species. Yet, many experts still find it difficult to explain why certain people are at...

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PHIL 100 Why are we here? You would be hard pressed to find a human being on this planet who has not asked him or herself this question at some point in life. In fact, most people have probably taken it one step further and actually given serious thought to this question. Some even say that t...

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