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Why does Plato believe that only Philosophers are fit to rule?

Rather than the practical pursuit we are accustomed to, for Plato, Politics is an intellectual faculty. Governance by non-philosop...

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ALAN T Published on 05/08/2001 2739 Reads Politics

Intellectuals and the Use of Critical Thinking

The role of critical thinking in American society has taken on greater importance in the 21st century. This paper relates the conc... ...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

11 pages in length. Ancient Greek philosophers helped shape the very infrastructure of contemporary thought and belief. The exte... ...

The Pre-Socratic Philosophers and Their Search for Explanation

This 3 page paper explores the pre-Socratic philosophers and their search for explanations for the working of the Universe, and wh... ...

Socrates and the Need for Philosophers

In four pages this paper discusses Socrates' shaking up of the status quo in this consideration of why philosophers are needed in ... ...

Analogy Relationship Between Plato and Jean Jacques Rousseau

In five pages analogy is defined and then related to these two philosophers as they are used in Rousseau's The Social Contract and... ...

Justice According to John Rawls and Plato

In seven pages justice as conceptualized by philosophers John Rawls and Plato is contrasted and compared. Six sources are cited i... ...

Analysis of Philebus by Plato

In five pages this paper analyzes Plato's Philebus in terms of the writing style and the philosopher's message. There are no othe... ...

Refuting Rene Descartes' Argument 'I Think Therefore I Am'

In six pages this report considers approaches to refute the 'I think, therefore I am' statement of philosopher Rene Descartes. Th... ...

Knowledge and Philosophy

This paper examines how philosophers David Hume, Plato, and Rene Descartes define knowledge in three pages with the cave allegory ... ...

The Influence of the Cave Allegory

This 4 page paper examines Plato's well known cave allegory. Socrates is discussed including his role in Plato's works. Other phil... ...

Plato's Republic - The Recurring Themes

In a paper of fifteen pages, the writer looks at the works of Plato, specifically the concept of Forms in the allegory of the cave... ...

Democratic Rule According to Niccolo Machiavelli, Aristotle, and Plato

In six pages this report considers how democratic rule was viewed by these philosophers. Five sources are cited in the bibliograp... ...

Why Socrates 'Did' Philosophy According to J.S. Mill

In four pages John Stuart Mill's views on why philosophy was 'done' by Socrates are examined in a consideration of the ancient Gre... ...

The Republic

Most normal individuals in the modern world would assume that all books written, not published, by man are based on either a porti...

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excalibur360 Published on 03/22/2000 1341 Reads Literature

Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato on Political Leadership

In five pages a comparison and contrast of how these philosophers perceived political leadership are made by noting the difference... ...

Teaching Police Ethics

In thirty five pages various philosophers such as Pythagoras, Plato, John Stuart Mill, and Immanuel Kant are incorporated into an ... ...

Politics and Imaginary Dialogues

In ten pages this tutorial paper imagines a lively dialogue between political philosophers including St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle... ...

Divine Vies of Plato

In three pages this paper examines Plato's views of the divine in a comparison and contrast with the writer's view and those of th... ...

Plato's Examination of the Soul

In a paper that consists of eight pages Plato's interpretation of the soul and its parts are explored along with a discussion of t... ...

Ancient Philosophers on Democracy

In six pages democracy is examined in terms of its deficiencies as well as its benefits then and now in a consideration of such an... ...

Socrates and Machiavelli on Leadership

In five pages the leadership views of these philosophers as represented in The Republic of Plato and in Machiavelli's The Prince a... ...

Philebus by Plato and Pleasure

In five pages this paper discusses Philebus by Plato in terms of how it represents the philosopher's views on pleasure. Nine sour... ...

Greek Philosophers and Myth v. Knowledge

In five pages this paper discusses how knowledge was distinguished from myth or superstition by the ancient Greek philosophers Soc... ...

A Historical Overview of Philosophy

This paper examines the history of philosophy and philosophers. The author discusses key figures in philosophy such as Aristotle,... ...

Training Dion II of Syracuse to be a Philosopher King in The Republic by Plato

In twenty pages this paper discusses the failed efforts of Plato to sufficiently train Dionysus the Younger to become a philosophe... ...

Tyranny in The Republic by Plato

In four pages Book Nine of Plato's The Republic is examined in terms of how it depicts the philosopher's perspectives on tyranny. ... ...

Definition of Tyranny in The Republic by Plato II

In five pages this paper focuses upon Book IX of Plato's The Republic in a consideration of how the philosopher defines tyranny. ... ...

Death as Viewed by Plato

In seven pages this paper examines Plato's Phaedo and The Republic in terms of how it portrays the philosopher's perspectives on d... ...

Philosopher King, Utopia, and The Republic by Plato

In nine pages this paper examines the social utopia presided over by a philosopher king as described by Plato in The Republic. Th... ...