Essays on Philosophers

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The Life of Karl Marx and His Impact on The Society

4 pages / 1915 words

Karl Marx was one of the founders of the founders of sociology and his ideas about society are still very much relevant to this day. Marx believed that, as societies grew, people began to grow distant in economic class due to their place in the...

Karl Marx

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Analysis of Socratic Dialogues by Plato

3 pages / 1471 words

The Ion In Plato’s dialogue Ion he seems to address a rather trifling question: Do poets know what they’re talking about? Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay...

Meno Plato Socrates

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Collaborative Truth in a Dialogue: Easy to Define, Hard to Find

4 pages / 1911 words

Communication is the trait that brings humanity to the human race. The ability to share, define, and collaborate on ideas with others is what creates society. Since the beginning of time, influential figures have stressed the importance of this process. Plato, a Greek philosopher from...

Dialogue Plato Truth

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Refutation of Polemarch’s Definition of Justice in Plato’s "Republic"

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In the Plato’s “Republic” the foundation for Polemarchus’ definition of Justice mostly is following in his father’s footsteps with the concept of helping friends and harming enemies, changing from the individual to the collective good. In this paper, I will argue that Polemarchus’ definition of...

Justice Plato Plato Republic

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Analysis of The Concept of Justice from Plato’s Point of View

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Introduction The central theme seen in Plato’s Republic is to define different virtues and ideas that are seen to be important in society and life, namely justice in Book I. In the Republic, Plato attempts to answer the question of “what is justice?” All of...

Justice Plato The Republic

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The Role of The Mother in Albert Camus' 'The Stranger'

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The mother or the motherly figure has always played an important place in society and is always placed to a position akin to gods and important figures, this can be seen in religion such as Christianity where female figures such as Mary which are exemplified...

Albert Camus Book Review The Stranger

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Kant's Views on Love

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Kant’s Doctrine of Duty Kant’s Doctrine of Duty explores the relationship between moral duty and law: “Love between persons may only come into existence when the binding force of moral duty exerts itself.” According to Kant, we must never consider duty to be imposing and...

Immanuel Kant Love Theory

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Noble Lies and Ethical Dilemmas: Plato's Philosophy Explored

1 page / 518 words

Introduction In this essay, I am going to discuss the notion of the noble lie in Plato’s Republic. The significance of a noble lie is the distinction made between a true lie and a lie in just words to maintain harmony throughout society. This lie...

Lying Plato The Republic

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What Dream Can Reveal About a Person

4 pages / 1633 words

Everyone dreams. Just like that individual, their dreams are unique to themselves and could be seen as the unconscious mind attempting to tell that individual more about themselves. This is usually in a way that cannot always be understood. Dreams can be considered the key...

Carl Jung Dream

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Analysis of a Machiavelli's Perspective on Princedom in The Prince

3 pages / 1406 words

Introduction For hundreds of years, European academics and theologians understood their world through the lens of Scholasticism. They employed dialectic discourse to abstractly evaluate inferences and to reconcile contradictions. However, this method of explaining reality was often burdened by indisputable religious dogma and other influential...

Machiavelli The Prince

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Descartes' Proof of The Existence of God

2 pages / 797 words

In this essay, I am going to analyse the relation between “I” and God two concepts from Descartes’s book A Discourse on the Method. People of his time in France would never have dared to say that “I” come before god, because they thought that...

Existence of God God Rene Descartes

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Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince as an Unmedieval Piece of Work

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The following essay will explain why The Prince is a decidedly unMedieval piece of work. Many would say Machiavelli was known for straying away from the medieval norm. The following paragraph will give an explanation as to why. The main topic this essay will be...

Machiavelli The Prince

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The Amorality of The Prince by Machiavelli

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Machiavelli is a pragmatic thinker and a realist in his approach to the world; this leads his fundamental ethical attitude in The Prince to lean towards amorality. Machiavelli himself may not be an amoral person, but his separation of ethics from politics and suspension of...

Machiavelli The Prince

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The Aspects of Political Guidance in The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

2 pages / 726 words

In 1532 a well-known author of histories, poems, plays, and also a wide produced popular comedy created and published this book doing his time called “The Prince”, his name was Niccolo Machiavelli. He spoke to Florence on outside missions and composed reports respected for their...

Machiavelli The Prince

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Christianity in Relation to Government and Politics in The Prince by Machiavelli

3 pages / 1276 words

Throughout history, we often see the relationship between church and state to be quite complex. Unlike modern times, there used to be a lot more of a relationship between the government and the church. This led to many clashing ideas, values, and ways of doing...

Machiavelli The Prince

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Confidence in Stupidity: The Connection Between Confidence and Knowledge

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Introduction Goethe, a German writer and statesman, once said, “We know with confidence only when we know little; with knowledge doubt increases.” But what is knowledge? A term that philosophers have been in search of for centuries, according to the modern definition, knowledge is facts,...

Confidence Knowledge Rene Descartes

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Analysis of Descartes’ Wax Argument on The Existence of God

2 pages / 814 words

Descartes example is simply about the mass difference a lump of wax can have; we may perceive it as one thing when in fact it can be seen as much more. Descartes uses an ordinary lump of wax as an argument about taking things into...

Existence of God Rene Descartes

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Comparison of The Theories of Salvation of Anselm of Canterbury and Peter Abelard

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Christianity has gone through many theories of salvation and religions have branched out solely for the differences in theories of salvation. Different theories argue on the most important aspect of what Jesus Christ did to redeem humanity and therefore save humanity. Some focus on the...

Christian Worldview Peter Abelard

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Analysis of Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind Using Ideas from Freud and Nietzsche

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If you had the choice to erase an ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend from your mind, would you? This is the decision Joel Barrish faces in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Would erasing all memories of a person be worth it in the long run? There...

Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind Friedrich Nietzsche Sigmund Freud