Essays on Philosophers

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"The Myth of The Cave" by Plato

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“The Myth of the Cave” by Plato , depicts a very important message. This book was written over 2500 years ago in the year 400 B.C. The excerpt is a conversation that Socrate speaks with Glaucon. Socrates tells Glaucon the people in an underground cave...

Plato

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Marxist Theory of Social Classes: Bourgeoisie and Proletariat

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According to Marx and Engels, “the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles”. The oppressor and oppressed standing in constant opposition to one another, in an uninterrupted fight, one that each time ended either in a revolution of society at...

Karl Marx Marxism Social Class

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The Concept of Aristotle's Function Argument

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In Aristotle book, Nicomachean Ethics Book 1, he makes the argument that there is the good and the ‘well’. To explain his claim he gives us an example, “the function of lyre-player is to play the lyre, and that of a good lyre-player is to...

Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics

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Justification of Socrates’ Punishment in The Apology

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Was Socrates’ Punishment Just? In The Apology, Socrates is put on trial for supposedly corrupting the youth of Athens and for not believing in the gods. The charges were brought against Socrates because by Meletus. While on trial, Socrates defends himself very well against the...

Socrates The Apology

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Jeremy Bentham's Utilitarianism Theory

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This essay is a persuasive essay on Bentham’s utilitarianism, a theory spread by Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century and clarified by his student John Stuart Mill in the 19th century. Utilitarianism posits that morality is about maximizing happiness and pleasure while minimizing pain and...

Jeremy Bentham Utilitarianism

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The Principles of Plato

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Plato makes an analogy between what sun means to the visible realm and what the form of good means to the intelligible realm of forms (508a). First, just as the light of the sun makes the visible realm apparent to the eye, so it is...

Plato

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John Locke and Rene Descartes: The First Early Philosophers

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Introduction John Locke and Rene Descartes are quite often seen as two of the first early philosophers. Both of them were looking for answers to the same questions such as: is there certainty in knowledge? What is knowledge? How does our mind work? While Locke...

John Locke Rene Descartes

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The First Book of Plato’s Republic Review

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Plato wrote the Republic in 380 BC. The first book of Plato’s Republic is concerned with justice. What is justice and why should one behave justly are two questions which Socrates and hisinterlocutors attempt to answer. The first definition of justice is proposed by Cephalus....

Plato Plato Republic The Republic

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The Portrayal of Enlightenment in Allegory of The Cave by Plato

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In the Allegory of the cave, there are four main stages of enlightenment. The four steps cover all aspects of enlightenment, from knowing absolutely nothing and perceiving reality only through your sensory organs to reaching full knowledge and having the capacity to understand “the good.”...

Allegory of The Cave Enlightenment Plato

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Review of The Allegory of The Cave, by Plato

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In Platos The Allegory of the Cave, he allows an individual to realize that which they already know. The situation in the cave seems dark and gloomy, like a place no one would ever want to go. However, the reality is that some people are...

Allegory of The Cave Plato

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Analysis of Albert Camus’ Writing Style

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Most of Albert Camus’ writings focus on the philosophy of the Absurd. His main character in the novel, The Stranger exemplifies what an absurd man is and his essay The Myth of Sisyphus takes readers through his reasoning for his belief and the conclusion that...

Albert Camus

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Analysis of The Ideologies of Adam Smith Vs Karl Marx

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Both Adam Smith and Karl Marx are considered two of the top twenty most influential people in the world for the millennium. They both are respected in their views for creating a perfect society where everyone is happy. Adam Smith, a brilliant Scottish political economist...

Adam Smith Karl Marx

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Analysis of The Concept of Life Portrayed in Different Writings

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While reading these stories, it was clear the messages that each individual story was trying to convey. Each story in some way correlates with the next because they are all along the same theme. Each story has an underlying theme about human life and prosperity...

Allegory of The Cave Plato

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Analysis of The 9/11 Attacs in Terms of Aristotelian Courage

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Aristotle defines courage as the mean between cowardice and rashness. (Aristotle,49) On one end stands the ultimately fearful man who, for example, allows others take advantage of him or flees the country in the face of being drafted into a war. On the other hand...

9/11 Aristotle

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The Concepts of Moral Duty and Truth from Two Philosophical Perspectives

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There are two different ways of considering the nature of moral truth and duty. A contingent truth is a truth which is dependent on the way that the world is. For example, “it is snowing” is a contingent truth because it may be snowing (making...

Immanuel Kant John Stuart Mill Morality

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Three Points of View on Socrates' Trial: Analyzing The Sources

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Plato, a prominent Greek philosopher of the 4th century BC, in his works Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, tells the story of his teacher’s, Socrates, trial and subsequent death as a result of it. Socrates, often thought of as one of, if not the wisest of...

Euthyphro Socrates

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Aristotle’s View on "Oedipus The King" by Sophocles

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Aristotle’s favorite tragedy was Oedipus the King by Sophocles. The play begins with the Laius and Jocasta, the king and queen of Thebes. Upon the birth of their son, Oedipus, an oracle proclaims that he will kill his father and marry his mother. Petrified the...

Aristotle Oedipus Rex

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The Use of Philosophy in Politics

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The political theory of Plato must be understood with and within the state of period he lived. It is an established theory that the Peloponnesian war (the war between Athens and Sparta, 431-401 B.C) and the death sentence of Socrates were greatly influential in Plato’s...

Plato Political Philosophy

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The Story of The Ship of Theseus: The Question of Identity

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We have all asked ourselves, who am I? The question of identity is something we have all wondered about. Over the course of history, a number of thinkers have attempted to answer this conundrum. One of which is Thomas Hobbes, a British philosopher born in...

Personal Identity Thomas Hobbes