Essays on Philosophical Works

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"Meno" and "Leaves of Grass": The Comparison of Ideas

8 pages / 3537 words

There are several parallels between the ideas presented in the Socratic dialogue Meno by Plato and the ideas suggested by Walt Whitman's poetry in the first edition of his work Leaves of Grass. Though the Meno is presented as a work of philosophy, and the...

Meno Plato Walt Whitman

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Philosophy before Death: Socrates in The Phaedo

2 pages / 969 words

Socrates, the father of modern Western philosophy, once said, shortly before his own death that “[Those] who happen to have gotten in touch with philosophy in the right way devote themselves to nothing else but dying and being dead” (Phaedo 64A). In other words, Socrates...

Phaedo Socrates

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Metacognition as a Powerful Phenomenon

2 pages / 839 words

Metacognitive awareness is based on the notion of metacognition. The word Metacognition has its root in the Greek word ‘Meta’ which means going behind and is used to denote the concept which is an abstraction behind another concept. Generally, Metacognition is referred to as “cognition...

Existence Meno

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The Phenomenon of ISIS

2 pages / 1046 words

One way that this issue could be addressed is by monitoring social media accounts. According to J.M. Berger and Jonathon Morgan, authors of The ISIS Twitter Census: Defining and describing the population of ISIS supporters on Twitter, show the comparison between suspended and non suspended...

ISIS Meno

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Women's History Through Literature: Analysis of Plato, Homer and Dante

4 pages / 1748 words

As long as history has been recorded, a woman’s role in society was dictated by man, for a long time women accepted this patriarchy. This arrangement can be seen in different societies and cultures throughout history; after all, the great literature that is studied in...

Symposium The Odyssey

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Searching for Truth in Love and Beauty in Symposium

4 pages / 1631 words

Platonic literature is famously recorded in the form of the dialogue. Dialogue is the method by which synthesis can occur in its purest form. Plato’s contemporaries were fundamentally fearful of writing, which was a new technique at the time, because when compared to dialogue, prose...

Symposium

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Love and Eros in Plato's Symposium

5 pages / 2192 words

In Plato’s The Symposium, Plato details the events of a dinner party, a symposium for which the work derives its namesake, comprised of a group of seemingly well-educated individuals. Plato tells the story of the symposium and the dialogue of the individuals in attendance through...

Symposium

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The Concepts of Immortality and Reproduction in Plato's Perspective on Love

3 pages / 1353 words

Not in entire forgetfulness, 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 And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is...

Plato Symposium

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Women as Drivers of Violence in Greek Literature

5 pages / 2455 words

The Iliad by Homer, the text which is often referred to as the beginning the Greek literary tradition, begins with an argument between Achilles and Agamemnon over a woman. This fight takes place within a war which started because of Helen, who was stolen from...

Symposium

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The Concepts of Love and Beauty on Plato's Symposium

3 pages / 1242 words

The logistical problems of everyday human life are often concerned with the pursuit of love and beauty. The impracticalities of actively chasing after phenomena that we do not fully understand are considerable – unless, of course, you’re Socrates. In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates, in his spoken...

Symposium

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Understanding Diotima's Ladder of Love in Symposium

3 pages / 1561 words

One of the most famous passages in Plato’s Symposium and one that seems to receive the most attention in contemporary philosophy is Diotima’s Ladder of Love. Diotima explains that love is an ascent through a number of stages or steps on the ladder that ultimately...

Symposium

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Exploring The Question of Pederasty and Sexual Relations

4 pages / 1778 words

Modern critics are quick to assert that Socrates failed in his role as a teacher to Alcibiades by refusing to engage in sexual relations. Upon closer investigation of both the traditional form and Socrates’ own revised form of pederasty, the reasoning behind the lack of...

Symposium

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Analysis of Pausanias’ and Socrates’ Speeches in Plato’s "Symposium"

3 pages / 1547 words

In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates’ eulogy, though delivered with the stated intent of praising love, is not truly about love at all. Instead, Socrates claims that the typical definition of love does not exist and instead praises wisdom. In saying that love is desire, and that...

Plato Socrates Symposium

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The Human Nature and Psychology from Plato's Perspective

6 pages / 2826 words

Plato presents a complicated theory of human psychology spread out amongst his various works. In Republic, Phaedo, Phaedrus, and others, Plato develops a view of human psychology centered on the nature of the soul. He presents the bulk of his argument in Republic and Phaedo,...

Plato Plato Republic The Republic

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Symposium: The Significance of Contradiction in Eryximachus Speech

2 pages / 935 words

Through all the speeches of the Symposium, Eryximachus’ speech may be the most difficult to understand. Looking at Eryximachus’ initial, more scientific approach to love, under which he views love as something that can be quantitatively measured, one many find it difficult to accept the...

Symposium

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The Transition from Evil to Good in The Works of Augustine and Plato

3 pages / 1438 words

As society’s rules and ideals have changed over time, so have their definitions of evil been completely revolutionized. While today evil is something morally wrong, a violation of some universal law, it was not always seen in the same light. St. Augustine and Plato both...

Symposium

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The Construction of Platonic Love and Affection Concepts

10 pages / 4561 words

Plato’s “Symposium” is an essential piece of philosophical literature that concerns itself with the genesis, purpose and nature of love, or eros. Love is examined in a sequence of speeches by men attending a symposium, or drinking party. A symposia, or drinking party in ancient...

Plato Symposium

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The Role of Structure in Plato's Symposium

2 pages / 1127 words

The philosophical debate that is the focus of Plato’s Symposium culminates in the speech of Diotima. She is a mysterious figure, a brilliant woman with the powers even to put off a plague. What she does here is miraculous too: she manages to tie together...

Symposium

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Symposium and The Sorrows of Young Werther: Writing The Words of Love

4 pages / 1603 words

In Plato’s Symposium and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, the two protagonists are overcome by their love and dedicate an eulogy in the form of a speech or a series of letters to their beloved. The multitude of letters composed by...

Symposium The Sorrows of Young Werther