... later carried his personal beliefs of freedom to protest against the glorified view of war that Americans embrace. In one of his most famous works, "plato told," Cummings cites other famous historical figures who have warned against war, but ironically, he paves his way in becoming an icon himself through his ... protest. Among the names mentioned in the poem are Plato, Jesus, and Lao Tsze, who were all known as founders of philosophy and religion that are still practiced and referred to today. Also cited ... raid. 1 These names create a forewarning of destruction and chaos to the main c...

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... as spirit or matter, soul or body, good or evil, and light or darkness. Many predominant modern philosophies in Western civilization are directly traceable to Zoroastrianism through (1) the Greek philosophers Plato, Aristotle, and Zeno, (2) the Roman Stoics, (3) the Manicheans and Saint Augustine of Hippo in the Third Century A.D., (4) the Albigensians of Southern France and Spain in the early Middle ... the 16th and 17th centuries. In fact, most of the antisexual and antihumanism attitudes blamed on Christianity originated in Greek Platonism and Roman Stoicism. Principled and brilliant...

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... problem that this causes is that a whole other group of people is not being represented, thus being denied of their justice. In The Apology, Plato writes: "The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short period, must necessarily confine himself to private life and ... leave politics alone." David Thoreau would unarguably agree with Plato's quote. For Thoreau, a government has no use due to its injustice. Thoreau emphasizes the importance of self-reliance, and individuality. The purpose ... the political world. Both of these intellectuals give very persuasive arg...

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... leaves and sometimes received the name of being a hero. A philosopher is one who loves wisdom. There are many philosophers from Greece. Some of the greatest known philosophers are Aristotle and Plato. Aristotle, who was Plato's student, always argued that a citizen did not belong just to himself or herself, but to the state. He also did not accept ... Plato's theories. Aristotle wrote his works on ethics, logic, politics, poetry, astronomy, geology, biology, and physics. Plato a student of Socrates is considered one of the many greatest philosophers of Western civilization. He wrote dow...

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... able to voice his opinions so he calmly drank the poison (hemlock) and then sat with his friends in philosophical conversation (Zueschner 17). Ironically his disciple Plato was for intellectual, religious, and artistic censorship. Plato is one of the many that believed that censorship was necessary especially amongst children. He argued that artistic representations have a strong impact on the formation of character ... . He believed that even if the tales told are true, they should not be taught to "thoughtless young people." Plato writes, "A child cannot distinguish the allegorical sen...

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... from homosexuals, but no others, specific legal protection from the injuries caused by discrimination, and it forbids reinstatement of these laws and policies. (Strasser) Sexual orientation is not a new concept. Plato alluded to the acceptance of homosexuality when he described the effectiveness and power of the "pederasty" in Symposium, "If only there were a way to start a city or an army made ... up of lovers and the boys they love! Theirs would be the best possible system of society ." (Kaplan) Plato's statement accepts homosexuality as well as describing the homosexuals as having a ...

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... read, when it comes to television parents have usually little to no control. This has been a concern for parents over many years and can be seen from the words of Plato. " Shall we just carelessly allow children to hear any casual tales which may be devised by casual persons, and to receive into their minds ideas for the most par the ... very opposite of those which we should wish them to have when they are grown up?" ~ Plato " By the time most American children begin first grade, they will have already spent the equivalent of three school years in the tutelage of the family television ...

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The War Against Iraq Plato once said, "When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some ... war or other, in order that the people may require a leader." As we press on in the war against Iraq and analyze the situation, one can see that Plato's quotation is strikingly true. I would never encourage war if a better resolution could be reached. War is by far one of the ugliest aspects of human nature. Unfortunately, sometimes it cannot ... ...

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... Iraq and the states that support them? To obtain an answer to this question, it is possible to look back at history and literature written by "the greats" such as Plato(the thoughts of Socrates), Homer, and Virgil. In Homer's the Iliad, Achilles struck back against Hector because Hector killed his friend, Patroclus. Achilles could be described as irrational after Patroclus ... the latter situation differently; they may not have pursued it so strongly. No matter what they would've done, what makes America's presence in Iraq "just"? By looking into what Plato wrote about Socrates it is po...

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... , it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege. Plato The modern society is the mass of contradictions, flashy believes, blatant views and the widest disparity of political convictions. Many of us stay politically indifferent and prefer to remain distant ... ideas and actions, the dirty games of the government, the hypocrisy and true intentions of politicians. These hot issues are not new for the mankind. The greatest philosophers, beginning with Plato, have been raising th...

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... to take on a "will of the majority" approach. It is evident throughout time that the power to control has not always been the majority or even represented by the majority. Plato wrote of a "ruling class", he did not mention that it be elected, rather he stated that it should be formed and maintained. Many societies in history have turned to a monarchy ... implement safe working conditions or child labor laws, it is using its power for this reason. Power has been the center point of all famous political thinkers throughout time, namely Plato, Aristotle and Machiavelli. Although these men...

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... BC) Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who is widely credited for laying the foundation for Western philosophy. Most of what we know of Socrates comes from the writings of Plato. Socrates is often referred to a gadfly because he upset social norms by posing difficult philosophical questions that caused people to examine their lives and beliefs. This created a tension in the ... ...

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... society, but only in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries did these inconsistencies begin to yield substantial opposition to the institution itself. After tracing the cultural heritage of these ideas from Plato and Aristotle, through the evolution of Christianity, into the thought of the Enlightenment and the seemingly paradoxical strengthening of both rationalist and evangelical impulses in the course of the eighteenth ... ...

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... they go to school or out in public. With the amount of money available for clothes they will be wearing hand me downs or shopping at sores like goodwill or Plato's closet were the cloths are old and out dated. It isn't easy for kids these days growing up without because they start to deal with thing at school and with ... ...

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... is not fate that decides what you are going to be or where you are going. People decide their own fate and take advantage of the opportunities that they choose. Plato once said "The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life." I think that fate is just something that people who are lazy and want the world to ... ...

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... ) Herodotus notes many acts of sexual freedom among tyrants in his works. Periander had relations with his deceased wife while Cambyses participated in incest with his own sister. The philosopher Plato records such acts of sexual freedom when he writes of the tyrant, Gyges, who wore a magical ring. The ring provided him with the power "to take without fear whatever he ... ...

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... and admirable presences that helped change the way people view the world. Socrates and MLK Jr. both dealt with the question, "Is it just to break an unjust law?" In Plato's Crito and MLK Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail," this question is addressed. There are similarities and differences in the way Socrates and MLK Jr. deal with this issue. Both Socrates ... ...

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Essays for Final Examination a.) There are many times throughout western civilization that History has repeated itself. We can take two of the people that have been seen as evil in this world and compare them to find that they have very much in common. The two men of war I am speaking of are Adolf Hitler and Slobodon Milosovich. When Milosovich started his ethnic cleansing campaign in the mid 1990's it reminded us all of a time that, if we weren't here to see it, we have at least read of it. It was a mirror of what Hitler was doing to the Jewish people in the 1930's. The killing of Ethnic Alb...

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... . In regards to its government, Greece is currently a parliamentary democracy. Although Greece in its history was one of the first countries to come up with the ideal of democracy (i.e. Socrates, Plato, etc.) the referendum that was to do away with the monarchy that Greece was under did not come until much later. The current government has only been effect since 1974 ... ...

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... Rome, suicide was only punishable if it was irrational. In Roman times, "to live nobly was to die nobly, and irrational actions were not considered noble" (Roberts 4). The ancient philosopher Plato wrote in his book, The Laws, that suicide is only acceptable for people that fit four categories: people who take their lives by legal order, people who are incurably ill ... ...

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... many religious traditions of the Jews, both in the religious way as well as in a Christian way. Another tradition was resultant from education in ancient Greece. This is where Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, were the influential thinkers on education. The Religious influence was a very inopportune incidence for the West, leading to a great period of institutionalized ignorance known as the Middle Ages ... ...

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The nature versus nurture controversy has been argued for centuries. Some of the earliest arguments posed for either side were posed by philosophers such as Plato, Renee Descartes and John Locke. These arguments have been continued by modern scientists and psychologists. Arguments for the nature aspect of the debate have been built on the concepts of ... ...

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