... well as fitness exercises that morning. She said she had to keep herself in a proper moral and physical condition to stand the pace of life. "Quite a reasonable purpose, especially nowadays," I thought. Then, after having read another pile of articles on the Intellectual History of Europe, I realized that, in fact, many people were concerned about the idea of being healthy, singularly in ... 's help. Since ideas and thoughts are created by the mind, the mental health of personality depends on them. So, I suggest discussing thoughts. There are basically three sources of thought. The first...

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... have to deal with self- identity come from Sartre in The Flies. At the beginning Orestes does not know who he is but after the thought process and education of identity by his tutor he realizes who he is and what he has to do to obtain his identity. The Flies ... what we hear. Conditioning serves it purpose when upbringing, but not when the individual rebels. Rebellion is caused by a spark of free, individual thought, that does form into mass thought. Essentially then, there must be and individual, because we couldn't have evolved without individual thinking. As young fetus, all mammals ...

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... is loosely translated as nature. Those who believed in NOMOS argued that reality, and therefore human understanding of that reality, was a product of human action. In other words, what we thought of as real and true were basically the products of our own thoughts and actions--our communication. Believers in NOMOS argued that there must be human involvement in the world ... wrong, i.e. if it means know for certain, then Socrates really claims not to know anything about those subjects. There are things that Socrates did claim to know -- so he definitely thought that knowledge was possible...

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... it is more beneficial in material ways. The best will appear just while actually being unjust. Socrates rejects this contention on the following line of thought: crafts tend to aim at outdoing those that do not practice their craft. But the unjust try to outdo both the just and the unjust ... - Book II, LT claims, leads us to the question of whether or not democracy can underwrite appropriate character (another allusion to Bork)? Plato clearly thought not: he thought democracy was the fourth worst form of government (out of five). But there are some issues that are interesting here: a) I...

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... form your own opinions on what will be stated and only use my interpretation as one of many ways that you may look through a spectrum and make a thought. Both statements to be looked at come from Plato's, Gorgias. The first to be looked at is as follows " I would rather that my lyre, or ... , agree with him. Doing wrong to another may immediately satisfy ones current state of anger or need for vengence but soon after it will forever be thought on that persons conscience and would slowly cause the evil doers souls to deteriorate. Such behaviors are hazardous to ones mental health. Part of...

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... survived and other philosophers used the individual as a starting point for basic rights and the baseline for government. Leading the way in this thought was Hobbes who argued that we have natural rights that must be maintained by a state and thus we have the need for statecraft ... push to the individual whereas as Rousseau would split off to move toward the collective of community. This Modern era approaches created new thought that would carry us into solidified states that were forged through many wars and revolutions. This new Liberalism was similar to Aristotle's approach ... bec...

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... to move the courtesan into his home it broke the traditional mold. Marie Delcourt wrote in her study on Pericles, "No one would have thought the less of Pericles for making love to young boys, but they (referring to Athenian citizens) were shocked by his treating Aspasia like a human ... on philosophy and her own views. One of the things she opposed most was the law that restricted women to their homes. She believed that she thought marriage should be a partnership between equals.22 Among all the visitors to Aspasia's school, Socrates was the most famous. Based on the evidence it ... c...

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... to move the courtesan into his home it broke the traditional mold. Marie Delcourt wrote in her study on Pericles, "No one would have thought the less of Pericles for making love to young boys, but they (referring to Athenian citizens) were shocked by his treating Aspasia like a human ... on philosophy and her own views. One of the things she opposed most was the law that restricted women to their homes. She believed that she thought marriage should be a partnership between equals.22 Among all the visitors to Aspasia's school, Socrates was the most famous. Based on the evidence it ... c...

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... mimesis – and hence poetry – provides access to the "real", the forces that lie behind our very lives. Ancient Greek thought held that poetry, drama, and other forms of fine art were imitations of reality, a reality that could be actual or potential. Indeed, their ... by recognition, etc.) Just as Aristotle's conception of Physics is as the study of the changes undergone by natural objects (ie. nature), poetry can be thought of as the study of or an expression of the changes undergone by man (e g. from misery to happiness, ignorance to knowledge etc.), expressed through his ... it ...

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... rebut the charges against him (Burrington, 2009). Something is definitely lost in the translation because Socrates did not believe he had done anything wrong and he thought that if he could get the jury to look at the facts and not listen to the rhetoric that had been used by the prosecution they would easily ... This led him to the conclusion that he was wiser because he realized he did not know that much, which was in contrast to these men who thought they knew more than they really did. His life becomes a mission to try to get the people to question things and not take everything at f...

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... Socrates states, "He did not know at first, and he does not know now, what is the side of a figure of eight feet: but then he thought that he knew, and answered confidently as if he knew, and had no difficulty; now he has a difficulty, and neither he knows nor fancies that he ... further. Since the boy has not learned or always had this knowledge within him, then it questions the time when the knowledge was processed. Socrates ponders this thought and explains that, "His soul must have always possessed this knowledge, for he either was or was not a man " (The Search for Knowledge 89). ....

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... , which affected everyone's life. It was the questions that Socrates raised that led to his notoriety and fame. Simple questions people thought they knew the answer to went through the Socratic thinking process and revealed to many that not only did they not know the answer ... cannot be vulnerable to the physical world. Although they differ, this is not necessarily Socrates final belief regarding the soul, simply a train of thought he found interesting or worth exploring. Aside from many complex discussions of Plato's dialogues, another pertinent topic that related to both Socrates and ...

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... He and his family survived modestly from the money he provided. Socrates was noted to profess neglecting money-making and property acquisitions, because he thought his time spent gaining these useless objects would be of greater benefit if it were spent conferring with the citizens of Athens. He admitted to ... wiser than anyone else. In other words, while Socrates was at a knowledge level of zero, everyone else was at a negative value, because they thought they possessed knowledge they did not have. This was the detriment that was holding everyone back; their own pride. When the Oracle ...

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... even when the Warden was away, he gave authority to any citizen who chanced to be present to require them to do anything he thought right, and to punish them for any misconduct. This had the effect of making the boys more respectful; in fact boys and men ... age of seven when parents would send their children to school in hopes of attaining character, taste, temperance, moderation, and good-behavior in word, thought, and deed. Education was not established to teach children vocations or proficiency in making money. Rather it was training for living and achieving a healthy ... but als...

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... radically different answers are provided by philosophers as to what is the good life or complete life. For Plato, the good life was that in which through rational analysis and thought an individual dedicated his life to observing and understanding the highest principle, which he called "the Good". While for Diogenes, a simple life where one enjoyed the simple pleasures that the ... , rational capacity, creating a set of values to which you are consistent throughout life and consciously understand their reason for being (truly knowing yourself and understanding your beliefs) and giving ra...

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... , the pioneer, who was condemned to martyrdom for his objections. Although some of Plato's work has been criticised for its abstract nature, it still remains a key influence in western philosophical thought. Translators such as Averroes, would also be of principal importance to allow the work of Aristotle and Plato to become attainable to the western world, and spark future deliberations. As ... ...

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... that all literature evokes these emotions, meaning that no form of art is more harmful than another. I believe that Plato despised art and wanted it censored because it was a common thought during his time period. Plato was not the first to suggest the threatening nature of art and he was not the last. Although he openly opposed art, he seemed to ... impossible because people today are not ranked by how valuable they are to society. Most people do not work, but yet they still eat. Although Plato's ideal republic is well thought out and could be beneficial, I do not believe it would work...

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... relationships were insignificant. He felt that crimes should be tried on the basis of the actions taken without considering family history or inherited guilt. In order to act justly, Euthyphro thought he should "prosecute the wrongdoer, be it about murder or temple robbery or anything else, whether the wrongdoer [was his] father or your mother or anyone else," (5e ... a bad representation of what gods and heroes are like, just as a painter who paints something that doesn't resemble the things whose likeness he wished to paint," (377e). The very thought of censorship and purposeful lying...

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... the great philosophers: Plato and Saint Augustine. These men devoted much of their lives to pondering over these great questions of human life; however, they take drastically different views. Platonic thought has shaped much of the western world. Augustine, in contrast, came from a Christian perspective. Although Augustine never truly separated himself from the platonic influence, I would side with Augustine's views on ... exist before the body. While Plato was interested in describing what we are as humans, the bible and my personal worldview seeks to describe who we are as humans. Pla...

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... of universals that represent the common properties of any group of real objects. The universals, unlike Plato's Ideas, have no existence outside of the objects they represent. Closer to Plato's thought was Aristotle's definition of form as a distinguishing property of objects, but with an independent existence apart from the objects in which it is found. Describing the material universe, Aristotle stated ... heavenly bodies "above" the moon. In the writings of Plato and Aristotle the dominant strains of idealism and materialism in Greek philosophy reached, respectively, their highest ex...

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... true philosopher would also believe firmly in the free expression of ideas. However, that is not the perfect republic outlined in Plato's The Republic. Though Plato was a champion of rational thought, he made clear statements that popular forms of art and poetry must be interoperated in a way that is in the best interest of the state more specifically its guardians. In ... Dallas Museum in the McCarthy Era" she profiles a censorship situation in America during the Red Scar in the 1950's. A group of women calling themselves the "Public Affairs Luncheon Club" also thought that the governm...

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... would not be sufficient also to say describe the God of Judaeo-Christian theism and of what we think or feel we encounter with him. Unlike finite objects, God is thought of as without limits: not a constituent of the universe, and effectively not of any cause. Religion shares the scientific aim of giving us an account of the world as it ... but however cannot seem to answer, at least while staying within a strictly empirical structure, religion's appeal to transcendence deprives it of any direct empirical support. Religion, when it is properly thought of, is based on the experiences of ...

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... his belief of what was the truth. Socrates had a standard of what was true and by being true or just he could avoid doing an action that was unjust. Socrates thought to be a virtuous man was to have a healthy soul (Allen p. 71). It is reasonable to Socrates to sacrifice himself without expecting a reward for this action, if the alternative to not ... prison. If he were to escape he would have given more authority to the opinions of the men who convicted him. If Socrates had chosen to escape then everyone who thought he was an innocent man would have to reevaluate their opinions of Socra...

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... that war leads to carnage, continues to fight until an opposing bullet kills him. Plato even said "Only the dead have seen the end of war," 3 and Cummings emphasizes this thought by showing that despite our many warnings by people who we accept as profound thinking, we still continue our ignorance until death. Although these protests against war seem typical in ... 20th century. To put Cummings in the same list as Plato and Jesus might seem extreme, and almost blasphemous to some, but his work in "plato told" cleverly uses traditional thought to mark him as a revolutionary thinker again...

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... or even necessary to effect this justice of harmony. Many scholars since Plato have come to the conclusion that self-interest is the central motivation that drives human action and thought. Adam Smith's famous concept of the "invisible hand " that is human self-interest is frequently cited in economic discussions, but it can easily be extrapolated to describe and explain other ... ...

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