... in a wise person's actions in society. He suggests that Hythloday is not only rejecting the fruitless labor of advising a king, but God's ultimate design. In response, Hythloday enters into a long explanation that illustrates how counselors just fawns before authority instead of giving pertinent advice. He reasons that counselors, no matter how wise, just "endorse and flatter the most absurd statements of ... a peasant steals, he will die by the law. Therefore, a thief has no fear of capitol punishment and it will not hinder him in his act of thievery. Hythloday offers the explanation t...

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... . He says that, "oratory is not an art, but a knack, because it has no account of the nature of the things its concerned with, so it's unable to give an explanation of any of those things" (Wedgwood 2). Basically, Socrates is saying that oratory is not genuinely an art, because it does not have a rational method based on a true understanding of its ... subject matter. Oratory cannot offer an explanation or record of why it produces what it does. Orators do not produce persuasion by giving their listeners really good reasons for believing the things that they are persuaded to ... ...

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... rule others often leads to war, or perhaps discord. Plato explains the difference in the names "discord- and "war,"" and also the difference in the nature of the two. Plato quotes, "discord is expressive of what is internal and domestic, whereas war pertains to what is external and foreign. The Hellenic race is united together by ties of blood and friendship ... ...

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... the right class of society to hold any type of political power (Hacker 85). Aristotle looks upon this ruling class system as an ill-conceived political structure (Hacker 86). He quotes "It is a further objection that he deprives his Guardians even of happiness, maintaining that happiness of the whole state which should be the object of legislation," ultimately he is saying ... ...

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... the various classes would inhibit those who posses the ability to engage in political life, an injustice. He feels Plato's structure of classes is politically incorrect for the state. He quotes "It is a further objection that he deprives his Guardians even of happiness, maintaining that happiness of the whole state which should be the object of legislation", ultimately he is stating ... ...

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... be classified as animals because of their lack of intelligence. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche explains, "When you go to a woman, do not forget to take along your whip (Arditi). These quotes are just some proof of what the past may have said for the future, and how the myths carry on in time Men throughout history from philosophers to entire religions ... ...

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... ." 7) "If you had no clear knowledge of piety and impiety you would never have ventured to prosecute your old father for murder on behalf of a servant." **these are the top quotes (all from Socrates), and really any additions would be more in favor of quantity than quality. So, I kept it at these. Biography One of the truly greatest philosophers of all ... ...

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... 't discover the atom but instead came to the conclusion that all things were made out of water in one form or another. The significance of this idea lies in his explanation of matter without the hint of a supernatural constituent; matter is realized to be the resulting formation of a natural element. With matter being explained through natural causes, one had to account ... ...

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... motivate one to act and that to increase one's enjoyment and to lessen the pain, one employs reason to sort through the desires to find value in them. David Hume's explanation further supports the argument that will is the essence of man through explanations on passion and reason. In his book, A Treatise of Human Nature, he claims, "reason alone can ... ...

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... of knowledge, but can that knowledge guarantee a virtuous life, a life of "excellence ", one filled with wisdom? Knowledge is very limited in what it can do. It provides a background and an explanation of this world, but how to truly understand it? The way to understand it is through the gift of wisdom. Wisdom can guarantee a virtuous life and understanding of life. Through ... ...

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... the punishment which has been handed to him by the State; because the Laws say it is so. Socrates does bring the discussion with Crito to an acceptable end and explanation, finishing his arguments by saying "the sound of their (the Laws') arguments rings so loudly in my head that i cannot hear the other side." However, if we reflect on the ... ...

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... . If the object of love is to have the good forever, the function of love is "giving birth in beauty both in body and in mind." (206b) Diotima begins her explanation of how "all human beings are pregnant in body and in mind" (206c) by discussing the concrete, physical pregnancy of the body. Heterosexual relations and the child a woman bears as ... ...

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... sometimes have a chance happening, which is difficult to study in the first place. Both Plato and Aristotle believe that there is never a chance happening, but an ultimate truth and mathematical explanation to everything. In the end, Both the teachings of Plato and Aristotle, and their views and critiques, leave a vast world of studying open for other philosophers to interpret. Two vast ... ...

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... of Europe being the origin of western thought. Ani criticizes Plato, suggesting that his work denied the cosmic world and natural knowledge, she says Plato leans on materialism as an explanation for his knowledge and for this she blames the materialistic mind of the European. She says this materialism came about as a means of fulfilling the need to control others. Ani ... ...

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... their take on religion is quite different. Aristotle believes that a combination of Plato's disregard of empirical evidence, with the naturalists only evidence provided from the sense, would give a more logical explanation of the world (119-120). With this in mind, he explains that the world consists of matter and form. Matter is something's potential while, form is what completes matter, giving ... ...

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... of Damasippus" speech, Horace asks his what quality he believes would characterize Horace as mad. Damasippus responds by criticizing Horace for not writing anything original. He also exposes, without any explanation, the fact that Horace overspends and has an eye for children. Horace got upset when his faults are shown to him. It is ironic that these transgressions are the same ... ...

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... , sooner than expected, it will come back to haunt you and drag you to the ground like an airplane that has entered an unescapable death spiral. In the very detailed explanation of how one could picture the environment as a whole it gives off such a spectacular aura that one can not help but be taken back from the prosperity in which seemed ... ...

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... world appears to us, and why it appears that way. Before this period, similar thoughts of other individuals had been somewhat disregarded. Although everyone pondered on these questions, an illegitimate explanation was always given. When the pre-Socratic philosophers emerged, these once overlooked thoughts and theories were now considered to be very logical and significant. Thales of Miletus, who many regard ... ...

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... outside." They are synthetic by being a statement about the world and a posteriori by them being known on basis of experience. Although they are based on experience, they require no particular explanation- as Kant says, "... for experience is nothing but a continual synthesis of perceptions" (Kant, p. 177). This field of Kant's knowledge contradicts with Plato's view because Kant is saying that we do ... ...

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... master of medicinal knowledge, then all those that had need for medical attention would be well taken care of. This combined effort of excellence was considered to be the best explanation for justice, and each of its parts therefore were also just. For further clarification, because of dissension among the group, there was a need to find out if it was better ... ...

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... show the true nature or love. There is an absence of real philosophy in his speech. He does not seek out the real nature of love, but puts forward an explanation that captures the fancy of love, but none of its emotion or power. As such, he shows us only a small part of the nature of love. The speech of Eryximachus ... ...

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... of itself its own necessity and not receiving it from another, but rather causing in others their necessecity. This is all men speak of as God." The quest for an explanation or proof that god exists is on going. There have been, and will continue to be debates of the origin of the world, whether it was the Big Bang theory ... ...

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... is it that this thing, which is distinct in every possible way, can be known in any useful way? Great, there's humanness floating around out there, but it gives no explanation of what it is. If we have something that is red, and we have another thing that is red, we would say that they have redness in common, but what ... ...

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... bond is a necessity of the human race then why has the meaning, purpose and pursuit of it eluded us for so many generations. There has yet to be a one universal explanation of love and there has yet to be one who understands it's powers fully. As we see from Plato's Symposium, even the wisest of men in a time when the search ... ...

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... themes. O"Connor states, "The philosopher Socrates was a close friend of Plato's family as well as his teacher."(3). "Plato's writings attest to great influence on him."(O"Conner 3). This could be a good explanation to why Plato uses Socrates to voice his own opinions about his Ideal State. William Prynne, born October 24, 1669 "was a Puritan who felt strongly against the church policy of ... ...

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