Essays and Research Papers on Classic Greek Philosophy

A 4 page paper discussing these philosophers’ views on the origin of knowledge and the methods by which it is acquired. Aristotle and Descartes both provide arguments supporting their positions. Descartes sought to be sensational in his examples, likely more for gaining attention for them than from actual support for them. On ...

This 5 page paper looks at the views of Machiavelli and Hobbes and compares them to the ides of Plato and Aristotle. Leadership issues are addressed. Some quotes are included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper contemplates Aristotle's ideas on happiness. Aristotle's claim that the central core of happiness is virtuous rational activity is discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

Mayhew's Aristotle on the extent of the This 3 page paper looks at this article that talks about communism as contained in Plato's Republic. Plato's ideas about communism are discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at Aristotle's concept of telos and applies it to daily life. Various other concepts related to Aristotle's theories are explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines how these individuals present two radically diverse opinions of the Greek philosopher in Aristophanes’ “The Clouds” and in Plato’s “Apology” and “Crito.” Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses how both Freud and Aristophanes viewed the idea of eros. This paper examines issues such as the origin of sexual preferences, the relationship between sexuality and love, and the selectivity of eros. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the definition of logic, critical thinking and the blockades which can impede critical thought. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at the life of Socrates as well as several well known works by Plato and Aristophanes regarding Socrates' role. Socrates is looked at in a political light as well as how his work has influenced the discipline of philosophy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A paper which considers in detail Socrates' assertion that the 'unexamined life is not worth living', with reference to the Apologia, Crito, Gorgias and Euthyphro. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper compares Plato's Allegory of the Cave to the movie, The Matrix. Emphasis is placed on the question: Do noble likes enchain the soul? Specific examples given from The Matrix and Plato's Cave. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines how philosophers are often the gift of the god and yet people ignore them as well as examining how people need philosophers and thinkers to stir them up. The paper uses Plato’s Republic and Apology. No additional sources cited.

This is a 4 page paper discussing what Aristotle meant by claiming that pride is the crown of the virtues. Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) discusses in Nicomachean Ethics (350 BC) the virtue of pride. In fact he notes that “Pride, then, seems to be a sort of crown of the virtues; for it ...

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the ideas of Machiavelli and Plato as it respects the highest type of human being. Original works of these two philosophers are used and several quotes are included. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines Book I and II of the Republic as it relates to the idea of justice. No additional sources cited.

4 pages in length. Plato's perspective of his own life and the world around him inspired what is said to be some of the most enduring of all images throughout Republic. Looking at the underlying meanings of puppets, shadows and light finds one contemplating the questionable state of human existence, which is fortified ...

This is a 4 page paper discussing Socrates’ dialogues within Plato’s Gorgias in showing that to live a good life one must have the proper concept of human nature. Throughout the dialogues of Socrates documented by Plato, Socrates argues about the “good” within man. For Socrates, the “good” in man is not necessarily what people ...

This 4 page paper looks at the theories of Socrates and Plato and how eros and knowledge are important in respect to human fulfillment. The theory of forms is discussed as is the Socratic method. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page overview of ancient Greek medicine. The author traces the evolution of the Greek approach to medicine from the days of superstition to the days of Hippocrates and subsequent Greeks who would propel the discipline from the darkness into the sciences. The contention is presented that despite the many misperceptions and ...

This 5 page paper contemplates the idea of a just society by looking at Plato's Republic and Marxian theory. The ideas of each author are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the various Forms which Plato believes lies at the foundation of all knoweldge. Examples given. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page paper seeking to distinguish between knowledge and belief. Plato is the first of the philosophers to offer the view that there is really nothing new, insisting that the process we call “learning” in reality is nothing more than mere recollection. In the Platonic view, belief can be characterized as a ...

A 5 page paper which examines Euthyphro’s attempts to answer Socrates’ question, “What is the pious and what the impious, considers why Socrates finds each response unsatisfactory, explains how the “Euthyphro question” figures in the dialogue, how Euthyphro answers it, and discusses whether or not Euthyphro gives a correct answer to this question. No ...

A 3 page research paper that examines what Freud, Socrates and Plato thought concerning the connection between reason and "what is good," that is the nature of good and evil. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which summarizes the Greek philosopher’s argument, considers a criticism of the soundness of Parmenides’ reasoning, explaining the position of agreement or disagreement, compares this view with the atomism of Democritus, and explains if Democritus could accept Parmenides’ argument and its conclusion. Bibliography lists 3 sources.