Essays on Plato

Philosophy encompasses a vast compilation of ideas that span centuries of human history, and some very old ideas remain just as relevant today, as they were ages ago. Some of the ideas that ancient philosophers devised over two thousand years ago, are still very present...

Plato’s allegory of the cave is considered a good example of illustrating the way people think. It also explains the concepts of adapting people to different changes including things they don’t know or are not familiar with. Plato explained that some prisoners were living in...

Augustine was born around 700 years after Plato died. Plato was from Greece and Augustine, a Roman African. Their upbringings so vastly different could these two possibly share anything in common? In fact, they were both fundamental in establishing and expanding the way people thought...

The Apology by Plato is a first hand account of the events at the Socrates trial. Socrates defended himself to the accusations of falsely teaching Athens youth and having faith in deities that were not accepted by the nation. In Socrates and Plato’s lifetime, the...

Private property has always been a coveted acquisition of wealth throughout the west’s history. Private property, in the realm of philosophical thought, can trace its roots back to Plato and Aristotle. These two philosophers both acknowledged the right of citizens to own private property, but...

Metaphysics is generally thought of to be the study or profound consideration of what is truly real and exists in life. Thought history many great thinkers have explored this concept and attempted to describe, define, and exemplify their deeply held beliefs about the realities of...

Metaphysics is the study of reality and existence and is a topic focused by both Plato and Descartes. Plato specifically mentions it in the analogy of the cave which is in his book the Republic (381BC), whilst Descartes touches on the topic throughout his book...