Search results for "The Republic (Plato)" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Virtue ethics is one of three major theories in normative ethics, ... The roots of the tradition of virtue ethics lie in the works of Plato ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 20:38, 3 May 2023
- In philosophy, metaethics—sometimes known as analytic ethics—is ... Metaethics is one of the three branches of ethics generally recognized ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 16:19, 9 November 2022
- studies fundamental questions concerning the social or communal life of ... matters, political philosophy focuses on the normative aspects of political ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- Hill Green, Bosanquet helped to revive the idealism of Hegel in England ... Bosanquet’s major works include A History of Aesthetic (1892), The ...16 KB (2,361 words) - 11:19, 28 September 2023
- with a small, elite segment of society. The term was used by Aristotle ... noble class, or with plutocracies, ruled by the wealthy members of a community ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 00:19, 18 November 2022
- The question of being (Greek, τό ὄν, the present participle of ... of being as secondary. So, even if they use the same word "is," ...32 KB (4,866 words) - 10:28, 26 September 2023
- Ancient Western philosophy is marked by the formation and development ... prior to Socrates are called PreSocratics; the second period spans the lifetimes ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- Pre-Socratics or pre-Socratic philosophers were the earliest Western ... The pre-Socratic style of thought is often called natural philosophy ...21 KB (3,010 words) - 22:19, 30 November 2022
- perfect state of society, whose members live the best possible life. The term ... Utopianism refers to the various ways in which people think about ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 14:05, 3 May 2023
- Division of Labor is the specialization of cooperative labor in specific ... The division of labor can apply to any field. Division of labor may ...26 KB (4,018 words) - 18:21, 1 August 2023
- Paternalism refers to acting for the good of another person against ... Paternalism (from the Latin word pater, meaning father) means literally ...22 KB (3,463 words) - 09:06, 18 November 2022
- C.E.) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato, and teacher of Alexander ... on both Western and Islamic philosophy. The beginning of "modern ...37 KB (5,500 words) - 06:30, 12 August 2023
- long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, which begins ... The foundations of the modern world derive from the Classic Age as ...12 KB (1,804 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- independent word of "existence." The word "existence," ... Modern existentialism maintained the distinction between essence and ...25 KB (3,698 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- is a figure from Greek mythology called by Pindar "the minstrel ... His name does not occur in Homer or Hesiod, though he was known by ...19 KB (3,011 words) - 02:17, 18 November 2022
- Desire has been the subject of religious and philosophical speculation ... The most basic of these meanings (the literal meaning) is "thirst ...23 KB (3,709 words) - 09:57, 29 January 2024
- works, which had been mostly forgotten in the West. The few existing Latin ... used as a textbook throughout Europe until the advent of investigative science ...19 KB (2,761 words) - 07:15, 23 August 2023
- are also public virtues that characterize the spirit of a nation, such as ... Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle dealt with virtues ...43 KB (6,406 words) - 20:37, 3 May 2023
- The Dialectic (Greek: διαλεκτική) is a line of thought, ... In appreciating the dialectic, one question is whether it over-emphasizes ...34 KB (5,249 words) - 10:22, 29 January 2024
- The idea behind child welfare programs is that, in certain circumstances ... in a situation of danger, either in the form of neglect or abuse, ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 15:33, 10 December 2023
