Plato's Republic

In Plato's book, The Republic, How does Glaucon's story of Gyges' ring relate to Thracymachus' challenge and add to it?

The Republic...Book 4

Hello: What does Socrates say that Justice in the City is and explain how Socrates gets to this conclusion?

plato and aristole

1 and 1/2pages A. what are the forms and what problem was plato trying to address with his theiry of the forms? b. How does Plato see experience of particular objects as related to knowledge? c. How is aritotle's theory of the forms different from plato's d. What is one weakness of Plato's theory that aritstole was trying to overcome? Note: you are trying to make a comparison between plato and aristole. Explain how aristole's theory not only differs from plato but is meant to deal with what he sees as inadequatecies in it.

Descartes, doubt, cogito, the ontological argument and the dualism in epistemology.

Methodic doubt, the first truth or the cogito, Descartes and the ontological argument, the mind-body dualism and knowledge in Descartes, using the example of the wax.

Plato and Aristotle's Perspective on the Virtue of Temperance

How did Plato and Aristotle differ in their ideas about the virtue of temperance? Plato and Aristotles ideas about temperance seem to be very similar. Can you explain how they differ?