Introduction: The Republic is an inquiry on the question of justice and why we should be just. It is an examination of the "Good Life"; the harmony reached by applying pure reason and justice. The ideas and arguments presented are centrally on the social conditions of an ideal republic &nd...

The author, C. S. Lewis, gives an account of the Christian belief. Before writing this book he had used materials for an informal radio broadcast. The book is broken up into several chapters that are very detailed so that you understand each and every point Lewis is trying to make. Lewis starts ...

Into the Abyss Marquis de Sade and the Enlightenment We are no guiltier in following the primitive impulses that govern us than is the Nile for her flood or the sea for her waves" - La Mettrie The eighteenth century embraced a secularized France in which the idea of ut...

C.S. Lewis begins his book, "Mere Christianity", by introducing the Law of Right and Wrong or the Laws of Nature. This, however, arises a question. What is the Law of Nature? The Law of Nature is the known difference between right and wrong. That is, mans distinction between what is ...

Consider the various proofs offered by Plato for the immortality of the Soul. Give a brief account of what each was and discuss their effectiveness. In what respects does the final proof in the Phaedo differ from the others there offered? The idea that the soul is immortal is one that Plato argu...