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This chapter will provide an explanation of the theoretical foundation of this report. The concepts this piece of writing will concern itself with are masculinity, male companionship, Eve Kasofsky Sedwick’s theory of male homosocial desire, René Gerard theory on triangular desire and Aristotle’s attempt to define friendship as a whole. The Confusing Term Friendship From…

Whether you know it or not, geometry is everywhere. Geometry is a type of math that deals with lines, planes, shapes, angles, and much more. When you are driving down the road you see buildings that have geometric qualities. When you come to a stop-sign, you see an eight sided figure called an octagon. So,…

Plato and Aristotle’s view of society differs on many points. For Plato, democracy was a de-civilization of society and it proved that men were not able to live up to the standards of the Ideal City. Plato taught that men must be helped in their society by philosophers (called Guardians) who knew what is best…

Plato uses the allegory of the cave to question the Sophists and Sophism approach to knowledge. He questions how knowledge is obtained. He shows how Sophists are stuck in the opinion vs true knowledge. He propose that your senses inhibit the ability to gain knowledge and how others react when alternative ideas are illustrated by…

In my assignment I would be digging deep in Aristotle’s political philosophy of democracy and his religion as the world today is largely dependent on democracy as the best political practice but, is the world practicing democracy as prescribe by the author of democracy? Why is there so much misuse of power today by our…

Shortly after the French and Indian War ended in 1763, which left the British with a large war debt that needed to be paid, the English government decided to pass a few laws, imposing taxes on the colonists, such as the Sugar Act (1764), the Stamp Act (1765) which Congress later condemns, and the Townshend…

Philosophers are usually seen studying the nature of human existence, how languages were created, and the ethics and morals we all follow. Plato and Bacon were both philosophers that created their philosophies to help describe and teach others of how mankind reacts to new opportunities. Both men use knowledge as a gateway for people to…

Death in both The Iliad and The Apology is a driving force behind the actions of the characters. Their actions carry implications to society that then alter their views of death and force them to contemplate life and the society as a whole differently. These views of death are stemmed from their cultural values and…

In Plato’s The Republic, much emphasis is placed on the need for philosopher kings. While this concept seems to have little prevalence in modern government, Socrates spends a significant portion of his work discussing the place of philosopher kings in a just city. Among other questions, Socrates addresses the necessity of philosopher-kings for a just…

Aristotle and Confucius are great philosophers of their time and their famous virtue ethics theories have set the foundation to ethics and shaped the way people and the society behave in the today’s modern life. While Aristotle’s ideas were developed from his existence and immersion of the ancient Greek culture, Confucius’s theory is derived from…