Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia - Plato
Plato (Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn) (ca. May 21? 427 BC – ca. 347 BC) was an immensely influential classical Greek philosopher, studen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Plato's Birth
Chalmers Sherwin, a physicist at the University of Illinois, suggested a computerized learning system to William Everett, Dean of the Col...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Plato In South Africa
During the period when CDC was marketing PLATO, the system began to be used internationally. South Africa was one of the biggest users of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Division Of Labour: Encyclopedia Ii - Division Of Labour - Plato
In Plato's Republic we are instructed that the origin of the state lies in that "natural" inequality of humanity that is embodied in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Bibliography
Plato's writings (most of them dialogues) have been published in several fashions; this has led to several conventions regarding the nami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Biography
Plato was born in Athens or Aegina in May or December in 428 BC or 427 BC. He was raised in a moderately well-to-do aristocratic family. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apology Plato: Encyclopedia - Apology Plato
(The) Apology (of Socrates) is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of being a man "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dana Plato: Encyclopedia - Dana Plato
Dana Michelle Plato (November 7, 1964 – May 8, 1999) was an American actress who became famous playing the role of Kimberly Drummond in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piety: Encyclopedia - Piety
Piety is a desire and willingness to perform religious duties. It is a traditional virtue because religion is the only known way to win t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allegory Of The Cave: Encyclopedia - Allegory Of The Cave
Plato's allegory of the cave is perhaps the best-known of his many metaphors, allegories, and myths. The allegory is told and interpreted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brix: Encyclopedia - Brix
Degrees Brix (symbol °Bx) is a measurement of the mass ratio of dissolved sucrose to water in a liquid. It is measured with a saccharime...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia - Aristotle
Aristotle (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Aristotelēs 384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, student of Plato and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantis: Encyclopedia - Atlantis
The "Lost city" of Atlantis was an ancient mythical island, whose existence and location have never been confirmed. The first references ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Stove: Encyclopedia - David Stove
David Charles Stove (1927–1994), was a conservative Australian philosopher of science, and essayist in the popular press. His contribut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apology Xenophon: Encyclopedia - Apology Xenophon
Xenophon's Apology describes Socrates' state of mind at his trial and execution, and especially his view that it was better to die before...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - The Plato Online Community
Although PLATO was designed for computer-based education, many consider its most enduring legacy to be the online community spawned by it...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Plato: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Plato
Plato. An Initiate into the Mysteries and the greatest Greek philosopher, whose writings are known the world over. He was the pupil of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Background
Prior to the 1960s, university education was limited to a tiny minority of the population. But the future trend to much larger enrollment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Testing
Testing software developed on PLATO was deployed as the first large-scale computer-based testing system, and turned out to be the most fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Nsf Involvement
PLATO I, II and III had been funded by small grants from a combined Army-Navy-Air Force funding pool, but by the time PLATO III was in op...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apology Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Apology Plato - Part One
The Apology can be divided into three parts. The first part is Socrates's own defense of himself and includes the most famous parts of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apology Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Apology Plato - Introduction
Socrates begins by saying he does not know if the men of Athens (his jury) have been persuaded by his accusers. This first sentence is cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Other Versions
CDC eventually sold the "PLATO" trademark and some courseware marketing segment rights to the newly-formed The Roach Organization in 1989...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - The Cdc Years
As PLATO IV reached production quality, William Norris became increasingly interested in it as a potential product. His interest was two-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apology Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Apology Plato - Modes Of Interpretation
Three different methods for interpreting the Apology have been suggested. The first, that it was meant to be solely a piece of art, is no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symposium Plato Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Symposium Plato Dialogue - Summary
Symposium Plato dialogue - Start of the discussion. Due to the excesses of the previous night's drinking, it is decided that no one wil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apology Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Apology Plato - Socrates' Accusers
Three men brought the charges against Socrates. They were: Anytus, a prominent democrat and almost certainly the leader of the accusers,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symposium Plato Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Symposium Plato Dialogue - Summary
Symposium Plato dialogue - Start of the discussion. The beginning of the discussion is dominated by very light-hearted banter and ribbi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apology Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Apology Plato - Socrates' Accusers
Three men brought the charges against Socrates. They were: Anytus, a prominent democrat and almost certainly the leader of the accusers,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symposium Plato Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Symposium Plato Dialogue - Interpretations
There are numerous similarities and contrasts between the speeches given; in addition, the dramatic context of the Symposium deepens the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apology Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Apology Plato - Part Two
In this section of the Apology, Socrates antagonises the court even further. It was the tradition that the defendant could speak again be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apology Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Apology Plato - Part Three
Socrates' punishment speech angered the jurors. 360 voted for the death penalty; only 141 voted for a fine of 3,000 drachmae. Now Socrate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symposium Plato Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Symposium Plato Dialogue - Setting
The cultural elite of Athens are holding a Symposium celebrating Agathon, having won the prize for his first tragedy. Our first view of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symposium Plato Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Symposium Plato Dialogue - Interpretations
The less controversial salient point of the dialogue is the insight we get both to Socrates' wartime relationship with Alcibiades and his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symposium Plato Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Symposium Plato Dialogue - Setting
From the very start of the dialogue, the reader is made aware that this is no ordinary Socratic dialogue. The cultural elite of Athens ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lysis: Encyclopedia Ii - Lysis - The Dissolving Of Cells Sometimes Known More Specifically As Cytolysis
Lysis - For easily disrupted cells such as insect and mammalian cells grown in culture media, a mild method for cell disruption (lysis) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apology Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Apology Plato - The Charges Against Socrates
Socrates summarises the formal charges against him as follows: "Socrates is guilty of corrupting the minds of the young, and of believing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lysis: Encyclopedia Ii - Lysis - A Dialogue Of Plato About Friendship Philia See Lysis Plato
Dopamine can refer to more than one thing: Dopamine is this. Dopamine (Film) is a Film. {{disambig}} </noinclude> ... See also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Platonic Epistemology: Encyclopedia Ii - Platonic Epistemology - An Example: Love And Wisdom
A good example of how Plato viewed the acquiring of knowledge is contained in his teachings of the Ladder of Love. In Symposium (210a-211...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Philosophy - Plato And Aristotle
Aristotle, known as Aristoteles in most languages other than English (Aristotele in Italian), (384 BC - March 7, 322 BC) has, along with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lysis: Encyclopedia Ii - Lysis - The Dissolving Of Cells Sometimes Known More Specifically As Cytolysis
Lysis - For easily disrupted cells such as insect and mammalian cells grown in culture media, a mild method for cell disruption (lysis) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Stove: Encyclopedia Ii - David Stove - The Plato Cult
The Plato Cult and Other Philosophical Follies (1991) proved to be even more outrageous than Popper and After, not least for the fact tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecphrasis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ecphrasis - What Are The Arts Represented By Ecphrasis?
In this way, a painting may re-present a sculpture, and vice versa; a poem portray a picture; a sculpture depict a heroine of a novel; in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Platonic Epistemology: Encyclopedia Ii - Platonic Epistemology - The Divided Line
Plato, in The Republic Book VI (509d-513e), uses the literary device of a divided line to teach his basic views about four levels of exis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Innatism: Encyclopedia Ii - Innatism - The Difference Between Innatism And Nativism
In general usage the terms innatism and nativism are synonymous as they both refer to notions of preexisting ideas present in the mind. H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mixed Government: Encyclopedia Ii - Mixed Government - Ancient Greek Philosophers
Plato in his book The Republic divided governments into four basic types: democracy - government by the many oligarchy - government by t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brix: Encyclopedia Ii - Brix - Usage
Brix is used in the food industry for measuring the approximate amount of sugars in fruit juices, wine, soft drinks and in the sugar manu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laws Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Laws Dialogue - Summary
Laws dialogue - The setting. Unlike most of Plato's dialogues, Socrates does not appear in the Laws. This is fitting because the dialog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeon: Encyclopedia Ii - Aeon - In Philosophy And Mysticism
Occultists sometimes speak of a "magical Aeon" that may last for far less time, perhaps as little as 2,000 years. See Thelema. Plato used...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecphrasis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ecphrasis - From Form To Ecphrasis
It was this epitome, this template of the ideal form, that a craftsman or later an artist would try to reconstruct in his attempt to achi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allegory Of The Cave: Encyclopedia Ii - Allegory Of The Cave - The Interpretation
Not content with mere suggestion, Plato interprets the allegory (beginning at 517b): "This image then [the allegory of the cave] we must ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allegory Of The Cave: Encyclopedia Ii - Allegory Of The Cave - The Interpretation
Not content with mere suggestion, Plato interprets the allegory (beginning at 517b): "This image then [the allegory of the cave] we must ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Idea: Encyclopedia Ii - Idea - Philosophy
The view that ideas exist in a realm separate or distinct from real life is a venerable theme in philosophy. This view holds that we only...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dialectic: Encyclopedia Ii - Dialectic - In Philosophy
"The history of the term dialectic would by itself constitute a considerable history of philosophy" (Barbara Cassin, ed., Vocabulaire eur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Philosophy - Later Classical Philosophers
Cicero Zeno of Citium Epictetus Epicurus and Lucretius Sextus Empiricus ... See also:Greek philosophy, Greek philosophy - Pre-Socratic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantis: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlantis - Origin
Atlantis - Plato. Plato's accounts of Atlantis are in his works Timaeus and Critias; these are the earliest known references to the myt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Philosophy - The Neo-platonists
Ammonius Saccas, Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus, Iamblichus) Marcus Aurelius ... See also:Greek philosophy, Greek philosophy - Pre-Socrati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Citation: Encyclopedia Ii - Citation - Citation Styles
Some works are so long established as to have their own citation methods: Stephanus pagination for Plato; Bekker numbers for Aristotle; l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laws Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Laws Dialogue - Comparisons
Laws dialogue - ...to other dialogues by Plato. The Laws is similar to and yet in opposition to the Republic. It is similar in that bot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allegory Of The Cave: Encyclopedia Ii - Allegory Of The Cave - The Allegory
Imagine prisoners who have been chained since childhood deep inside a cave. Not only are their limbs immobilized by the chains, their hea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allegory Of The Cave: Encyclopedia Ii - Allegory Of The Cave - The Allegory
Imagine prisoners who have been chained since childhood deep inside a cave. Not only are their limbs immobilized by the chains, their hea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantis: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlantis - Modern Interest
Atlantis - Nineteenth century. With rare exceptions, such as Francis Bacon's book The New Atlantis, interest in Atlantis mostly languis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Idealism: Encyclopedia Ii - Idealism - History
Idealism names a number of philosophical positions with quite different tendencies and implications. Idealism - Plato. Plato proposed a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Philosophy - Pre-socratic Philosophers
The history of philosophy in the West begins with the Greeks, and particularly with a group of philosophers commonly called the pre-Socra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euthyphro Dilemma: Encyclopedia Ii - Euthyphro Dilemma - Attempts To Resolve The Dilemma
The Euthyphro dilemma has troubled philosophers and theologians ever since Plato first propounded it. Both horns have had their adherents...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Philosophy - Schools Of Thought In The Hellenistic Period
In the Hellenistic period, the following schools developed: Cynicism Hedonism Eclecticism Neo-Platonism Skepticism Stoicism Epicureanism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allan Bloom: Encyclopedia Ii - Allan Bloom - Philosophy
Allan Bloom’s writings can be divided into two basic categories: scholarly (e.g. Plato's Republic) and popular political comment (e.g. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Education - The Democratic Tradition Of Educational Philosophy
Philosophy of education - Plato. Plato is the earliest important educational thinker. Education is, of course, a relatively minor part ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soul: Encyclopedia Ii - Soul - Philosophical Views
The Ancient Greeks used the same word for 'alive' as for 'ensouled'. So the earliest surviving Western philosophical view might suggest t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euthyphro Dilemma: Encyclopedia Ii - Euthyphro Dilemma - Explanation Of The Dilemma
The first horn of the dilemma implies that morality is independent of god and, indeed, that god is bound by morality just as his creature...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantis: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlantis - Location Hypotheses
Atlantis - The Mediterranean. Since Donnelly's day, there have been dozens—perhaps hundreds—of locations proposed for Atlantis. Som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Differences In Defining Art
Definitions of art and aesthetic arguments usually proceed from one of several possible perspectives. Art may be defined by the intention...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Golden Mean Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Golden Mean Philosophy - History Of The Golden Mean In Philosophy
Golden mean philosophy - Crete. The earliest representation of this idea in culture is probably in the mythological Cretan tale of Daed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Differences In Defining Art
Definitions of art and aesthetic arguments usually proceed from one of several possible perspectives. Art may be defined by the intention...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Stove: Encyclopedia Ii - David Stove - Philosophy Of Science Induction And Probability
Stove's starting point in this area was the Humean argument for inductive scepticism. Stove was a great admirer of David Hume but thought...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Idea: Encyclopedia Ii - Idea - Ideas As Property
In some cases the manner in which certain ideas are expressed can be granted legal protection by the state as intellectual property. Inte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Division Of Labour: Encyclopedia Ii - Division Of Labour - Adam Smith
In the first sentence of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776), Adam Smith foresaw the essence of industr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Philosophy - Historical Texts
List of publications in philosophy - Western philosophy. Plato, Charmides Plato, Lysis Plato, Laches Plato, Protagoras Plato, Euthyde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Stove: Encyclopedia Ii - David Stove - Life
David Stove was born on 15 September 1927, at Moree, New South Wales, a small Australian country town. He later lived in Newcastle, New S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Methodology
Aristotle defines philosophy in terms of essence, saying that philosophy is "the science of the universal essence of that which is actual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Methodology
Aristotle defines philosophy in terms of essence, saying that philosophy is "the science of the universal essence of that which is actual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Idea: Encyclopedia Ii - Idea - In Anthropology And The Social Sciences
Diffusion studies explore the spread of ideas from culture to culture. Some anthropological theories hold that all cultures imitate ideas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Methodology
Aristotle defines philosophy in terms of essence, saying that philosophy is "the science of the universal essence of that which is actual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Stove: Encyclopedia Ii - David Stove - Political Philosophy
After his youthful flirtations with Marxism Stove abandoned the left. His views were summed-up well in his paper 'Why You Should be A Con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Stove: Encyclopedia Ii - David Stove - Reputation
Stove is best known for his scathing attacks of a variety of topics, especially Popperian falsificationism, Marxism, feminism, and postmo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Stove: Encyclopedia Ii - David Stove - Stove's Contrariness
Stove held many views contrary to what the majority of society finds acceptable. What made Stove an interesting thinker was the arguments...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - De Re Publica: Encyclopedia Ii - De Re Publica - What's In A Title
While already the Latin version of the title of this work is given in two versions (De re publica and De republica), depending on source,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Stove: Encyclopedia Ii - David Stove - Polemics Against Popper And Other 'irrationalists'
Stove became best known to the wider intellectual community for his attacks on Karl Popper and his falsificationist philosophy of science...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Stove: Encyclopedia Ii - David Stove - Darwinism
In his final years Stove turned his critical glare on Darwinism. This surprised and dismayed many of his supporters who were Darwinists a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allan Bloom: Encyclopedia Ii - Allan Bloom - Early Life And Education
Allan Bloom was an only child born to social worker parents. Bloom's mother was particularly well educated and ambitious, earning her deg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Work
Plato - Themes. Unlike Socrates, Plato wrote down his philosophical views, leaving behind a considerable number of manuscripts. In Plat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - The State
Plato's philosophical views had many societal implications, especially on the idea of an ideal state or government. There is some discrep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Metaphysics
Platonism has traditionally been interpreted as a form of metaphysical dualism, sometimes referred to as Platonic or Exaggerated Realism....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Bibliography
Plato's writings (most of them dialogues) have been published in several fashions; this has led to several conventions regarding the nami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Work
Plato - Themes. Unlike Socrates, Plato wrote down his philosophical views, leaving behind a considerable number of manuscripts. In Plat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Biography
Plato was born in Athens or Aegina in May or December in 428 BC or 427 BC. He was raised in a moderately well-to-do aristocratic family. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - The State
Plato's philosophical views had many societal implications, especially on the idea of an ideal state or government. There is some discrep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Metaphysics
Platonism has traditionally been interpreted as a form of metaphysical dualism, sometimes referred to as Platonic or Exaggerated Realism....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Platonic Scholarship
Plato's thought is often compared with that of his most famous student, Aristotle, whose reputation during the Western Middle Ages so com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Platonic Scholarship
Plato's thought is often compared with that of his most famous student, Aristotle, whose reputation during the Western Middle Ages so com...   » Read the article