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  • Epicurus on swerving atoms : a modern scientific appraisal 
    Kirby-Hirst, Mark (2009)
    In an effort to distance himself from the Democritan conception of the atomic particle, Epicurus posited three essential characteristics to explain the movement of atoms in the void — mass, velocity and something that ...
  • Ethics in policing 
    Prinsloo, Johan; Kingshott, Brian (2004)
    A number of ethical issues and dilemmas are to be found in policing. Police officers do engage in unethical behaviour which often originates from the norms of the organisational culture. However, the working in the world ...
  • Fides et ratio : science and faith in complement 
    Scott, Callum D. (2010)
    Grounding itself in Thomism, this paper seeks to explore the status quaestionis of the science and faith dialogue. It argues that faith and reason are both routes to knowledge through theological and scientific inquiry ...
  • From 'man is the measure of all things' to money is the measure of all things : a dialogue between Protagoras and African philosophy 
    Ajei, Martin Odei; Ramose, M.B. (2008)
    Protagoras’ declaration that “man is the measure of all things” is conventionally discussed in the context of epistemology. There was, however, a communal or social dimension to this even in ancient Greece. In the ...
  • Hermeneutical paradoxes in the trial of Socrates 
    Ladikos, A. (2003)
    The logical role of the paradox is not to state a truth whose paradoxical nature lies in the difficulty we feel in maintaining it as true, but rather to state somefhing thaf will cause fo feel as fa/se something else ...
  • Images of love and politics : Plato 's conscious manipulation of myths 
    Strijdom, Johan M. (2004)
    This paper offers a comparative analysis of the ways in which Plato used mythical language in order to convey his views on love and politics. For politics, the myth of the metals in the Republic and of Atlantis in ...
  • One more time : Plato's conception of the immortality of the soul 
    Ladikos, Anatasios (2008)
    This article discusses the immortality of the soul as Plato demonstrates it mainly in the final argument of his dialogue “Phaedo”. Plato raises four different arguments for the immortality of the soul: The Argument from ...
  • One more time : views on Aristotle's pholosophy and intercultural philosophy 
    Van der Westhuizen, Jacob (2005)
    In my view a philosopher is a person of wisdom who produces a guide to life, providing us with some tools for dealing with practical problems and survival issues on at least five adaptation domains. These are a) ...
  • Paul, the stoic and human rights 
    Strijdom, Johan M. (2008)
    Two recent arguments trace the genealogy of human rights back to either Paul on the one hand or the Stoics on the other. First, Crossan and Reed (2004) suggest that although Paul intended his egalitarian vision and ...
  • The persuit of justice in Plato's Republic 
    Ladikos, Anastasios (2007)
    The pursuit of justice in the Republic commences when the elderly, wealthy Cephalus suggests that justice involves nothing more than telling the truth and repaying one’s debts. But Socrates points out that by following ...
  • Phronimon vol. 5, no. 1 
    Unknown author (2009-09-04)
  • Phronimon vol. 5, no. 2 
    Unknown author (2009-09-04)
  • Phronimon vol. 6, no. 1 
    Unknown author (2009-09-04)
  • Phronimon vol. 6, no. 2 
    Unknown author (2009-09-04)
  • Phronimon vol. 7, no. 2 
    Unknown author (2006)
  • Phronimon vol. 7, no.1 
    Unknown author (2006)
  • Plato and the modern African state some : thoughts on the question of justice 
    Cloete, Michael (2008)
    The influence of the Platonic metaphysical tradition on the development of modern Western political institutions, and the modern state in particular has been quite significant. The influence of the modern Western state ...
  • Plato and Vedanta 
    Ram, Indranie (2005)
    The relationship between Plato’s conception of the existence of a soul as compared to the Vedantic view of a soul will be analysed. Vedanta philosophy holds in agreement with Plato that there is a magazine of knowledge ...
  • Plato's views on capital punishment 
    Ladikos, Anastasios (2005)
    Plato’s theory of punishment distinguishes scientifically administered measures, which may or may not take the form of actual punishment designed to cure a criminal of his offence which is a disease of the soul, not ...
  • Plato's views on crime and punishment 
    Ladikos, A. (2000)
    The immensity of the task I undertook, namely, to venture into the philosophy of Plato regarding his views on crime and punishment, only struck me the moment I started researching his relevant works. Therefore, right from ...

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