http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/the-republic Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:27:18 -0400 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:27:18 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1665/pederasty-and-power-in-platos-mythological-dialogues By Paul Regan - As a topic of philosophical interest the Socratic dialogues play a pivotal role in many of Plato’s works of more than thirty authentic dialogues. This paper discusses pederasty and power through myth and story-telling to teach Ancient Greek communities about the soul, morality and character through three of Plato’s mythological dialogues on Socrates: Symposium, Phaedrus and the Republic. Each work falls within several categories of investigation, speculation and argumentation. The re-telling of a story suggests that myth offers an economical framework from which to balance the soul... Thu, 26 Oct 2017 05:18 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1665/pederasty-and-power-in-platos-mythological-dialogues http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/260/political-ideals-versus-political-realities-a-dilemma-of-theory By Daniel S. Guenther - In a continuum with idealism and realism at opposite ends, their positions would be as follows: Plato the most idealist, Aristotle the most moderate and Cicero the most realist. While Cicero best exemplifies the realist position, a full understanding of his take on the subject includes understanding that he 1) favored practicality and feasibility, 2) espoused the benefits of real life experience in the political world and, 3) saw ultimate virtue as spending time on things useful to the state. Cicero was generally right to say that that which is both practical and practicable makes for good institutional... Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/260/political-ideals-versus-political-realities-a-dilemma-of-theory