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	Ring of Gyges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ring of Gyges is a mythical magical artifact mentioned by the philosopher Plato in The Republic.
		The Ring of Gyges is one literary source of the One Ring that appears in J.
		Plato's Republic: The Ring of Gyges by Bernard Suzanne
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ring_of_Gyges (946 words)

	The Cursed Ring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cursed Ring is a structure of ideas which Danish author Peter Kjaerulff believes to found to be behind Plato's "The Ring of Gyges" (mentioned in Plato's Republic), Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and J.
		At the center of the Cursed Ring lies the deep notion that the human being is utterly and desperately alone (as also suggested by Tolkien's "One Ring").
		The ideas can be likened to rings, because they confirm themselves; if you believe that it is not possible to communicate with the other sex, there's no need to challenge the assumption, because "it is not possible to communicate with the other sex".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Cursed_Ring (570 words)

	Plato's Republic - Gyges' ring
		This ring, unlike the chain the prisoners of the cave have to get rid of, which is a consequence of their very nature, is a man-made sign of external wealth, but a wealth that amounts to almost nothing in the face of death.
		The ring that he steals is the bond that ties him to the queen as soon as she catches sight of him fleeing.
		Gyges may think he has become invisible once he puts himself under the scalpel of science, and he may be for his fellow prisoners who don't care for the light of the sun, but he is not for the judges above, who will some day seal his fate and turn his "chance" around.
	plato-dialogues.org /tetra_4/republic/gyges.htm (4394 words)

	Superstitions About Rings
		This "St. Edward's Ring," as it was called, was kept for some time at Westminster Abbey as a relic of the saint, and was applied for the cure of the falling sickness or epilepsy and for the cramp.
		Epilepsy was to be cured by wearing a ring in which a portion of an elk's horn was to be inclosed; while the hoof of an ass, worn in the same way, had the reputation of preventing conjugal debility.
		Rings of lead, mixed with quicksilver, were used against headache; and even the chains of criminals and iron used in the construction of gibbets were applied to the removal of complaints.
	www.jjkent.com /articles/superstitions-rings-magical.htm (2369 words)

	The Ring of Gyges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gyges was a shepherd in the service of the king of Lydia; there was a great storm, and an earthquake made an opening in the earth at the place where he was feeding his flock.
		He was astonished at this, and again touching the ring he turned the collet outwards and reappeared; he made several trials of the ring, and always with the same result-when he turned the collet inwards he became invisible, when outwards he reappeared.
		Whereupon he contrived to be chosen one of the messengers who were sent to the court; where as soon as he arrived he seduced the queen, and with her help conspired against the king and slew him, and took the kingdom.
	webs.wofford.edu /kaycd/ethics/gyges.htm (419 words)

	Metaphilm - The History of the One Ring - Pheedback
		Gyges the shepherd appears in a myth retold by Glaucon in Plato’s Republic (II, 359b-360b).
		Gyges put it on (like Tolkien’s ring, this one must have adjusted to fit the finger of its new wearer, for Gyges was of normal stature) and found that when he rotated the face toward his palm he became invisible.
		The main difference between Tolkien’s ring and the one Glaucon describes is that the ring of Gyges is not evil or corruptive in itself.
	metaphilm.com /comments.php?id=114_0_1_0_C (298 words)

	Free Essays - Platos Ring Of Gyges
		The story of the Ring of Gyges is an excerpt from book two of Plato's The Republic, in which Glaucon disagrees with Socrates and insists that people act moral because they lack the power to behave otherwise.
		Plato was born in 429 B.C. in Athens, Greece, to Ariston and Perictione.
		Plato presided over his Academy in Athens until his death in 347 B.C. The Ring of Gyges is a story written by Plato in an attempt to force the reader to evaluate his or her own sense of morality.
	www.freeessays.tv /d8611.htm (877 words)

	Why Are We Just?
		The story of the ring of Gyges, as related by Glaucon in Book II of Plato's Republic, is meant to show that only the fear of consequences restrains a person from committing injustice, and that injustice is more profitable.
		In the story of the ring of Gyges, which expounds upon Thrasymachus’ viewpoint, a human being is assumed to be a savage creature, always intending to get the most for himself by any means necessary - only acting justly for the sake of convenience or reputation.
		The story of Gyges’ ring and the arguments of Thrasymachus tell us more about the personalities of Gyges and Thrasymachus, respectively, than about any universal tendencies in human nature, and we must be careful of drawing broad conclusions from such examples.
	wso.williams.edu /~rbhattac/whyarewejust.html (966 words)

	The Ring of Gyges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gyges was a shepherd who found a dead man lying in cave wearing nothing but a gold ring.Gyges helped himself to the ring and wore it to the next monthly meeting of the local shepherds.
		What ring did they discover to make them invisible?Nothing but the legal form of the corporation, a mask that permits some rich and powerful individuals to perform actions which are attributed to such entities as McDonnell Douglas, Chase Manhattan, or Nike.
		If Gyges had been a just man, perhaps he would have destroyed the ring, knowing that no one, not even one most inclined to justice, could use it justly.
	www.aletheia.fsnet.co.uk /cache/gyges.html (956 words)

	St. Ambrose : The ring of Gyges
		When these doors were opened, he found a gold ring on the finger of a dead man, whose corpse lay there lifeless.
		On becoming conscious of this strange power, by the use of the ring he committed adultery with the queen, killed the king, and took possession of the kingdom after slaying all the rest, who he thought should be put to death, so that they might be no hindrance to him.
		Give, says Plato, this ring to a wise man, that when he commits a fault he may by its help remain unnoticed; yet he will be none the more free from the stain of sin than if he could not be hid.
	www.ellopos.net /elpenor/greeks-us/ambrose-gyges.asp (308 words)

	Philip Holt- H.G. Wells and the Ring of Gyges
		Gyges could become invisible painlessly, simply by turning his ring; he could reverse the process at will; and he had no problems with clothes, undigested food, and the like.
		This is the Republic’s burden; the length of the dialogue, the breadth of the issues it covers, and the intricacy of its arguments all testify to the fact that Plato is aware that he is confronting a strong, widely held temptation.
		Still, much of Wells’s play with the Gyges tale comes at Plato’s expense, mostly at the expense of the side of Plato which was least congenial to him—Plato the moralist, the traditionalist, the abstract philosopher.
	www.depauw.edu /sfs/backissues/57/holt57art.htm (5623 words)

	Lord of the Rings Movies Information \| TheOneRing.net™ \| News Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The ring causes its wearer to be invisible.
		Gyges uses the ring to enter the palace, seduce the queen, and kill the king.
		As we have seen, Gyges uses the ring for evil purposes—he seduces the queen of the kingdom, slays the king, and becomes himself the ruler of the land.
	www.theonering.net /perl/newsview/8/1059512515 (2852 words)

	Death in the Afternoon: 11/07/2004 - 11/13/2004
		For all men believe in their hearts that injustice is far more profitable to the individual than justice, and he who argues as I have been supposing, will say that they are right.
		In The Republic, however, the Ring of Gyges is not evil in and of itself.
		Gyges committs evil because he knows he will not be caught and the temptation is to much for him, or any one else in his position, to resist.
	deathintheafternoon.blogspot.com /2004_11_07_deathintheafternoon_archive.html (1657 words)

	Gyges and the Ring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gyges went in and saw a corpse of a man of more than human dimensions.
		There was a gold ring on his finger.
		When he turned the bezel of the ring towards his palm, it was as if he'd become invisible!
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~loxias/plato/gyges2.htm (185 words)

	Gyges of Lydia
		The Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus, who wrote two centuries after the death of Gyges, tells in the first book of Histories that Lydia was once ruled by a man named Candaules or Myrsilus, and that his wife ordered Gyges to kill the king.
		Now, Gyges could embark upon a western policy, where several Greek towns were situated on the eastern shore of the Aegean Sea.
		Gyges initiated the policy that was to continue for more than a century: while attacking the Greek towns in Asia, he gave lavish presents to the sanctuaries at the mainland:
	www.livius.org /men-mh/mermnads/gyges.html (878 words)

	The Disappear-Ring: How "privacy" protects the Left
		Gyges used this power to murder King Candaules of Lydia and assume the throne for himself.
		Imagine, for example, that the manager of a radio station engages in lewd acts with a young intern in the workplace, and then gives her a somewhat lucrative full-time job, for which she is entirely unqualified.
		The ring of privacy was employed more recently by the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee in early 2004, to make a series of potentially damning memos vanish from public view.
	shinbone.home.att.net /gyges.htm (1661 words)

	The Ring of Gyges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		According to the tradition, Gyges was a shepherd in the service of the King of Lydia; there was a great storm, and an earthquake made an opening in the earth at the place where he was feeding his flock.
		He was astonished at this, and again touching the ring he turned the collet outward and reappeared; he made several trials of the ring, and always with the same result -- when he turned the collet inward he became invisible, when outward he reappeared.
		No man would keep his hands off what was not his own when he could safely take what he liked out of the market, or go into houses and lie with anyone at his pleasure, or kill or release from prison whom he would, and in all respects be like a god among men.
	web.sau.edu /RichardsRandyL/lithuania_efc_ring_of_gyges.htm (358 words)

	Gyges
		Later Gyges noticed that when he wore the ring and turned it, he was invisible to the world.
		Gyges says the just and unjust man would act exactly the same if both possessed the ring.
		Glaucon claims if the just and unjust man were each given a ring of invisibility, both would act exactly alike.
	www.walkupsway.com /Gyges.htm (1312 words)

	Gyges
		Both Gyges and the audience can now see it is the naked body of a man with his back turned to the audience and curled up in a kind of fetal position with his face hidden by his arm flung over his head.
		She knows that and so if she got the ring the only way to keep it would be for her to kill me. So I cannot let her even try on the ring.
		She knows that and so if she got the ring the only way to keep it would be for her to kill me. That way she could keep the ring for herself without fear of me getting it back.
	web.sau.edu /richardsrandyl/Gyges_The_Play.htm (9360 words)

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		Friedrich Hebbel Gyges und sein Ring Eine Tragoedie in fuenf Akten Einen Regenbogen, der, minder grell, als die Sonne, Strahlt in gedaempftem Licht, spannte ich ueber das Bild; Aber er sollte nur funkeln und nimmer als Bruecke dem Schicksal Dienen, denn dieses entsteigt einzig der menschlichen Brust.
		Gyges, und wenn du alle Preise dort Errungen haettest, warnen muesst' ich dich, Hier auch nur um den letzten mitzukaempfen.
		Hatten meine Spur Verloren, wie's mir schien, denn fern und ferner Verhallten ihre Stimmen, und ich glaubte Mich schon gesichert, wenn ich auch noch nicht Mein daemmriges Asyl verliess.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext03/7gyge10.txt (13542 words)

	FBI Publications - Law Enforcement Bulletin - July 1997 issue - Ethics and Police Integrity
		In the course of their discussion, Glaucon and Socrates allude to an old Greek story, "The Ring of Gyges." The wearer of the ring was rendered invisible, though he or she could still affect the material world as visible bodies do.
		In the course of the tale, the shepherd Gyges is given the ring, and he uses it without fear of reprisal.
		It is best, I think, to look at "The Ring of Gyges" as a cautionary tale, for it seems to me, for better or worse, the police officers in this country, at least when they are working on the street, often are possessors of the ring of Gyges.
	www.fbi.gov /publications/leb/1997/july972.htm (3020 words)

	Classics Corner
		Gyges was a shepherd in the service of the King of Lydia.
		Gyges looked inside and found a corpse wearing a ring, which he naturally stole and placed upon his own hand.
		Through careful experimentation, Gyges discovered that when the ring was worn backwards he became invisible.
	www.classicscorner.org /Gyges.html (477 words)

	Gyges
		Plato tells us that Gyges descended once into a chasm of the earth and discovered a brazen horse, within whose open side was the skeleton of a man who had a brazen ring on his finger.
		Gyges (Greek) One of three giants having a dual aspect as a god and a mortal, imprisoned by Kronos for their rebellion against him.
		The Ring of Gyges is a familiar metaphor in European literature.
	www.experiencefestival.com /gyges (962 words)

	Gyges
		The story of Gyges the Lydian is part of book II of the Plato's Republic.
		Suppose now that there were two such magic rings, and the just put on one of them and the unjust the other;,no man can be imagined to be of such an iron nature that he would stand fast in justice.
		When both have reached the uttermost extreme, the one of justice and the other of injustice, let judgment be given which of them is the happier of the two.
	falcon.tamucc.edu /~sencerz/Myth_of_Gyges.htm (884 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In answer to the question as to why one might obey were one in possession of Gyges' Ring, Glaucon's answer would be that not only would one have no reason to obey but, moreover, one would not obey.
		The notion that one would necessary act unjustly in possession of Gyges' Ring only holds true if one accepts that by nature man is unjust or is prone to wrong-doing.
		As such, even in possession of Gyges' Ring, the educated man would act justly as he ``would be his own best protector, because he would be afraid that by doing wrong he was doing himself a grave and lasting injury.'' [p.
	www.bilkent.edu.tr /~fast/gyges.html (697 words)

	Long Sunday: thought experiments 02
		He was astonished at this, and again touching the ring he turned the collet outwards and reappeared; he made several trials of the ring, and always with the same result--when he turned the collet inwards he became invisible, when outwards he reappeared.
		Whereupon he contrived to be chosen one of the messengers who were sent to the court; whereas soon as he arrived he seduced the queen, and with her help conspired against the king and slew him, and took the kingdom.
		The Ring of Gyges is quite different, in that one has this power over a time span that is long enough to become thoroughly corrupted.
	www.long-sunday.net /long_sunday/2005/12/thought_experim_1.html (2953 words)

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