Plato was somewhat unmerciful to many open ideas about music during his time. ... Ranging from the Republic to his Musical Idealism, Plato's thoughts and opinions on music are expressed. ... Within the ideal state, Plato regards music as of great importance. ... In addition, within the Laws exists Plato's notion of music serving the state religion. ... For some reason, Plato looked at the Dorian as "enforced" and the Phrygian as "voluntary." ...

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Plato It is Plato's doctrine, and none more defensible, that the soul, before it entered the realm of Becoming, existed in the universe of Being. ... Plato contended that all true knowledge is recollection. ... Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY Plato. ... Plato: The Last Days of Socrates. ... Plato. ...

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Plotinus based his philosophy on Plato's ideas. ... He wrote many books like Plato. ... Unlike Plato, Plotinus talked a lot about evil. ... Plato believed in Forms. ... Plotinus based his work on Plato's ideas but his philosophy was sometimes different from that of Platos. ...

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Jessica Antolini September 29, 1999 Phil. 1050 - Plato Paper Prof. ... Plato defines wisdom, in Greek terms "Sophia", as knowledge of the city as a whole. ... Each one of these virtues corresponds with a part of Plato's "soul". ... Plato does not necessarily have anything missing in his four virtues. ... Plato is trying to establish a utopia, but is leaving out some key factors. ...

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Plato subscribes to the concept that the ultimate state of a thing is in its form. ... Plato's focus was on the idea of a thing as its highest reality. ... Plato believes society faces an ignorance problem. ... " Plato says the solution to the problem in society is education. ... Knowledge was important for Plato he believed that is what creates a just society. ...

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Plato vs. ... Two of these critics are Plato and Sir Philip Sydney. ... There are disagreements between Plato and Sydney. ... Plato believes that " poetry and mythology are, in some cases, wholly imitative" (Plato 14). ... Also, according to Plato " no one man can imitate many things" (Plato 14). ...

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Plato Idea Three Part Soul The soul is born into the natural world from a pervious form, it forgets that knowledge. ... This is called learning, but Plato believed it is actually recollection. ... Plato thinks that this is the energy that drives the soul and may be used to reason to keep desire in line. ... Plato was originally look for justice, but justice does not appear in the list of virtues. ...

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THE CAVE The "Myth of The Cave", written by Plato had a very profound impact on the world, philosophically speaking. ... Plato puts the world into two categories, The World of Senses and The World of Ideas. ... Plato insisted that the forms differ greatly from the ordinary things that we see around us. ... The second "world" that Plato speaks of is The World of Senses. ... It explained Plato's beliefs and made some sense of why Socrates was sentenced to death. ...

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Everything we typically believe to be reality isn't according to Plato. Understanding the forms is what is most important for Plato. ... The idea of forms is vital to Plato's idea of immortal soul. ... The forms play a major role in Plato's basic ethical doctrine. ... I generally have to agree with Plato. ...

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The statement "Family values teach us many wonderful things -- but justice is not one of them," seems to follow very closely with the opinion of Plato in his Republic. ... From this, Plato develops a plan in which he establishes a communal family for his entire Just City that he believes will bring both unity and justice to his city.  ... The second major contention is that Plato's means for dealing with the private family in his Just City will not bring about justice.  ... By Plato's definition, such favoring  would be considered  terribly unjust. ...

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-(Plato's Republic, Book vii, 518) No scheme of human life was so important to Plato as education. ... Plato's Theory of education was an indispensable necessity. ... Spartan Influence on Plato's Scheme of Education: In his scheme of education Plato was greatly influenced by Spartan system of education. ... Plato's Theory of Education: Plato sees in education the only true way to the permanent stability of the state. ... Plato also felt the necessity of moral education. ...

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The main focus of Plato is a perfect society. ... Essentially what Plato wants to achieve is a perfect society. Aristotle, unlike Plato, is not concerned with perfecting society. ... Plato's utopia consists of three distinct, non-hereditary class systems (Hacker 32). ... Plato sees the justice and law as what sets the guidelines for societal behavior. ...

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As Plato goes on to later explain, "the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images (The History Guide)." ... The movie The Matrix parallels Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" in a number of ways. ... The concept of the matrix in the movie is much like Plato's concept of the underground cave in his story. ... The final connection between Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and Wachowski's The Matrix, is the freed man. ... Like Plato's character, Neo much make the choice between what world he will accept. ...

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As Plato goes on to later explain, "the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images (The History Guide)." ... The movie The Matrix parallels Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" in a number of ways. ... The concept of the matrix in the movie is much like Plato's concept of the underground cave in his story. ... The final connection between Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and Wachowski's The Matrix, is the freed man. ... Like Plato's character, Neo much make the choice between what world he will accept. ...

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Creation, love, and justice were important to the ancient Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle. Plato, the teacher, and Aristotle, the student, had different views on each of the three issues. Plato believed that a certain Creator made the world for the inhabitants to be like himself. ... Plato viewed love as an emotion that made the mind powerless to it's hold. ... Unlike Aristotle, Plato believed that love was unconquerable and couldn't be helped. ...

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"Like Plato, Aristotle thought there is one trait that is the source of all the other virtues. ... Plato "Plato was interested in how we can apply a single word or concept to many different things. ... "Plato insisted that the forms differ greatly from the ordinary things that we see around us. ... Plato based his ethical theory on the proposition that all people desire happiness. ... "Thus, for Plato, the basic problem of ethics is a problem of knowledge. ...

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Plato's approach to philosophical questioning was through the Socratic method. ... One such view is Plato's theory of recollection. ... In fact, many of Augustine's positions are modified versions of Plato's philosophy. ... Plato and Augustine also share the position that life is really a kind of death. ... * * * Augustine and Plato were both brilliant philosophers with many ideas. ...

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We see this come to life with Plato in our reading of Phaedo. Socrates (Plato) believed that the body is attached to the soul but that the soul can live independently from the body. ... Plato uses his Elenchus to examine the true nature or "Form" of all that exist, Ti Esti. ... Plato wants to seek out that of what is wisdom and does so through asking those that have proclaimed that they are experts. ... I find it interesting that Plato believes that wisdom is only gained once the soul has left the body. ...

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This is an example of Plato's view of a perfect society or what we know as a Utopia. ... As stated in the book Plato's view of a democracy (Government Present today) is the rule of a wealthy few. Why does Plato view this as a bad form of government? ... I believe that this is what Plato would have preferred. ...

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With the dialogues of the Meno and Phaedo, Plato discusses the ideas of recollection and immortality of the soul in general. ... Phaedo, the second dialogue of Plato's theory, states that only through the forms and absolutes, an individual can have knowledge. ... The third dialogue of Plato, the Republic, states the idea of the Metaphor of the Sun. ... I believe that through the three dialogues of Plato, his theory has been proven. ... Looking at the Meno, Plato discusses how the knowledge we have is innate and takes recollection to recover said knowledge. ...

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Plato says that to the prisoners, reality is only the shadows thrown onto the wall. ... Plato believed there was a "true Idea of Justice". ... Imagining, here in Plato's world, is seen as "true reality". Plato considered shadows, art and poetry, what you see is not necessarily what you get. ... Plato wants us to see all things as they really are so we can see that all is connected. ...

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This city Plato proves to be both the best and the happiest for the people. ... Plato defines these just rulers as the philosopher kings. ... This is where Plato is flawed in his theory of decaying constitutions. ... What is Plato's purpose in creating this ideal state? ... Maybe these flaws did not go unnoticed by Plato. ...

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"Plato" If Thales was the first of all the great Greek philosophers, Plato must remain the best known of all the Greeks. ... Plato was born in Athens, about 427 B.C., and died there about 347 B.C. In early life Plato saw war service and had political ambitions. ... Plato saw them as much lower than everyone else. ... Some of Plato's views on mathematics have been proven to be true. ...

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Plato's theory on the mind begins before birth, starting at the enlightened heaven of knowledge. ... From here Plato classifies how an enlightened one can turn course from understanding the good and beautiful to one who has seen the light of reality but fights to prove these visions aren't reality. Plato believes this happens because the enlightened one relies to steadily on that of the sensory when in fact his soul has not been turned to be enlightened as well. ... Plato assures his opinion that "in the world of knowledge the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only wit...

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The Republic Summary In reading Plato's The Republic, learning to appreciate works from around 366 BC in sch a modern 21st Century world is a quite wonderful and informative privilege. Although we were not assigned to read the whole book, I have learned many ways in which Plato and Socrates think, among with the other characters. ... Socrates, a major character, is believed to be the most influential philosopher of Plato. Adeimantus and Glaucon, brothers of Plato, are loquacious contributors in Plato's book. Both brothers are favored equally and received much respect from P...

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