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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Plato's most famous writings include the "Republic", where we can learn about his beliefs including ethics, political philosophy, moral psychology, epistemology, and metaphysics. ... 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. His educational thought is his portrayal of the ideal society in The Republic. ...

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Socrates quest for justice was written in the form of a dialogue by his student Plato, in Plato's Republic. ... This encouraged him to write the Republic. In Plato's ideal society justice ruled. ... In Plato's Republic Socrates search for justice is written in the form of a dialogue with three friends, Polemarchus, Thrasymachus, and Glaucon. ... The four reforms that Plato feels are needed are: The Equality of Women- Plato realizes that the most knowledgible person could possibly be a woman. ...

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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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Justice is the underlining truth in the Republic of Plato. However the question is, is Plato's idea of a just society in fact the "truth-? ... Throughout the Republic Plato mentions the structure of every man's soul and how it ultimately has power over the individual. ... It is hard for me to believe the potency of the "Good- in Plato's ideal Republic when it does not even have the effectiveness to initiate it own structure. ... Plato tries to control the soul of man with his Republic, but fails to recognize that man's nature cannot be restrained to the poi...

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Plato What comes to mind when you hear the name Plato? ... He believed that government officials should be "philosopher kings" so he developed a course of study mainly about abstract thought for their education that is found in Plato's Republic. The Republic discusses the nature of justice and the institutions of society. ... Plato agreed, but the Dion was hopeless so Plato returned to Athens. ... Plato wrote one of the most known pieces of Greek literature, The Republic which discusses the nature of justice and the institutions of society. ...

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Maxim Ethics: Plato's Rules to Obtain the Good Life Plato describes ethical maxims through stories, parables, and examples in the Republic. The people that are used as examples throughout the Republic are segregated into three groups: gold, which are the rulers of the city, silver, which represent the guardians, and bronze which signify the commoners. ... In Book II through VII of the Republic, Socrates talks about the guardians of the Luxurious City. ... Plato tells through ten books of the Republic, what the maxims are in each class to living the good life. ...

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Maxim Ethics: Plato's Rules to Obtain the Good Life Plato describes ethical maxims through stories, parables, and examples in the Republic. The people that are used as examples throughout the Republic are segregated into three groups: gold, which are the rulers of the city, silver, which represent the guardians, and bronze which signify the commoners. ... In Book II through VII of the Republic, Socrates talks about the guardians of the Luxurious City. ... Plato tells through ten books of the Republic, what the maxims are in each class to living the good life. ...

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In addition to this, Plato made several visits to the Roman republic, specifically, the city of Syracuse. ... Plato's pinnacle piece is The Republic, his own meditations and thoughts on what justice truly is. ... Plato's five greatest and most well known writings are, The Apology, Phaedo, Crito, The Republic, and Symposium. ... The Republic is about Plato's ideal form of a republic. ... Plato's republic assigned individuals to careers by way of education. ...

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By the end of Book I of the Republic, Thrasymachus has been pretty much silenced. ... You might want to notice that here, among other things, we are getting our first major hint that the Republic, is an expanded and revised version of the Apology. ... The problem being posed is a very tall order, and you should remember that the rest of the Republic is a detour and device to answer this question, as well as Thrasymachus" position. ... In fact Plato will in a sense deduce or derive a just state from a theory of the nature of the soul. ... Plato, however, does not move directly into offering thi...

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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. ... In Plato's great writing "The Republic" he speaks of what he believes to be an ideal society. ... Plato saw them as much lower than everyone else. ...

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In the Republic, knowledge is being compared to ignorance and opinion. ... (Plato, Ap. ... In the Republic, knowledge is seen as what is and is being compared to what is not which would be ignorance. ... In the Republic there all classes should be educated differently. ... (lecture notes) Knowledge in Plato's "Apology" is seen more in depth as to what it really is, which is having wisdom, then in the Republic where is compared....

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Socrates was a sort of bridge to Plato and Aristotle. ... The Republic, which Plato wrote, is predominantly about the ideas put forth by Socrates. ... Give an answer yourself, and tell us what you say the just is" (Republic 336c). ... This is a very important idea as Plato continues with the Republic. ... Just as Plato was a student of Socrates, Aristotle was a student of Plato. ...

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There are three questions that must be answered when talking about the tyrant that is described in Plato's "Republic-. ... In my own opinion I feel Socrates or Plato, whichever is really talking, is persuasive for reasons other than answering the questions at hand correctly. ...

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There in the Agora, he would meet Plato and enlighten him. ... Plato became disillusioned with Athens after Socrates died. ... He questioned how humans should govern humans and wrote his ideas in a book called The Republic. ... Instead, he denounced Plato and destroyed most of his work. ... That was clearly proven by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. ...

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Numerous experts in modern time regard Plato as the first genuine political philosopher and Aristotle as the first political scientist. They were both great thinkers, Plato and Aristotle each had ideas in how to proceed with improving the society in which they were part of during their existence. ... Aristotle to Plato had great theory but which ones would you agree with. ... On the other hand Plato who's famous dialogue Euthyphro, poses the question of whether the gods love what is holy because it is holy or whether it is holy because the gods love it or the divine command thoery. .....

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Plato's ideal state is based on justice. A just state is one that is imposed by the Idea of Good. This is only possible if the rulers are wise, that is, philosophers who have managed to penetrate the world of ideas. The idea of property should guide the state and the individual. Citizens will be hap...

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Plato, the great Greek philosopher, further expounds on the procedure of how reason effects will in his books, The Republic and Phaedrus. In the Republic, he makes the case that the person's soul is divided into three parts, the rational, the spirited and the appetitive; all of these have a certain desire that they follow. ... Since it sounds confusing and complicated, Plato uses an allegory to clarify the details. In Phaedrus, Plato explains that the three parts are like parts of a chariot: the charioteer, the white and the black horse. ... Each part has a say in where the chariot goes,...

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Are we free? What determines how we live and who chooses to decide the outcome of our lives? If we believe in fate, then things happen because they are meant to happen, it's all part of a big plan. Thus, how free are we to decide our fate? If we believe in "free will" then we are in charge of our d...

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Plato (427-348 BC), a student of Socrates, wrote down the work and ideas of Socrates on paper. Plato founded the Academy and came up with a new form of literature, dialogues and speech. ... One of his best work was known as, The Republic which demonstrates his idealism, and its political consequences. Plato advocated in public education. ... Aristotle (384-322 BC), also a Greek Philosopher, was a student of Plato and a tutor of Alexander the Great. ...

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In the first book of Plato's The Republic the topic being discussed is "what is justice for the individual?... Plato's aim throughout this discussion is to understand social and political solidity on a basis of moral resolutions that every man should live by. ...

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The Courage to see yourself as others see you. The Courage to stand on your own. The Courage to acknowledge truth that transcends your own. The Courage to see yourself as others see you. Many people feel threatened by the opinions of others. They need to believe that others see them as they ...

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Most normal individuals in the modern world would assume that all books written, not published, by man are based on either a portion of the author's imagination, an event (biased or non-biased) in either history or during the life of the author, a straight-out autobiography, or a generalized biograp...

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First of all, Plato would have his guardians feel no attachment to those around them whereas Confucius emphasizes the importance of relationships with family and friends. ... In The Republic, the philosophers are supposed to not know what suffering is so that when they are sent into battle, there is no chance of them becoming cowardly. ...

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