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. ...
Plato philosophizes that justice is catalyst for a just city. ... The advantage Plato attributes to justice is that it is health for the soul (P.265). ... By analyzing Plato's "cave" allegory and the four stages of cognition, it becomes clear why Plato focuses on defining justice on a basic level. ... In the case of the audience Plato speaks to, the "real" thing they see is advantage and self gain. ... That is the basic definition Plato uses to educate the mass unenlightened audience. ...
Socrates did not write any books about himself or his teachings, but he had a dedicated student by the name of Plato. Plato wrote about Socrates theories of virtue, love and justice. ... He died so long ago but he left such a legacy behind and through Plato we are able to see his point of view. ...
Socrates quest for justice was written in the form of a dialogue by his student Plato, in Plato's Republic. Plato believed the Athenian democracy was on the verge of ruin and was responsible for Socrate's death. ... 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. ...
Socrates was a sort of bridge to Plato and Aristotle. ... This is a very important idea as Plato continues with the Republic. Plato writes of the analogy of the line and the cave. ... By imagination, Plato means shadows and reflections. ... Just as Plato was a student of Socrates, Aristotle was a student of Plato. ...
They are Plato, Cicero, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Charles Montesquieu. ... Plato was the man to think up the republic form of government. ... Plato believed that the average person can't make good political decisions and should be left out of the decision making process. ... Plato's republic would be very orderly and everyone would have a place and need to stick to their job to make the republic function well. ... Montesquieu refined the ideas of Plato and Cicero into three basic points. ...
In The Apology, Plato writes: "The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short period, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone." David Thoreau would unarguably agree with Plato's quote. ... The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast Thoreau's Civil Disobedience to Plato's The Apology in order to show that it is not possible for justice to exist in the political world, due to the majoritarian rule of politics, and the types of individuals leading it. ... In The Apology, Plato writes: On this occasion I was t...
Stone provides a historical story of the events leading up to the trial, as well as the trial itself, through the writings of Xenophon and Plato, as well as several other sources. ... Obviously the prosecution decided on the death penalty, while Socrates, according to the writings of Plato, originally made what could have been considered a "vulgar- suggestion. ...
We often considered that socialism was hand in hand with democracy. But reviewing the past century in which socialism developed so rapidly and fiercely, we maybe will get difficult conclusion. What is the democracy? There were so many great thinkers that talked about democracy, such as Plato, ...
