The following report will examine the structure of society during the time of Plato's Republic. ... " (Plato, Republic, 451c) Plato then analyses female characteristics and reaches a conclusion that apart from physical differences, the two sexes are inherently similar. ... " Plato, Republic, 456a) In an attempt to unify the state, Plato instilled several policies increasing female participation. ... " (Plato, Republic, 456a-b). ... In The Republic Plato expresses the superiority of men and the inadequacies of women. ...

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Plato and Hobbes have similar philosophies for which one could compare regarding their theories in "The Republic," and "The Leviathan.... In Plato's 'The Republic," each person in society served a function and had a job that suited their personality. ... Plato explains in "The Republic" that the guardian is to be a really good and noble guardian of the state who will unite in himself philosophy, spirit, swiftness and strength (Plato, pg. 9). ... Plato's idea of having the guardians as the chosen ones to oversee the state in "The Republic"...

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Plato once said, "music is a moral law. ... According to Plato, early childhood matters the most for moral development. ... In Plato's republic, he expresses his belief that music enhances ability, anility, and political judgment. ... In the republic, Plato believes that through a system of censoring forms of art there would be a trigger to foster unity, loyalty, and care for city along with its citizens. ... In the republic, Aristotle also expresses his thoughts on justice and a fair state. ...

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According to Plato, by nature, human is a political animal. ... The importance of existing though freedom, knowledge, and enlightenment is accentuated by Plato on The Republic. ... Plato, as a student of Socrates, documented the views and arguments of Socrates in The Republic. Socrates' arguments presented in The Republic were very convincing and logical. ... On book one of the republic Socrates' argues with Polemarchus about justice. ...

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Through their works that will be discussed herein, it will be evident that Plato's, Aristotle's and Socrates' works are still the ultimate basis of western society. ... However, the works of Aristotle as well as Plato are evidence that Socrates had great influence on the western world's evolution since Plato was his student and Aristotle was Plato's student thus the knowledge was passed. ... In addition, Plato's most important works according to Duiker & Jackson (2012) included the Laws and the Republic. According to Plato, democracy is a good form of government (...

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Some accredit Plato with the invention of philosophy, while A. ... This contrasts with Plato's initial postulation of a Demiurge. ... "8 Also Plato cautiously considers the problem of evil in outlining God. ... Plato used this argument as the basis for his doctrine on the Forms. ... This notably strengthened Plato's theory of an independent standard of goodness. ...

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Plato discusses his theory of mimesis in his "Allegory of the Cave" in Book VII of The Republic. ... Although Plato had just intentions, I agree with the need for an ideal republic, but I know it is impossible. ... Although Plato's ideal republic is well thought out and could be beneficial, I do not believe it would work in today's world. Plato's ideal republic could not exist now because the socially educated people are supposed to create the republic. ... During Plato's time, he believes the republic is possible because of the possibility of majority socially ed...

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In Book II of The Republic, Plato begins a discussion of poetry which is concerned with gods and heroes. He condemns much of this poetry as lies, "and still further because their lies are not attractive" (Republic, II, p24). Many stories, Plato is saying, are not imitations of any reality but are outright falsities, on the grounds that since gods and heroes are by definition better than men, they cannot perform such atrocious acts as shown for example in Homer and Aeschylus (the examples in Republic 26-29). ... Imitation proper appears in the Republic in Book III, where Plato be...

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"Plato's Republic" begins and ends with a discussion of justice. ... The actions and forms of expression that Plato seeks to ban in his role as psychologist are numerous and oftentimes rather obscure, so the reader would do well to focus instead on the less numerous justifications that Plato cites for banning things in his aristocracy. In fact, there are only two arguments that Plato presents over the course of The Republic to justify banning things in the city, but each argument is extremely important in its own right. ... And Plato uses these justifications to banish poets and various t...

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Much of Plato's beliefs on the soul can be found in his dialogues, "The Republic" and "Phaedo," where he describes that he is a dualist; this means that he believed that the soul and the body were two completely separate entities that worked in conjunction with each other to create what we would deem to be a reasonable human being. Plato aims to be able to prove this to everyone through rational logical arguments; most of these are established in "Phaedo." ... Plato's third argument appears to be the weakest of all three and is often referred to as the argument from affinity. ... Pla...

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Time spent not pushing the republic toward success as he sees it would be time spent ultimately pushing the republic closer to succumbing to failure. ... When thoughts of "justice" were pondered in Ancient Greece, early students of Socrates accepted actions that were to the benefit of friends and detriment of enemies as the standard definition of justice (Plato I.332b). ... If freedom is a republic's greatest possession, then ingratitude is the republic's most superior defense against those who will make attempts to steal it away. ... What we ultimately see in Machiavelli&#...

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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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It is germaine here to bring up the ancient thinker Plato. In the Republic, Plato outlines many ideas which parallel Machiavelli's. ... Aditionally (and this comes straight from the Republic; the idea of a coupling, a marriage, inherent both in Plato's words and his way of presenting the ideal society, which exits between the governor and the governed), there are the gender assignments female and male to the people and prince, respectively. ... Now, historically, Machiavelli lived in and lived for his beloved republic of Florence his whole life. ... to survive in a newly conquere...

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In his introduction to Plato's The Republic, Desmond Lee refers to Plato Socrates and Aristotle as the founders of the intellectual tradition of the West. ... Martin Bernal (Bernal, 1989) in his Black Athena likens Plato's republic to the Egyptian State form, he examines the similarities of Plato's writings and states "The only reason for doubting that the Republic was based on Egypt is the fact that he does not say so in the text" emphasizing the similarities. ... Ani criticizes Plato, suggesting that his work denied the cosmic world and natural knowledge, she says Plato leans...

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Plato's View of Education in the Republic: The dialogue on theological principles picks up where it left off in the previous book, Book II. ... Having dispensed with subject, Plato moves logically to its complement: style. ... Physical education, Plato asserts, should be governed by the same rigorous temperance as music. ... Plato closes with a famous allegory: the Phoenician tale. ... Plato' then asks whether the allegory could not serve as one of the State's most important myths. ...

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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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Neoplatonism during the Renaissance was a revival of Platonism, a dualistic philosophy based on Plato's Republic. In this book, Plato categorized the world into two realms, one of visible reality and another of intelligible reality, and four separate levels of knowledge. ... Neoplatonism was a resurgence of these Platonic ideas, but humanistic thinkers attempted to integrate Christianity and philosophy into a harmonious theological-philosophical ideal (Plato" 1). ... They contended that man was "made in the image and likeness of God "and believed that man was to strive for a union with Go...

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Most notable among the Greek philosophers who inspired Machiavelli was Plato. In particular, Machiavelli took interest in Plato's concept of just rulers who ruled by moral virtue. ... On the other hand, Plato argues a ruler can never be unjust. ... Virtu is characterized by its flexibility because the ruler is given the prerogative to mold it in consonance to a given situation whereas "virtue" is more rigid, as Plato would required the just ruler to behave the same all the time. ... This practice is essential in keeping the orderly nature of the republic. ...

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Self-Fulfillment as the End Good: Ortega y Gasset, Maslow, Marx and Plato Throughout history philosophers from around the world have taken up the challenge of interpreting life and the transcendental aspects that it involves. ... For Plato, the good life was that in which through rational analysis and thought an individual dedicated his life to observing and understanding the highest principle, which he called "the Good". ... There are several philosophers whom I had similar views to: Jose Ortega y Gasset, Karl Marx, Abraham Maslow, and to a lesser extent Plato. ... Then I will elevate th...

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As seen in Plato's Protagoras, Socrates enjoyed questioning Protagoras for what Protagoras believed in and what he thought he could teach to audiences and most importantly, to his students. ... " (Socrates in Plato) This is one – if not the most recognized quote of Socrates. ... " (Wittgenstein 7) It sounds redundant and sort of contradictory, but all in all, it makes sense, because he is accepting his level of ignorance while the entire republic is convinced that he is the wisest man alive. ... " (Socrates in Plato 6) Here we see that he genuinely believes that peopl...

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Plato expresses in the "Republic- that a person and later a state must aim to achieve the four principal virtues. ... The subject matter of the "Republic- is the nature of justice and it's relation to human existence. Book I of the "republic- contains a critical examination of the nature and virtue of justice. ... ""(339E) The final definition of justice offered in the Republic is that given by Socrates himself. ... It is only through the formulation of this hypothetical "ideal city- that he can arrive at a definition of justice, for to Plato, being the product of tumultuous, has l...

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The early humanists, such as writer Francesco Petrarch, studied the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans for inspiration and ideology, mixing the philosophies of Plato and other ancient thinkers with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Though he favored a republic to unite Italy, he believed only a dictator could unite such a quarrelsome area initially. ...

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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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At several points, the Politics looks back to the conception of the highest human good worked out in the Nicomachean Ethics, and the concluding chapter of the Nicomachean Ethics (X.9) looks forward to the Politics, culminating in a list of questions about political systems which corresponds reasonably well to the questions he addresses in the Politics, as the following chart indicates: Outline of the Politics Questions in Nicomachean Ethics X.9.1181b17-24 Book I: types of communities: the city, the household; household management Book II: critical survey of proposed and actual constitutio...

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Sociology of literature has been the first time developed by Plato. In his document by the title "Ion and Republic", Plato discussed the relationship between the literary works and society. ...

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