Maxim Ethics: Plato's Rules to Obtain the Good Life Plato describes ethical maxims through stories, parables, and examples in the Republic. ... They must be determined enough to defend the city, but their aggressiveness must be tempered by philosophy to make them placid and sensible, preventing them from turning on the masses. ... Philosophy should be used in all the decisions of the rulers for the best results. "Until philosophers rule as kings or those who rule are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophize, that is, until political power and philosophy ...

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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. ... They must be determined enough to defend the city, but their aggressiveness must be tempered by philosophy to make them placid and sensible, preventing them from turning on the masses. ... Philosophy should be used in all the decisions of the rulers for the best results. "Until philosophers rule as kings or those who rule are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophize, that is, until political power and philosophy ...

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What made all of our technological and ethical advancements possible was Philosophy. ... Philosophy needed play a different role other than examining the unknown. Religion and man's moral code of ethics needed examination in order to find out if it were truly the best way to live. ... Philosophy is more than examining religion or the foundations of a society's beliefs. ... ("Philosophy") Philosophy has a place in today's world as much as it did in ancient times. ...

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Stoicism is a very complex philosophy, which many ideas and concepts can be explained by their theories of philosophy, religion, logic, ethics, and emotion. ... Philosophy is also defined as a kind of practice or exercise in concerning what you believe. ... The theory ethics tell us that the goal that we all have is happiness. ... Conclusion The Stoics are well known for their contributions to moral philosophy. Stoicism is a very problematical philosophy, which many ideas and concepts can be described by their theories: the ways of life, belief in God, logic concept, ethics theory, and viewp...

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Plato is pointing to the heavens while he carries theTimaeus, and Aristotle who is carrying the Ethics is pointing outwards in my opinion to the Earth. These two men are the main characters in ancient philosophy; they explained where we came from and the earth that surrounds us. ... This painting was done during the Renaissance which was a time of looking back on ancient philosophy with almost wishful thinking. ... This was done to show that they did have some significance to ancient philosophy, but were not anywhere as important as the two greats, Plato and Aristotle. ...

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During the life of Socrates we find a constant defense of his philosophy which was to expose ignorance. ... Hence the search for the wisest, as described by Plato, his teacher was given the task to talk with those who claim to be the wisest of the city and found that every one of them think they know particularly with respect to their areas, which Socrates contradicts its philosophy based on the recognition that self knows nothing. ... His knowledge leads him to handle an attitude of arrogance to the Court, this is denoted in both texts of Plato and Xenophon where find an explanation based on ...

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During the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods, the ancient Greeks were hard at work, making long-lasting contributions to art, poetry, drama, sports, mathematics, science and philosophy. ... Most of his writings were about politics, poetry, ethics, botany, physics, metaphysics, rhetoric, astronomy, zoology, logic and psychology. ... Aristotle understood that Politian's had their own ethics to follow and give what is best to the city-states. He wrote an essay, Politics, which was about the behavior of people towards their city-states, ethics, theory of justice and the rule of law etc. ...

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