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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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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He joined the Academy and studied under Plato, attending his lectures for a period of twenty years. In the later years of his association with Plato and the Academy he began to lecture on his own account, especially on the subject of rhetoric. Although he studied under Plato. ... He could not bring himself to think of the world in abstract terms the way Plato did; above all else, Aristotle believed that the world could be understood at a fundamental level through the detailed observation and cataloging of phenomenon. ...

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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. ... 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. ... Plato tells through ten books of the Republic, what the maxims are in each class to living the good life. ...

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This also shows Plato's belief in the unity of the virtues. ... Like Plato, Aristotle strongly believed that happiness is more than just simple pleasure. ... This disproves Plato's argument that wisdom is the key to all virtues. ... Both Plato and Aristotle make very important points as they dive head first into these difficult questions. ... Aristotle's belief in action is a concept unexplored by Plato that changed philosophy's view on this subject. ...

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Greek Philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle had virtually the same beliefs about man's relation to the State, although Plato's political theory of the State was more rational than Socrates or Aristotle's. ... Although Socrates, Plato's and Aristotle's political views of the State are similar, Plato's view is more rational than Socrates and Aristotle's in the sense that he created an ideal State. ... Although Socrates, Plato and Aristotle had similar views on the State, Plato's view is more rational. "Plato's political theory is developed in...

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Plato believes that the good and just person will live a public life and help to create a good state. ... The philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and St. ... Plato's philosophy assumes that God exists as a supremely good being whose goodness is analogous to Plato's concrete concept or the ultimate good. However, God and goodness are not one and the same; Plato does not directly state that goodness is good, but that God is good, since he exemplifies the idea at the top of Plato's hierarchy. ... One problem with Plato's philosophy is his inco...

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In the very center Plato and Aristotle are made to stand out more than anyone else in the painting. ... 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. ... The many people surrounding them could be followers of the two different thoughts each on their respective sides of Plato and Aristotle. ... Other noted philosophers are included in the painting but are not as detailed or focused as Plato and Aristotle. ... This was done to show that they did have some significance to ancient philosophy,...

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Plato believed that the key to happiness is to live a just life. ... Plato's virtue theory includes rehabilitation because Plato doesn't believe in the death penalty. Plato believes that death should never be under any other individual's power. With this being said, Plato believes in retribution to an extent. ... If the morals were wrong from the beginning, Plato's virtue theory would most likely stop the action, therefore Plato agrees with deterrence. ...

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In the play Apology by Plato, the protagonist Socrates delineates the responsibilities and obligations of man in relation to the State. ... This is seen in his speech where he states, "I speak because I am convinced that I never intentionally wronged anyone," (Plato, 37). ... (Plato, 29). ... (Plato 29, 36). ... Socrates stated, " the life which is unexamined is not worth living- (Plato, 38). ...

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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 (427- 347 BCE) Plato, who was not just a philosopher but also a mathematician was always looking for the exact answers for everything. ... Plato believes in an ideal world of forms from which everything on this world is a copy of. Plato mainly focuses on metaphysics because he is one to question knowledge. Plato believes that everyone can only learn so much until they abandon their previous beliefs and open their eyes to the world around them. ... He criticized speculative philosophy, equating metaphysics with ideology, similar to that of Plato. ...

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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. ...

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In Plato's "The Republic", Book I the fundamental question hey focus on is, "What is Justice?" ... Plato (428-348 BC) wrote "The Republic" after Socrates death in 399 BC. ... Plato's vivid dialogues portray Socrates explaining that the "just man" is wise, that "he" is a philosopher, much like Plato and himself. ... I feel that though what Plato says may have some truth in it but behind what Plato believes, there is some selfishness and lust for power. ... Where in real life, much like Plato's idea, that is not the case. ...

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Since Socrates did not publish any of his works, what we know about him comes from his pupils, Plato and Xenophon. ... Through the writings of Plato and Xenophon, we see that Socrates not only greatly affected Western philosophy but also had a tremendous influence on those around him. ... Plato's Apology gives an account of the defense made by Socrates at his trial. ...

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Over 2000 years into the future, the pensive world still contemplates this inevitable truth. During those 2000 years, Plato's Meno has been scrutinized repeatedly, yet Socrates" ideas still stands strong. In that fateful evening, 2000 in the past, the mouths of Socrates and Menon gave birth to man...

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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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Book IX in The Republic by Plato is mainly an argument to prove justice is better than injustice. ... In Book IX, The Republic, Plato, the author, is simply trying to conclude his argument and goal of proving justice is worthwhile and rewarding. ...

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-Crito (Plato 569) Crito believed that by helping Socrates to escape, he could go on to fulfill his personal obligations. ... -Socrates (Plato 571) In the arguments that Socrates makes, what other people think does not matter. ... -Socrates (Plato 577) Socrates" argument moves from one of a general moral decision to the morality of his specific case. ... -Socrates (Plato 577), is one of the most important and crucial in the Crito dialogue. ... "Plato: The Problem of Intellectual and Moral Consistency". ...

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From what we learn of him in Plato does Socrates offer a philosophy that is genuinely progressive and radical in its wish to reform the society of the day? ... I will rely on two of Plato's works in my argument, The Apology and The Crito. ...

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Gorgias Tutorial Most of the works of Socrates do not appeal to my interest, but Gorgias was different. The conversation between the four men involved is very interesting, and at some times very powerful. A person would almost get the sense that they do not like each other. There is not so much...

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"( Plato's The Protagoras pp 55). ... (Plato's The Protagoras pp 79) Humans cannot be noble, just, and couragous but must strive to become these, that is, to live grounded within the rules of absolute truth. "... ... "( Plato's The Protagoras pp 89). ... Plato premised that knowledge and wisdom are the highest states of being(352 C. ... Plato had also reasoned that knowledge was virtue and being like virtue knowledge is an absolute principle. ...

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It starts with Plato's notion of Justice and moves on to a sophist philosopher Thrasymachus who simple believed that our justice is serving the interest of the stronger people in society rather than the weaker. ... The opinions of different great people were criticized by Plato. ...

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