Plato vs. ... Their similarities and differences will be compared and contrasted using two of their works: Plato's The Republic and Sydney's The Defense of Poesy. ... Plato believes that " poetry and mythology are, in some cases, wholly imitative" (Plato 14). ... Also, according to Plato " no one man can imitate many things" (Plato 14). ... Plato, in his Republic, banishes poets, yet Sydney encourages us that poets are more moving than philosophers are. ...

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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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He thought the notion of a better life after death furnished the grounds for the deprecation of this life Zarathustra's speech "On Free Death" raises questions concerning both freedom and determinism with respect to one's conduct toward finitude. In Thus Spoke Zarathustra and other writings, Niet...

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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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"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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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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Master and pupil, Plato and Aristotle, through their respective works, "The Republic" and "Nicomachean Ethics," have each written extensively on the topic of happiness and fulfillment. ... This also shows Plato's belief in the unity of the virtues. This is seen throughout The Republic especially when speaking of the soul. ... This disproves Plato's argument that wisdom is the key to all virtues. ... In The Republic, Plato brings to surface knowledge as an important source for happiness, while in Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle expands on his teachers lessons, offers criticisms, and c...

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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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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. ... In Plato's Republic we wanted poets, but he also objected to the way they speak about the gods, and the way that they portrayed immoral characters. ... Also in Plato's Republic "Women are to be trained as men: in the ideal State they will not simply stay at hom...

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The Theory of Forms By Plato Plato was one of the most creative and influential thinkers in Western philosophy, his influence throughout the history of philosophy has been monumental. Born around 428 B.C, he investigated a wide range of topics, but his theory of forms, found in The Republic, is a critical part of Plato's philosophy. In this essay I will explain, evaluate and analyze Plato's theory of the forms. ... This world according to Plato is more real than the one we live in. ... Plato is saying that our knowledge is cut of from the world of experience. ...

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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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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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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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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 (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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Aristotle's metaphysics is, to some, Plato diluted by common sense (Russell 162). Plato's theory of ideas is partly metaphysical, and partly logical. An example of Plato's metaphysics is as follows: the logical part of the sentence "that is a cat" would be very generic, considering there is a difference between every cat. ... Plato and Aristotle say yes, and others say no, but they are very different in their opinions on why we cannot confine our good things to few. ... Plato fell along the same lines, especially when he wrote Republic. ...

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As we all know (or should know) Plato believed that only a few people, such as himself, were "enlightened". ... In this writing which is a part of one of his most famous works "The Republic" Plato talks of some men who are tied down in a cave. ... Now it is pretty clear as to what it is that Plato hopes to get across to the audience. ... To Plato the perfect society was one in which the leaders were those of whom were awake. ... In this republic there was censorship, in which epics such as those of Homer and others were forbidden and bodyguards would make sure that this law was enforced. ...

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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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He spent twenty years studying and working at Plato's Academy. Plato was an influential philosopher and scholar that made a tremendous impact on Aristotle. Many of Plato's ideologies were presented in Aristotle's works. ... According to Aristotle, there were three true forms of government: monarchy, aristocracy, and constitutional republic. ...

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Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.) was a Greek philosopher and one of Plato's most famous students. During his time at Plato's academy, Plato's thinking and his philosophical approach to politics and the economy heavily influenced Aristotle (Tannenbaum, D., 2012, pg. 33). ... In one of his later works, On Duties, Cicero speaks to the purpose of virtue and loyalty needed to run an effective republic. ...

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Philosophers, for example Plato, were believers in Physis. ... Plato agrees with Parmenides in many ways. ... In this sense, Plato is too a rationalist (122). ... Parmenides started rationalism and Plato continued with his theme. ... Plato also agrees with Heraclitus, "about the world revealed to us through our senses (122)." ...

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Aristotle first trained in medicine, and then in 367 BC, he was sent to study philosophy with Plato in Athens. He studied there for 20 years, until Plato's death in 347, before returning to Macedonia after 20 years. ... Although he studied under Plato, he disagreed with Plato on almost all issues. He did not think about the world in abstract terms like Plato. ... Plato saw reality in ideas that could only be known by thinking and reasoning about them. ...

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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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