The ancient Greek philosopher was determined to accept his unjust fate with dignity. ... Socrates quest for justice was written in the form of a dialogue by his student Plato, in Plato's Republic. ... In Plato's ideal society justice ruled. ... He believes that anyone will be unjust, given the opportunity. ... 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. ...

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Keeping this in mind, we are not really sure where the ideals of Socrates stop and those of Plato begin. ... We can see how he views the State and the individual in Plato's Crito. ... He believed that the will of the State must not be ignored; it could however be proven wrong or unjust. But it is a delicate thing to prove a "state- unjust and not destroy it. And in the case of Socrates, he believed that the "state- was not unjust. ...

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So in the first incident, Socrates argues that the will of the people can be disobeyed when unjust, however in the second incident, he argues that the law should not be broken at any cost. Plato uses these scenarios to argue that Socrates is inconsistent in this matter. ... (Plato p8)." ... Socrates sees escape as an unjust act. ... To escape would be committing an unjust act against the figure of the law, going against everything that Socrates stands for. ...

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1. 60 million years ago, the age of giant reptiles came to an end. Dinosaurs ruled the earth, while mammals were not able to evolve because they could never challenge the dinosaurs. Then, a comet hit the earth and the dinosaurs disappeared. Mammals, including primates, were then able to evolve. Over 5 million years ago, primates walked on all fours. ...

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