The importance of unity in Plato's Republic is explicitly shown in his passage describing why the guardians should have wives and children in common. The city, Plato says, will "speak in unison" of their wives and children. This idea of unity is divided into three parts by Plato's theory. ... The idea of having "common children" clearly unites all the citizens in Plato's perfect society. ... Undoubtedly, Plato planned his city so meticulously that he ensured his value of unity was always covered. ...

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Plato's Republic - The Three Great Analogies The Allegory of the Cave, like most things in philosophy, can be interpreted in many different ways. ... Plato says that to the prisoners, reality is only the shadows thrown onto the wall. ... Plato believed there was a "true Idea of Justice". ... Imagining, here in Plato's world, is seen as "true reality". Plato considered shadows, art and poetry, what you see is not necessarily what you get. ...

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In Plato's Republic, Socrates, Glaucon, and Adeimantus build and imaginary city. ... In Book X of the Republic, Socrates said, "the painter, we say, will paint for us a shoemaker, a carpenter, and other craftsmen, although he doesn't understand the arts of any one of them" (598c). ...

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Socrates quest for justice was written in the form of a dialogue by his student Plato, in Plato's Republic. ... This encouraged him to write the Republic. In Plato's ideal society justice ruled. ... In Plato's Republic Socrates search for justice is written in the form of a dialogue with three friends, Polemarchus, Thrasymachus, and Glaucon. ... 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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In Plato's Republic this very question is put forth as contentious. Plato disputes this question by using a method dialectic - the asking and answering of questions which lead the listener from one point to another, supposedly with irrefutable logic by obtaining agreement to each point before going onto the next, and so building an argument. ...

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