One such writing which requires deep analysis in order to have such esoteric understanding is The Republic by Plato. ... When Socrates is challenged to define justice in The Republic, instead of focusing on its Form of the good, he defines it on a more basic level. ... By analyzing Plato's "cave" allegory and the four stages of cognition, it becomes clear why Plato focuses on defining justice on a basic level. ... This is why in The Republic Socrates takes a long time to define justice, because it is complicated and can only be truly understood with deep knowledge and reason. ... This is...

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-(Plato's Republic, Book vii, 518) No scheme of human life was so important to Plato as education. ... Spartan Influence on Plato's Scheme of Education: In his scheme of education Plato was greatly influenced by Spartan system of education. ... Plato's Theory of Education: Plato sees in education the only true way to the permanent stability of the state. ... He expresses in Republic that the whole function of education is not to put knowledge into the soul, & to do so by directing it to the right objects. ... However education in the Republic is exclusively meant for those...

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Justice is the underlining truth in the Republic of Plato. However the question is, is Plato's idea of a just society in fact the "truth-? ... Throughout the Republic Plato mentions the structure of every man's soul and how it ultimately has power over the individual. ... It is hard for me to believe the potency of the "Good- in Plato's ideal Republic when it does not even have the effectiveness to initiate it own structure. ... Plato tries to control the soul of man with his Republic, but fails to recognize that man's nature cannot be restrained to the poi...

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In addition to this, Plato made several visits to the Roman republic, specifically, the city of Syracuse. ... Plato's pinnacle piece is The Republic, his own meditations and thoughts on what justice truly is. ... Plato's five greatest and most well known writings are, The Apology, Phaedo, Crito, The Republic, and Symposium. ... The Republic is about Plato's ideal form of a republic. ... Plato's republic assigned individuals to careers by way of education. ...

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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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They kill some of the rich, they expel others, and they give everyone who's left equal social and political rights- Republic (557a) Plato's objection to democracy as a form of government is valid, and strong. ... Plato's Republic is laden with references, and opinions of democracy. ... Plato would ask. ... What Plato describes in the Republic as democracy, is what we in modern times know as anarchy. ... Republic. ...

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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 main focus of Plato is a perfect society. He creates a vision for a utopian society, in his book The Republic. ... Plato's Utopia consists of three class systems. ... Plato's Utopia is different. ... Plato chose to tell the reader of his Republic how men would act and what their attitudes would be in a perfect society. ...

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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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Unlike Socrates, Plato was both a writer and a teacher. ... One of Plato's most publicly known myths is the parable with which the Seventh Book of the Republic opens. In this allegory of the cave Plato introduced us to the teaching that there is a truth beyond sense. ... Plato's allegory starts with a depiction of the pathetic condition of most of mankind. ... Plato's aim in the Republic is to help us understand how we might reach this reflective understanding. ...

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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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Plato and Freud Plato and Freud, two very influential and intellectual people of their own respective societies, have formed opinions about the mind and the soul and how it is constructed to work hand in hand. ... The Republic may be a fairly utopian vision; however it does not seem particularly optimistic about its chances of being realized. ... Plato likens people untutored to prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. ... When one wakes up from the dream in Freud's case, the prisoner in Plato's Allegory sees the sun. ... Through Plato's philosophy to Freu...

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In Plato's "The Republic", Book I the fundamental question hey focus on is, "What is Justice?" ... Personally, I agree with Thrasymachus, a character in Book I of "The Republic", in saying "I declare that justice is nothing else than that, which is advantageous to the stronger." ... 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 be...

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The main focus of Plato is a perfect society. He creates a blueprint for a utopian society, in his book The Republic, out of his dislike for the tension of political life (Hacker 24). ... Essentially what Plato wants to achieve is a utopia. Aristotle, unlike Plato, is not concerned with perfecting society. ... Plato chose to tell the reader of his Republic how men would act and what their attitudes would be in a perfect society (Hacker 81). ...

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(Plato, Republic) Plato also describes the importance of knowledge when he describes its worth by saying, "True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place, but they will not stay long. ... (Plato, Republic) Plato's words of wisdom lead one to the final realization that if knowledge and truth are the pillars of the examined life then one must be able to identify when they are making cognitive errors that blind them from these pillars to fully live the examined life. ... Plato. Republic. ... Plato. ...

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Plato, the great Greek philosopher, further expounds on the procedure of how reason effects will in his books, The Republic and Phaedrus. In the Republic, he makes the case that the person's soul is divided into three parts, the rational, the spirited and the appetitive; all of these have a certain desire that they follow. ... Since it sounds confusing and complicated, Plato uses an allegory to clarify the details. In Phaedrus, Plato explains that the three parts are like parts of a chariot: the charioteer, the white and the black horse. ... Each part has a say in where the chariot goes,...

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It is germaine here to bring up the ancient thinker Plato. In the Republic, Plato outlines many ideas which parallel Machiavelli's. ... Aditionally (and this comes straight from the Republic; the idea of a coupling, a marriage, inherent both in Plato's words and his way of presenting the ideal society, which exits between the governor and the governed), there are the gender assignments female and male to the people and prince, respectively. ... Now, historically, Machiavelli lived in and lived for his beloved republic of Florence his whole life. ... to survive in a newly conquere...

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In book VII of The Republic, Plato puts into words the life of another great philosopher of the time, Socrates. ... Book VII of Plato's The Republic (which, for ease, will be referred to as The Cave) is an allegory about society and the restraints that are placed on members as well as education or the lack there of and the consequences. ... Plato goes on to propose what might happen if one of these men was to break free and climb his way out of the cave into the real world. ... Plato tells us that the man would most surely want to go back into the cave, but only to persuade others to j...

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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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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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Neoplatonism during the Renaissance was a revival of Platonism, a dualistic philosophy based on Plato's Republic. In this book, Plato categorized the world into two realms, one of visible reality and another of intelligible reality, and four separate levels of knowledge. ... Neoplatonism was a resurgence of these Platonic ideas, but humanistic thinkers attempted to integrate Christianity and philosophy into a harmonious theological-philosophical ideal (Plato" 1). ... They contended that man was "made in the image and likeness of God "and believed that man was to strive for a union with Go...

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One of the best known examples is Platos Allegory of the Cave, included in his acclaimed book The Republic. ... Thus, Plato employs this analogy to explain his theory of knowledge. ... Above them a fire is blazing at a distance walkway [] (Plato). ... In Platos words, learning is remembering. ... The first parallelism between the movie and Platos allegory can be seen in this convergence. ...

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Such questions have plagued philosophy since at least Plato, leading some to privilege mind over matter, and leading others to believe that all that exists is mind idealism, and still others to argue that all that exists are bodies or physical matter materialism. ... In a general sense, the wedge between mind and body can be traced as far back as Plato, and to the sharp distinctions that he drew between the immaterial or eternal parts of ourselves and the decidedly lesser substance that is manifest in bodies or physical matter. Mind, in Plato, connects to the lofty or higher parts of ourselves...

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As seen in Plato's Protagoras, Socrates enjoyed questioning Protagoras for what Protagoras believed in and what he thought he could teach to audiences and most importantly, to his students. ... " (Socrates in Plato) This is one – if not the most recognized quote of Socrates. ... " (Wittgenstein 7) It sounds redundant and sort of contradictory, but all in all, it makes sense, because he is accepting his level of ignorance while the entire republic is convinced that he is the wisest man alive. ... " (Socrates in Plato 6) Here we see that he genuinely believes that peopl...

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Plato expresses in the "Republic- that a person and later a state must aim to achieve the four principal virtues. ... The subject matter of the "Republic- is the nature of justice and it's relation to human existence. Book I of the "republic- contains a critical examination of the nature and virtue of justice. ... ""(339E) The final definition of justice offered in the Republic is that given by Socrates himself. ... It is only through the formulation of this hypothetical "ideal city- that he can arrive at a definition of justice, for to Plato, being the product of tumultuous, has l...

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