no country for old men
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The clarification regarding education of the soul reaching enlightenment and understanding the world of abstract reality is represented by Plato’s work. Plato was born into and aristocratic family around 427 B.C.E. Around the age of twenty he became an accomplice of socrates - a philosopher. He adopted his style and philosophy, which is believed to be the search for truth through questions and answers. After socrates death, Plato traveled to Sicily and Egypt to gain philosophical knowledge. He then began to write dramatic dialogues between his teacher socrates, and various other people, including himself. Plato demonstrates his basis of knowledge by questioning the world based on reasoning of the mind, and by using platonic dialogue to illustrate his beliefs and complex understandings. Plato is considered a significant figure in the entire history of Western philosophy. The basis of his philosophy is a conception of reality, which includes two levels; the lower level which contains change and sensations that acquire a value from the higher level. The higher or formal level is the better and truly distinct level and therefore is the appropriate focus for our existence and our behavior. Plato’s writings teaches us about forms and ideas, knowledge, rhetoric, and the eternality of the soul. He believed that one has reached enlightenment when educated to the level of a philosopher. Understandings of Plato have went back and forth between dogmatism and skepticism. Dogmatism is the view of discrimination, people thought Plato had certain beliefs presented in his dialogue. Skepticism is the disbelief that Plato would have such beliefs written in his work, and that the purpose of his dialogues are to advise us not to discriminate. Within these dialogues are myths that conduct much of Plato’s philosophy allegorically. Plato’s “The Allegory of The Cave” is a metaphorical portrayal of his abstract vision and his
The clarification regarding education of the soul reaching enlightenment and understanding the world of abstract reality is represented by Plato’s work. Plato was born into and aristocratic family around 427 B.C.E. Around the age of twenty he became an accomplice of socrates - a philosopher. He adopted his style and philosophy, which is believed to be the search for truth through questions and answers. After socrates death, Plato traveled to Sicily and Egypt to gain philosophical knowledge. He then began to write dramatic dialogues between his teacher socrates, and various other people, including himself. Plato demonstrates his basis of knowledge by questioning the world based on reasoning of the mind, and by using platonic dialogue to illustrate his beliefs and complex understandings. Plato is considered a significant figure in the entire history of Western philosophy. The basis of his philosophy is a conception of reality, which includes two levels; the lower level which contains change and sensations that acquire a value from the higher level. The higher or formal level is the better and truly distinct level and therefore is the appropriate focus for our existence and our behavior. Plato’s writings teaches us about forms and ideas, knowledge, rhetoric, and the eternality of the soul. He believed that one has reached enlightenment when educated to the level of a philosopher. Understandings of Plato have went back and forth between dogmatism and skepticism. Dogmatism is the view of discrimination, people thought Plato had certain beliefs presented in his dialogue. Skepticism is the disbelief that Plato would have such beliefs written in his work, and that the purpose of his dialogues are to advise us not to discriminate. Within these dialogues are myths that conduct much of Plato’s philosophy allegorically. Plato’s “The Allegory of The Cave” is a metaphorical portrayal of his abstract vision and his
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