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    great Greek philosophers‚ Plato must remain the best known of all the Greeks. The original name of this Athenian aristocrat was Aristiclis‚ but in his school days he received the nickname "Platon" (meaning "broad") because of his broad shoulders. Plato was born in Athens‚ Greece to one of the oldest and most distinguished families in the city. He lived with his mother‚ Perictione‚ and his father‚ Ariston (Until Ariston died.) Born in an aristocratic and rich family‚ Plato ’s childhood was indulged

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    PLATO 1. Plato’s parents were Ariston and Perictone‚ his older brothers were Adeimantus and Glaucon‚ and his younger sister was Potone. He came from a family that had long played an important part in Athenian politics. He was born from an aristoctratic and wealthy family. 2. Plato wrote mostly in the form of dialogue. His dialogues have been used to teach a range of subjects‚ including philosophy‚ logic‚ ethics‚ rhetoric‚ religion and mathematics. Plato absorbed the learning of his times‚ - Philolaus

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    Candidate Name: Natasha Lama Candidate No: 1008 Centre No: MY 238 School: Cempaka International Ladies College IGSCE Exam Submission: May/June 2014 Examinations Subject: Global Perspectives Coursework: Group Project Word Count - Project Paper : 1377 words Word Count - Individual Evaluation: 1655 words Date of Submission: 29 March 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS No Title 1 Project Proposal Form 2 Group Project Paper (i) Background Information (ii) Information Gathering (iii) Key Findings 3 Project Outcome

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    Name Course Instructor Day Month Year Justice through the Eyes of Plato and Hume The philosophic debate of justice goes back millennia with many points of view on what it actually is and why we have it. Both Plato and Hume had ideas on justice and both differed. Plato‚ in his Republic‚ searches for justice by building a city from the ground up in our imagination. He starts with merely five to ten people each with their own job and states that justice is the virtue of the soul. David Hume

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    in the power of rhetoric and how it could improve one’s life. Plato on the other hand was opposed to all Sophist beliefs. He viewed the Sophists as rhetorical manipulators who were only interested in how people could be persuaded that they learned the truth‚ regardless if it was in fact the truth. Plato basically opposed every view the Sophists held true and tried to disprove them throughout his many dialogues. The Sophists and Plato held two very contrasting views and this paper will attempt to

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    think Plato and Machiavelli are known as two orominent philosphers.Who brought out the creativity in the political life.Both them have many simiilarites in between them.The first similarity in them is that Plato wants only the best should be the head of the etate in his view socartes are the best suitable for that job where as Machiavelli thinks that the prince should be the head of the state because he think mostly price are capaable of doing many things which other people can not.Both Plato and

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    possible just actions. Rather‚ being a just person entails qualities of character proper to the just person‚ in the light of which they decide what actions justice requires of them. In this section we confine ourselves to the character Socrates in Plato ’s dialogues‚ and indeed to only certain ones of the dialogues in which a Socrates character plays a role. In those dialogues in which he plays a major role‚ Socrates

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    Plato vs. Freud on Metaphysics Plato and Freud have made great strides in their respective fields of study. Both men have made a lasting impact on the way we now as humans view the world that we live in. Plato and Freud have similarities in views that they share but they also have some differences metaphysically. Plato believes that what is ultimately real are ideas‚ he believes that images are imperfect representations of the perfect concepts. While Freud believes what is physically real is by

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    easily produced if each person does one thing for which he is naturally suited‚ does it at the right time‚ and is released from having to do any of the others” (Sayers 21) Despite an existing definition of justice prior to his philosophical works‚ Plato spent much of his life challenging that definition and introducing his own. He used his famous work The Republic to define justice and outline its implementation within his concept of the “just city.” The Republic was written several thousand years

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    I. Short Answers 1. Plato uses the forms to discuss almost everything. Forms are general concepts that are used to classify different physical concepts. The forms are non physical‚ mental concepts. Plato utilizes the forms to prove mind-body dualism. The forms are real things‚ they exist‚ and are considered to be more real than physical things. It refers to things that are eternal‚ perfect‚ unchanging‚ and universal. The mind is also eternal‚ not the brain. Forms are concepts or ideas that help

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