TKL301/ TAKE-HOME EXAMINATION ARISTOTLE’S DEFENSE OF POETRY AGAINST PLATO IN THE LIGHT OF LITERARY CRITICISM As literary critics‚ Plato and Aristotle have different opinions on poetry and also it’s social effects. Plato’s Republic is a work which is not directly about literature; but his comments on poetry determine his position to it. He presents us a view of literature in a mainly negative way. Unlike Plato‚ Aristotle regards poetry as something positive in his Poetics. Thus‚ they approach
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Haþim Cihan Demirköprülü‚ 20303433 Essay Question: Compare the Characteristics of the true guardians‚ as described by Plato (Republic‚ bk VII‚ pp.158 – 61‚ 484b – 487e) with the characteristics of the rulers‚ as described by Machiavelli (The Prince‚ ch.15‚ pp. 47 – 49 and ch. 18‚ pp.54f). What is the most important difference between the two accounts? In your view‚ which account is better‚ and why? For centuries‚ every ruler created their own principles and rules and somehow
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everyone? Most likely…. No. Plato had his own notion on what goodness‚ and the good life was. In general the good life is a state in which a person would be most happy. Happiness is the state in which we have everything and want nothing. All of the essentials of a ’good life’ have been acquired and thus one is happy. Plato sees the good life as the state a person exhibits total virtue. He reasons that a person will exhibit total virtue when his desires have been put out. Plato views the good life as
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philosophical viewpoints we have studied‚ Plato and Sartre. In Plato’s Republic and Sartre’s Existentialism is a Humanism they are centuries apart in time‚ but both lived in very changing turbulent times. Plato lived in ancient Greece where he and other great minds were pondering the very meaning of man’s existence to live and value one another. The chosen philosophical kings city ruled by knowledge‚ would rule the building of a kallipolis‚ which Plato sees as just. Plato uses craft analogy in his explanation
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the citizens of a country to shape their government by electing officials to serve on their behalf. With any good system however‚ there are bound to be detractors. Plato is one of the most well-known detractors of the democratic system. In Book VI of the Republic‚ Plato compares democracy to an ill-governed ship. In this parable Plato lays out the deficiencies in the democratic system‚ and I agree with many of his points; however‚
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period blatantly obvious in the philosophy of the Renaissance period. One of the most obvious revivals is the revisiting of philosophy from the Classical period‚ such as the ideas of Athenian philosopher‚ Plato (Hooker 1997). Neo-Platonism‚ meaning “new Platonism”‚ sought to take the ideas of Plato and combine them with other philosophies that were prominent at the time‚ such as Stoicism and Aristoteleanism (Hooker 1997) Philosophers of the Renaissance period breathed new life into old philosophies
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Plato and Aristotle had different ideas of politics and political justice. In The Republic‚ Plato creates the ideal city‚ which is needed to guarantee justice. He aims to create a peaceful united city that will lead to the greater good of the community and individuals. Unlike Plato who imagines the ideal city‚ Aristotle looks at actual cities in The Politics. He doesn ’t want to create the ideal city; he aims to improve the existing city. While their ideas about politics and justice were different
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Metaphysics: Plato’s greatest contribution to modern society is found in his theories relating to metaphysics. These is now referred to as Platonism (or Exaggerated Realism). Plato divides his world into two aspects: the intelligible world and the perceptual world. The Perceptual world: Plato saw the perceptual world around us as imperfect copies of the intelligible forms or ideas. The Intelligible world: Forms are unchangeable and perfect‚ and only comprehensible by the use of intellect and understanding
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Discuss the relationship between St. Augustine and Plato Great philosophers over time have shared ideas about their lifetime. There were no more captivating philosophers than Plato and Augustine who fed off one another. Even though they were born at different times‚ their ideas impacted the life they lived in and future lives. St. Augustine was a student of the wise Plato‚ who fed off his ideas and created his own form of philosophy. Plato on the other hand orbited the idea of the theory of forms
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Metaphysical Pizza as Sliced by Plato and Aristotle Plato and Aristotle were Greek philosophers who lived within the third and fourth century BC. Thought Aristotle was a student of Plato‚ they each had very different ideas or theories on how life is or Metaphysics. Plato theorized that reality was outside of our physical world and outside of most humans understanding‚ while Aristotle theorized that this physical world was the only world and the only reality. Plato looked for a universal reality
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