Plato imagined that there existed an ideal or perfect world beyond our own physical earth. Our earthly world is full of unevenness‚ imperfections‚ and impurities which have been copied from the true ideal world which is beyond us. Plato further believed that our physical world and its Forms participate or imitate the real Forms in a disorderly way. He claimed that there was a relationship between the realm of Forms and our world. This relationship revealed to us mortals the forms and brought order
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Socrates continues the conversation with Glaucon and now focuses on the obligation of the guardians and philosophers to serve the people as a result of their education. Socrates describes people in a cave since birth‚ bound so they can only see what is in front of them. There are shadows and sounds that can be observed but the source is unknown. Socrates says in 515c‚ “…such men would hold that the truth is nothing other than the shadows of artificial things.” Their reality is limited by their
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according to Plato‚ Rousseau and Benjamin The relation between art and society is very complex and might be seen from the various perspectives. The main concern‚ however‚ has always been the one of the function of arts within the society – that is to say‚ what people need the arts for. Of course‚ this theme was challenged by many philosophers of different ages‚ who tried to criticize or to praise arts as something that‚ consequently‚ corrupts our minds or sets them free and brings pleasure. Plato has written
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Plato vs. HomerHomer’s Iliad would have been severely criticized by Socrates‚ as depicted by Plato in The Republic. Plato is critical of Greek literature and mythology and even went so far as to propose a system of censorship in the ideal city. Plato believed myths to be lies and thus the propagation of these lies should be halted in society. In The Republic he wrote‚ "Whenever they tell a tale that plays false with the true nature of gods and heroes...they are like painters whose portraits bear
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UNIT ONE: Music Appreciation Text Questions Please complete the following questions. It is important that you use full sentences and present the questions and answers when you submit your work. Submit the work as a file attachment. This means you complete all work in a word processing document (e.g.‚ Microsoft Word) and attach the file using the drop box tool. Use the Unit 1: Text Questions drop box basket. The answers to the Review & Critical Thinking questions are worth 10 points. Review
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we change how we see the world and how we learn. How we were taught has a great impact on every aspect of our lives‚ from choosing what we will do with our futures to how we treat one another. The three philosophers that I respect and admire are Plato‚ John Dewey and Paulo Freire. A combination of these philosopher’s ideas and ideals are what will create a healthy‚ productive‚ and unique classroom that provides guidance for the ever changing dynamics in a classroom. With teaching‚ there is no one
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In the article “In 2‚000 Years‚ Will the World Remember Disney or Plato?” written by Mark Rice-Oxley‚ he analyzes the impacts of American culture around the world. From music to media‚ film to fast food‚ language to literature and sport‚ the American idea is spreading inexorably (Rice-Oxley 163). Rice-Oxley questions what does American culture in fact bring to the world and how long it will last. Not everyone thinks American culture will stand the test of time (Rice-Oxley 167). Rice-Oxley points
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(25) Plato originally thought of the forms because of the concept of beauty. Although we see objects and think that they are beautiful‚ we never ‘beauty’. Also many different things can be beautiful‚ but in different ways but they all still have one thing in common‚ beauty. This leads to Plato concluding that there must be something which is ‘beauty’ that all of these things get it from. This idea of a universal thing that more than one thing can have was the first thought that lead Plato to the
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In terms of justice‚ Plato uses political communities and the individual of one’s self and family as to what he thinks justice is. In the Republic Plato states that “ no two people are born exactly alike”. Plato was right about this quote‚ but he uses this quote in general to get to the bottom of what it means to be just or unjust in life for the individual and even the state. Socrates through his conversation with Adeimantus gives information about what Plato thinks justice is‚ he uses political
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Assess whether Plato can provide objectively correct solutions to moral issues (45m) Plato aims to provide objective and absolute solutions to moral issues‚ his intelligible realm is where these solutions lie. Plato is a realist and views morality as an objective issue which has a right or wrong answer. Morality is about rationality. Plato’s largest argument for providing objective moral solutions is his theory of the Forms. The forms are only accessible through reasoning and rationality‚ according
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