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 and His Theory on Government Plato was a pupil under Socrates. During his studies‚ Plato wrote the Dialogues‚ which are a collection of Socrates’ teachings. One of the parables included in the Dialogues is "The Allegory of the Cave". "The Allegory..." symbolizes man’s struggle to reach understanding and enlightenment. First of all‚ Plato believed that one could only learn through dialectic reasoning and open-mindedness. Humans had to travel from the visible realm of image making and objects
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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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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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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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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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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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