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    Explain how Plato’s epistemological assumptions shape his metaphysics (Why does he think that there must be Forms? Hint: Plato says (in effect): “Since knowledge is certain‚ therefore the objects of knowledge must be unchanging.”). b) Define Plato’s Forms and present the theory of Forms by explaining the “divided line.” (You can use the visual image‚ but explain it.) Plato was extremely devoted in answering the sophists’ skepticism about reason and morality. To do so‚ he spent more time than

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    Plato: "The Good"

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    “The Good” Plato Midterm Paper Plato was one of the most prominent Greek philosophers‚ influencing the very core of philosophy for years to come. His early analysis of society and its values began the quest for answers to questions of existence and awareness. In “The Republic‚” Plato explains the concept of Forms and Ideas while also inquiring on both justice within a person and what exactly makes a person ‘just.’ Plato argued that the human soul innately searched for the Form of Good which could

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    Plato and Socrates

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    Plato and Socrates Classical Greece in the 4th and 5th centuries BC was a period in which some of history’s greatest philosophers lived. The relationship between Plato‚ and his mentor Socrates was‚ for Plato‚ one of reverence. Plato viewed his teacher as an inspiration and as a philosophical model to emulate. Plato was a student of Socrates. Plato is the main eye-witness source for the life of Socrates and we know from his account of Socrates’ trial that Plato was a student at the time. Socrates

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    Plato Education

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    Plato is known as one of the earliest thinkers on education. He believed that the key to a successful society is a strong educational system. The purpose of education according to Plato‚ is to produce good citizens for the benefit of society and to improve the moral quality of each citizen. With proper training focusing on literature‚ music‚ and mathematics a person would become well aware of what is morally acceptable and what has the potential to ruin society. Plato wanted all citizens to use

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    Plato and Thrasymachus

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    Platos Notion of Justice vs. Thrasymachus‚ Why Be Moral? By: Khonstance Milan Plato has a different sense of justice than what we ourselves would consider to be justice. Justice starts in the heart and goes outward. Justice is about being a person of good intent towards all people‚ doing what is believed to be right or moral. Plato believes that once a person has a true understanding of justice that they will want to be “just” for its own benefit regardless of good or bad consequence. Though

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    the republic of plato

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    The Republic of Plato Before I started reading Plato’s the Republic‚ I was loathe to admit that reading those philosophy books were gonna really change how I view myself. It was totally a waste of time to read these vague and complicated books. As I went on reading the republic‚ I saw many similar things that still existed in our society. In the book‚ Plato prescribes severe dictates concerning the cultural life of the city. He rules out all poverty‚ with the exception of hymns to the gods and

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    Plato, Machiavelli

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    Reiko Brady Intro to Political Science 8 March 2013 Idealism vs Realism Machiavelli says the prince only has to seem good‚ not be good. Plato insists that seeming is bad‚ being is good. Nicolo Machiavelli is known as being an realist who accepted that fact that humans are brutal‚ selfish‚ and fickle while Plato was an idealist who believed people could be ruled by a philosopher king who  ruled over the warriors and tradesmen of his ideal republic with rationality. In his view the philosopher-king

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    Philosophy of Plato

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    By studying Plato’s views on the soul‚ virtues‚ and forms‚ one can understand his outlooks on the individual and natural purpose‚ or telos. Plato had a teleological worldview‚ so he believed everything in nature had an end‚ or purpose. In his famous Allegory of the Cave‚ along with the Sun and Line analogies‚ Plato outlines the spiritual and intellectual journey of a human from ignorance into goodness and knowledge‚ which symbolizes a human reaching his or her purpose. This essay will evaluate Plato’s

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    Plato on Justice

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    Plato’s interpretation of justice as seen in ‘The Republic’ is a vastly different one when compared to what we and even the philosophers of his own time are accustomed to. Plato would say justice is the act of carrying out one’s duties as he is fitted with. Moreover‚ if one’s duties require one to lie or commit something else that is not traditionally viewed along with justice; that too is considered just by Plato’s accounts in ‘The Republic.’ I believe Plato’s account of justice‚ and his likely

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    Plato Essay

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    10/19/13 Plato: Certainty and Human Nature Plato was born in 427 BCE in Athens‚ Greece. He devoted his life to philosophy after the death of his mentor‚ Socrates at the hands of the Athenian court. He‚ most notably‚ was the first philosopher to develop ideas of human nature‚ knowledge‚ and metaphysics‚ and argued for the existence of the soul. Furthermore‚ he believed that there was distinction between changing physical objects and the unchanging‚ perfect ideals of the mind‚ and that the mortal

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