Plato and Aristotle Dialogue As I was at Plato’s Academy‚ I overhear an argument between Plato and Aristotle. The two were in an intensive argument over the theory of forms and the theory of knowledge. As I listened‚ I noticed that the two had extremely different viewpoints on the issues‚ but both men had compelling arguments. The first heated discussion was on the theory of knowledge. Plato’s views on knowledge were interesting to me. Plato believed that knowledge about reality comes from within
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talking about how he teaches his class‚ by naming the different types of literature they read throughout the school year. Then he says “I always have the option and the pleasure of asking a very smart group of students a revealing question: “What would Plato say?’” The author then starts talking about how ungrateful people are during his time. People are able to communicate with people all over the word and people can fly to places saving so much time just to get to their destination. Yet‚ people are unhappy
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PLATO ESSAY In some aspects‚ Plato supported the feminist’ view‚ that men and women are equal. When analyzing Book V of Plato’s Republic‚ many people argue as to whether or not Plato can be considered to be the ‘first feminist’. Martha Nussbaum claims that Plato is the ‘first feminist’. This essay will explore Book V of Plato’s Republic and will provide evidence to prove Martha Nussbaum’s claim that Plato is the first feminist. Firstly‚ what is a feminist? According to the oxford advanced learners
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Midterm Exam Wednesday October 2012 Moral Reasoning Test format and point distribution: * 5 matching (2 points each) * 20 multiple choice questions (1 point each) * 2 essays (5 points each) Format for Essay Questions:You will be given a moral dilemma and asked to apply either Utilitarianism or Kant’s moral theory to the situation Things to consider when applying the ethical theories Utilitarianism: For utilitarianism‚ you need to remember that we are concerned with the greatest
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Comparison of Descartes and Locke Philosophy on Innate Ideas Philosophers over the years have written and evaluated numerous topics in philosophy. Occasionally‚ these scholars concede to their ideas and sometimes disagree with each other’s thought. Two scholars had distinctive ideas about where innate ideas originate from and how we get these sorts of ideas. Notably‚ these two philosophers who had an opposing argument on where innate ideas originated from were Rene Descartes and John Locke. Descartes based
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Descartes wishes to dismiss anything that can be doubted because he wishes to find a true foundation in which to build beliefs on. Using skepticism Descartes can find something beyond doubt to build true beliefs on. By doing so he hoped that his rationale would be accepted by the popular school of thought at the time known as “Scepticism” as well as those who‚ for Descartes‚ falsely believed in Aristotelian physics. From there Descartes can use their logic to appeal to the skeptics and ultimately
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feel or have senses should at the very least be carefully examined and rigorously tested to determine whether it is‚ in fact‚ a reality” (From the abstract). Basically‚ we have to revise rigorously before we make the decisions. Now‚ according to Descartes about the dream hypothesis‚ when a person dreams‚ they can see many things that are very specifically clear but those things actually are not present at the moment or do not exist at all. Similarly‚ we see many
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In Crito by Plato‚ Crito attempts to persuade Socrates to escape from jail so as to avoid his death sentence. This essay will set out to elaborate on the things Plato would say to both Crito and Socrates‚ if he were to be in jail with them. In addition‚ this essay will elaborate further on the reasons Plato would not agree that Socrates’ decision‚ to stay in jail and accept his death sentence‚ would eventually result in happiness. Thus‚ I will establish the stand that Plato would take sides with
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belief. Using his “Myth of the Cave” Plato contends that sense experience cannot lead to knowledge‚ but in fact knowledge can only be found in ideal models—Forms. I will argue that though false premises and problematic justification of the immortal soul exist as severe challenges to Plato’s epistemological view‚ Plato’s arguments ultimately cannot be concretely proven incorrect nor
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scheme of values propagated by some person or persons and fostered by institutional means in order to direct all aspects of private and public life2 that are significant to politics. With this definition in mind‚ this essay will put forward an argument in favour of the notion that Plato was a totalitarian‚ evident in his conception of the kallipolis which drives forward a totalitarian and utopian dream for a ‘natural class rule of the wise few over the ignorant many’3. On the contrary‚ a literary reading
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