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    Crito By Plato Analysis

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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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    Mimesis: Plato and Aristotle 1‚515 Words Philosophy 2348: Aesthetics\ The term ‘mimesis’ is loosely defined as ‘imitation’‚ and although an extensive paper could be written about the cogency of such a narrow definition‚ I will instead focus on Plato and Aristotle’s contrasting judgements of mimesis (imitation). I will spend one section discussing Plato’s ideas on mimesis and how they relate to his philosophy of reality and the forms. I will then spend a section examining Aristotle’s differing

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    PHAEDO: IMMORTALITY OF SOUL In the dialogue Phaedo Plato discusses the immortality of the soul. He presents four different arguments to prove the fact that although the body of the human perishes after death; the soul still exists and remains eternal. Firstly‚ he explains the Argument from Opposites that is about the forms and their existence in opposite forms. His second argument is Theory of Recollection which assumes that each and every information that one has in his/her mind is related to

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    Socrates Vs Plato

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    Republic‚ Plato uses his writing to express different opinions‚ through the conversations of Socrates and other characters. Towards the beginning of Republic‚ Socrates says that people believe others don’t “feel” old if they are rich and wealthy and not because they have a disposition to happiness. Socrates is pointing out that people value wealth and believe that being rich is the key to a happy life rather than having the disposition to look at life with happiness always. Another point Plato believes

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    Platos Apology

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    Plato’s Apology is a narrative of the famous speech of Socrates that is made during his trial. Instead of apologizing‚ Socrates attempts to defend himself and his actions. He is put on trial due to his accusations of corrupting Athens‚ not acknowledging the same gods as the state‚ and creating new gods. During his dialogue‚ Socrates remains very calm and speaks with honesty. He focuses on what is said rather than his manner of speech. When he is first presented in from of the jury‚ Socrates asks

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    Aristotle Versus Plato

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    THE CONCEPT OF IMITATION IN PLATO AND ARISTOTLE Abstract Plato and Aristotle argue that artist (Demiurge) and poet imitate nature‚ thus‚ a work of art is a reflection of nature. However‚ they have different views on the functions of imitation in art and literature. Plato believes in the existence of the ideal world‚ where exists a real form of every object found in nature. A work of art –which reflects nature is twice far from the reality it represents. Aristotle‚ on the other hand‚ does not

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    Plato vs. Aristotle

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    Both Plato and Aristotle are extremely famous and credible philosophers who have very different views on this idea of Forms and the concept of knowledge. Plato first introduces this Theory of Forms‚ where he recognizes Forms to be the one source to all of knowledge. He describes and explains this theory in many of his works including Phaedo and the allegory of the cave. Then Aristotle criticizes and challenges this idea in his work‚ Nicomachean Ethics. While both philosophers have extremely persuasive

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    afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light”‚ Plato said. Studying knowledge is something philosophers have been doing for as long as philosophy has been around. People always see just a part of things around the world. They need an open mind to understand more deep and wise into the world. It’s one of those perennial topics that philosophy has been refining since before the time of Plato. The discipline is known as epistemology which comes from two Greek words episteme

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    short note on plato

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    Plato’s Metaphysics in a Nutshell it is vital to know the difference Plato made between sensible "things" and "forms." Things are those aspects of reality which we see though our senses: a boy‚ a table‚ fan‚ television‚ etc. Everything that we experience in the world of impression is constantly changing (the television will start to get worn down‚ the boy will age with time)‚ imperfect and often passing away. This is the realm of appearances‚ and we all know that appearances can be deceptive.

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    Plato Justice

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    best work every time‚ he will no longer be excellent which makes him unjust. Near the end of book one‚ in section 354A‚ line 5‚ Socrates boldly claims that‚ "a just person is happy and an unjust one wretched." Thrasymachus agrees to this claim which leads Socrates to state that‚ "Injustice is never more profitable than justice."(354A‚ lines 8&9). Just based upon these claims‚ one can assume that it is logical that being just creates happiness. An Important detail to note is his

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