Education in Confucius and Plato After long time of their death we still remember these philosophers – Plato and Confucius. We know Plato by his work “Republic”. Plato was born in Ancient Greece in 428. And Confucius was born in 551 in Ancient China. He tried to serve to rulers‚ often he was criticized. He was persecuted but‚ nevertheless‚ was famed by his wisdom. Confucius had a lot of followers and died in 479. He created Analects‚ which for more then 2 thousand years became ideological
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sense of what justice is. Plato offers two main analogies to examine the definition of justice. The division of parts in the soul as well as the parts of the state; We would now examine the structure of the soul. The soul is divided into three parts‚ the appetitive‚ spirited and the rational. By the account of the parts of the soul we are shown how a soul has different wills‚ yet in order for a soul to stay in the just path it must have some sort of hierarchy. Plato describes the spirited part
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the idea’s Aristotle collected while studying tragedies. A tragedy‚ according to Aristotle‚ consists of six major points. The first and most important is the plot‚ which is what all the other points are based on. Such points are: character‚ language‚ thought‚ melody‚ and spectacle (Aristotle). A prime example of the usage of these parts in a tragic drama is evident in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex”. The plot of a tragedy usually consists of a tragic hero’s fall from grace. Aristotle describes
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opinions regarding what happens after death‚ whether it be more of a religious or scientific view. Death is an unknown and interesting topic‚ that’s why all of these unique opinions make for a good debate. Plato‚ an ancient Greek philosopher who was a student of Socrates has many works and Western influence on death and dying. Western views on the soul living after death is developed from Plato’s ancient beliefs. Plato philosophized that the human soul is immortal‚ and that we shouldn’t fear death. Epicurus
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Lauren LaRue Philosophy 14 March 2012 Minor Essay No. 2 TOPIC A Think about one or more of your friendships in light of what Aristotle writes about friendship in the Nicomachean Ethics. Write an essay that reflects on both -- your friendship(s) in terms of Aristotle’s ideas and/or Aristotle’s ideas in terms of your friendship(s). You may refer to relevant sections of the Ethics by line number as needed‚ but the main idea here is to reflect on your real life experience of friendship and
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Notes on Poetics by Aristotle Part VI-Defining tragedy‚ it’s elements and Imitation Defines tragedy as an imitation that is serious‚ complete and with a certain magnitude. The success or failure of the tragedy aspect is dependent on action‚ and action consists of distinctive qualities through character and thought. Character is the association of virtues we give to the agent. Thought is fund everywhere‚ for everything must be justified. Therefore it is relevant for any statement or truth
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In the perspective of virtue Aristotle and Confucianism are similar because both talked about the virtue is a way to guiding humanity. Aristotle have to do with more action‚ that pertains to human good not what is right. Aristotle ethical system is mostly based off of common sense‚ and moral judgment. Confucianism is build off of cardinal relationships to help elucidate the family social rules and promote social harmony. In the book it states that as a husband‚ he is responsible of taking care of
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Plato The Protagoras Penguin Books‚ 2005‚ pages 15-30 In this extract‚ Plato presents the sophist !i.e.‚ professional philosopher" Protagoras talking with Socrates about how people become good. The extract contains a theory of moral education‚ and a theory of punishment. But most importantly‚ it is a discussion of the principles of democracy. The view that Socrates puts forward‚ and that Protagoras endorses and explains # that ethical competence is a non-technical matter‚ and a universal human
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Chapter 1 Platos Picture Show The Cave image is significant: link between philosophy and the cinema. Like Platos cave the cinema is dark where we are transfixed by mere images that are removed from reality. Watch images that are projected onto a screen. Images are copies of the real things outside the cinema. Highly realistic images vs the cave shadows. We are prisoners as we are prevented from grasping the true order of things by the limits of everyday experience‚ the limits of out ordinary conception
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that is a perfect example of the form itself. To anyone scanning through the forms they might not grasp the full concept Plato is trying to get across. However‚ if time is taken to examine Plato’s theory it can make sense. For Plato everything has a pure form. If you take any property of an object and separate it from the object itself‚ you are left contemplating a form. Plato splits up being into two worlds‚ the material world and the transcendent world of forms. We know of the world of forms
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