tools‚ the laws‚ class structures‚ religions‚ and government. However‚ it also depends on the way an individual thinks and how their way of thinking could contribute to improving society. In ancient Greece‚ there lived three great men named Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle. These men were the first and still the greatest philosophers of all time. They questioned people’s way of life and even the meaning of life itself. The teaching of philosophy would help shape Western civilization into the greatness
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WHY DOES PLATO COMPARE ORDINARY HUMAN EXISTENCE TO THAT OF CHAINED PRISONERS IN A CAVE? Plato in his famous Allegory of Cave compared the ordinary human existence to that of chained prisoners in a cave. According to Plato‚ we are all stuck in a false reality in this world like prisoners in a cave. His cave theory still applies today in the sense that the people are influenced and controlled by the world around them. They do not want to realize or seek the truth; instead they wish to live
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Explain the way Plato’s concept of the Form of Good might influence the way Christians understand God Plato said that the knowledge of the Good is the highest knowledge a human is capable of. A human being struggles to see past the illusion of this world because they are ruled by their senses. Only the person who investigates and questions learns the truth behind this illusion. Plato believed that most things have a Form‚ however some do not‚ such as evil. The Forms he believed that some were
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examples like these be explained without using the word “Harm”? Since the world has been existed; many philosophers‚ scholars‚ prophets and the mankind have searched the answers of these questions; such as Mark‚ William‚ Hans‚ Juan‚ Moses‚ Socrates‚ Plato had and has done the same. All these people have tried to distinguish the differences between; good & bad‚ true & false‚ beauty & ugly. They have tried to solve the secrets of life; which is better‚ more qualified and more productive. During and after
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both in the institutions of States and in motions of the heavenly bodies Each virtue that Plato explains in Republic is connected to the proper work of the State. Virtuous individual is the face of the State- if the citizen is wise‚ the State will look wise‚ if the citizen is just the State will be just. The four virtues‚ wise‚ valiant‚ temperate and just‚ are needed for the State to be perfect. Plato elucidates how virtues of individual relate to the ideal republic. First virtue in the State
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Why does Plato think that the soul is immortal? Is he right? Discuss with close reference to Phaedo 102a-107b. The Phaedo is Plato’s attempt to convince the reader of the immortality of the soul using four main arguments. These include the argument of affinity‚ recollection‚ Forms and the law of opposites. In the final passage of the Phaedo‚ (Grube‚ 2002:102a-107b)‚ Plato provides his ‘Final Proof’‚ despite seeming like the most conclusive argument it is not necessarily the most convincing. Plato
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Plato’s Republic and More’s Utopia How would you define happiness? Would you say happiness is always a good thing? Or would you say the complete opposite and say it’s a bad thing. At that moment you might even ask yourself‚ could it even be bad? Whether or not you believe happiness is good or bad you know one thing for certain‚ and that is‚ happiness is defined by what you define it to be regardless of anyone else. But between Plato’s Republic‚ and More’s Utopia happiness is defined by one main
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political rule” Asses whether Plato has shown his claim to be false. Plato believes that the ideal ruler of the state should be a philosopher. He states that a king concerned with the pursuit of wisdom would undoubtedly be better than a lover of power‚ wealth or status. To have the majority vote for what is best would be irrelevant as they do not understand what is real and Philosophers are the only ones who can do this and fully understand the forms. Plato agrees that Philosophers in Athenian
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them. When one of them is released to the outside world‚ the people who remain in the cave do not believe the version of the story concerning the reality of the shadows they have spent the whole of their lives watching and analyzing. According to Plato‚ the chained people represent the uneducated and uninformed men in the society (Warmington 119). Behind them and directly in front of the fire‚ people walk on a raised platform‚ thus projecting the shadows and echoes on the blank wall. These are the
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The words carpe diem mean “seize the day” in Latin. It is a theme that has been used throughout the history of literature and has been a popular philosophy in teaching from the times of Socrates and Plato up to the modern English classroom. Carpe diem says to us that life isn’t something we have forever‚ and every passing moment is another opportunity to make the most out of the few precious years that we have left. In the poems “A Fine‚ a Private Place” by Diane Ackerman and “To His Coy Mistress”
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