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    Violence in The Arts – Plato vs. Aristotle Nowadays‚ it is hard to turn on a television program‚ catch a movie or buy your younger sibling a video game without encountering a warning for extreme violence. Everyday‚ our lives are exposed to violence on the screen‚ whether it is in the latest Sopranos episode or even watching the six o’clock news. For quite a while now‚ people have been demanding that stricter censorship be placed on the media‚ especially those programs and video games that can

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    Juan Rodriguez Lacasa The theme of justice in The Republic “The Republic” by Plato is considered to be a Socratic dialogue finished in 390 BC. In what is considered one of the most valuable pieces of work of Plato tries to answer questions such as: why should people do good things? Or other questions like: are people rewarded for doing bad things? However he also treats other themes as the theory of forms‚ the immortality of the soul and the roles of the philosopher and of poetry in society.

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    I. Short Answers 1. Plato uses the forms to discuss almost everything. Forms are general concepts that are used to classify different physical concepts. The forms are non physical‚ mental concepts. Plato utilizes the forms to prove mind-body dualism. The forms are real things‚ they exist‚ and are considered to be more real than physical things. It refers to things that are eternal‚ perfect‚ unchanging‚ and universal. The mind is also eternal‚ not the brain. Forms are concepts or ideas that help

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    Plato and Aristotle Name: Course instructor: Plato and Aristotle Just like Plato makes it clear especially in his apology of Socrates saying that he was among the devoted young followers‚ he must have told Aristotle about how he loved pizza but Aristotle must have argued out that he knew the pizza guy but he knew not about the extra large mutton and olive pie regardless of how hungry they were. This is just like they knew little about the hockey but knew about Athens

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    god-like ‘prime mover’ that set everything into motion. Surprisingly similar‚ Plato uses reflection and reason to deductively determine that there is a ‘natural creator’ who “…created…everything…in its essential nature” (Plato 316). While they mostly agree on ultimate reality‚ each philosopher’s view is different on the Forms. Although they might have been able to agree on an outside force influencing the universe‚ Plato and Aristotle’s separate way of thinking triggered Aristotle to reject Plato’s

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    will go to a happier destination. Like Socrates‚ who was expecting to join the Gods‚ “who are very good masters” ‚ Plato sees no reason to fear death. More importantly‚ he believes the soul is immortal. He was a dualist‚ and thus claiming that soul and body are two separate entities. The body is mortal and changes‚ while the soul is immortal and unchangeable. In his dialogue ‘Phaedo’‚ Plato presents three arguments for an immortal soul. Firstly‚ the cyclical argument

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    “Allegory of the cave” Allegory of the cave is written as a dialogue between Plato’s brother Glaucon and Socrates. It tells the story of human beings living in a cave. They have been there since they were little. Unfortunately‚ this is not a normal kind of life we would think of. These people were all sitting on the ground‚ tied in chains. Their necks‚ their legs‚ were all fettered‚ and they were only able to see what was right in front of them. They could not move their heads. Far above them

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    were separated by thousands of years‚ hundreds of miles‚ and different cultures‚ the philosophical views of Friedrich Nietzsche and Plato can be examined and weighed against each other in many different ways. Friedrich Nietzsche‚ born in 1844‚ was a German philosopher whose main goal was to erect a new image for the people and to create a free spirit in them. Plato‚ born in 427 B.C.‚ was a Greek philosopher whose main goal was to create a new way of thinking about the world itself‚ knowledge itself

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    Phaedo‚ a story written by Plato‚ is actually an account of how the death of Socrates went about. This fictitious story written from Phaedo’s point of view is used by Plato to detail his ideas of life and death‚ but through the perspective of Socrates on his final day. By emphasizing that in fact Plato was not there when this happened‚ he makes it clear that this is his speculation and not a true story. Nevertheless‚ there is a lot to learn about Socrates’ (and Plato’s) idea of the soul from this

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    Plato‚ or Aristocles as is his real name‚ was one of the most influential thinkers of history. Plato set up a school called the Academy in Athens in 387 BC. He wrote down his ideas in the form of dialogues‚ or discussions between people. The dialogues explain Plato’s metaphysics or ideas on subjects such as politics‚ law‚ science‚ education‚ art‚ and the nature of knowledge. One of the best known dialogues is The Republic‚ in which Plato describes his idea of an ideal‚ or perfect‚ government. All

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