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    Archeologists have also found traces of an ancient city that match Plato’s description(B). Another thing about Atlantis is that nobody knows the exact location of the city. Plato has described where he believed the city to be but it was a dead end. Some believe that Atlantis was located in the Arctic but it has still not been

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    and archeologists have spent years trying to “open the mysterious veil of Atlantis”. But has Atlantis ever existed? There has been questionable evidence throughout time but is it enough to prove the existence of the Lost City of Atlantis? Ever since Plato described Atlantis in his famous dialogues‚ there have been hundreds of theories and searches for the Lost City‚ encompassing

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    More than two-thousand years have elapsed since Plato wrote what many consider his most famous work‚ Republic. To this day‚ students and scholars alike grapple with the challenging philosophical issues presented therein. The thematic crux of the work lies in the nature of justice. In defining this slippery concept‚ Socrates details the structure and workings of what he considers a truly just city‚ the kallipolis. There are those who would say that this kallipolis may be equated to a utopia‚ an

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    Understanding the Text Questions: Plato-The Speech of Aristophanes 1. Knowing that Aristophane’s speech was part of a series of other speeches but in a much more friendly competition didn’t quite affect my understanding of the words. I knew he was considered evil by Plato because he“...viciously satirized Socrates as manipulative...and an...impractical teacher who taught students to circumvent the law”(Plato 89). Although this occurred‚ in this passage Aristophane came off as a smart man

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    whether‚ for Plato‚ art can also acquaint us with the ideas and the truth. “There is a long standing tradition‚ dating back to Plato‚ of regarding art with suspicion for its power over our emotions‚ and much of Western aesthetic theorizing has been a response to Plato’s challenge.” (Tanner 68) Plato’s arguments and refusal to accept art as a valuable method of acquainting us with the truth has provided a lasting legacy for the criticism of all art forms today. At first glance Plato appears to

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    determine what‚ in the writings of Plato‚ is an accurate portrayal of Socrates’ thought and what is the thought of Plato with Socrates as a literary device. Socrates‚ often credited with founding western philosophy and who was put to death by the democracy of Athens in May‚ 399 BC‚ was Plato’s teacher and mentor; Plato‚ like some of his contemporaries‚ wrote dialogues about his departed teacher. Most of what we know about Socrates comes from the writings of Plato; however‚ it is widely believed that

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    Alina Rossi-Conaway Mr. Woodruff Philosophy and Composition HH December 7‚ 2012 Relation of Pain and Enjoyment to Character Rough Draft In the Callicles portion of Plato’s Gorgias‚ something was agreed upon by Socrates and Callicles during an investigative conversation that is just not true. Around 499a‚ the two men agree in passing that he who feels enjoyment is good‚ and he who feels pain is bad. These assertions are explained by saying that good men feel enjoyment because good things are

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    Drafty Plato was born in 427 BC in Athens‚ Greece. He was born into a wealthy and aristocratic family with a political background. Plato’s father claimed he was a descendent of Codrus‚ the last king of Athens; on his mother’s side he was related to a Greek lawmaker by the name of Solon. Plato’s father died when he was still young and the rest of his childhood was spent with his mother and her new husband Pyrilampes‚ an Athenian politician. Although Plato had many political influences in his

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    In the Meno‚ Plato justifies the possibility for one ’s mind to uncover knowledge. Knowing one can obtain knowledge motivates the mind to gain more knowledge. Plato explains the theory of recollection by first questioning what virtue is‚ then demonstrating the process through the questioning of a slave boy. Although a few weaknesses present themselves in Plato ’s argument‚ Plato presents a valid theory on how our minds can obtain knowledge. This paper focuses on exploring Plato ’s theory of recollection

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    died nobly and without fear” (Plato 58e). As Cicero says‚ Socrates at his death “spoke in language which made him seem not as one thrust out to die but as one ascending to the heavens” (Ahrensdorf 1). The reason he acts in such fearless manner lies in his hope and belief in the afterlife: “I should be wrong not to resent dying if I did not believe that I should go first to other wise and good gods‚ and then to men who have died and are better than men are here” (Plato 63b). He strongly believes in

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