they know the answer to this. No one had a better understanding of what justice was and what constituted a just life than Plato and Socrates. After reading his famous book‚ The Republic‚ it left me confused‚ yet well educated on what Plato thought was justice. Philosophers say this book could possibly be the single most important philosophical books of Western Tradition. Plato believed that there is more need for abstract thought than concrete thought. He proposes that there were two worlds the real
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Diotima‚ Socrates’ great teacher from the Symposium‚ a work by Plato was one of the most influential women thinkers of all time‚ whether she was a real person or a literary fictional character. She related to Socrates the theory of love that he described to the partygoers at Agathon’s banquet‚ a celebration of Agathon’s victory at the competition of Dionysis in Athens and of Eros. Before we search for the idea of why Diotima is a woman‚ we should first discuss a little about her. We know that
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presents two proofs – Doctrine of Opposites and second which is based on Theory of Recollections. In Phaedo he writes: “That soul‚ I say‚ herself invisible‚ departs to the invisible world – to the divine and immortal and rational…”. In this quote‚ Plato uses the first argument about Opposites of things. He implies that while the body dies and decomposes‚ the soul still lives. In other words‚ if the body must cease‚ the soul should be immortal because it is the body’s opposite. There are a lot of examples
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Sadri Hellenistic‚ Medieval‚ and Early Modern Thinkers In 250 to 500 words‚ briefly describe either Plato or Aristotle’s ideas about metaphysics or epistemology. As for Plato‚ Aristotle’s metaphysics and epistemology are closely bound together. The nature of what we know is tightly bound up with what it is we know. Like Plato‚ Aristotle takes his cue from language‚ though‚ again like Plato‚ the objects of his enquiry are not linguistic items‚ but ontological ones. The classification of categories
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or skipped over‚ when those things should have been introduced‚ and whether other types of people should have a certain type of education. Two differing methods of addressing the issue of education are presented by Plato in The Republic and by his student‚ Aristotle‚ in Politics. Plato presents three types of education in The Republic: the mechanical education for each type of citizen within Socrates’ republic‚ the process of attaining an intelligible understanding of the world for philosophers as
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In the article "Allegory of the Cave‚" Plato talks with one of his students and tries to show the difference between people who think their perception of things they see or hear is the truth‚ and people who can see the actual truth. To make things clear‚ he came up with this allegory where people were living underground. They were chained‚ so they didn’t have a chance to move their body or turn their heads. The only thing they saw was a wall right in front of their eyes. Behind them there was a path
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introduction we are introduced to Euthyphro‚ a young man who has accused his father of murder. This strikes Socrates as significantly interesting and as a result an interesting and long debated conversation transpires and is recorded by Socrates student; Plato. The main topic of this debate is the definition of holiness. Socrates is being accused of being unholy and if found guilty he will be put to death. So Socrates is in pursuit of a greater understanding of what is holy. Euthyphro claims he is knowledgeable
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Plato’s Gorgias In The Gorgias‚ Plato uses the character‚ Socrates‚ in a debated dialogue to get his ideas out on his position on rhetoric and philosophy. He views rhetoric as a knack‚ or experience created into an art‚ producing delight and gratification‚ rather than true art. Plato’s primary argument against sophistry is that it is not an art‚ but only a knack because sophists are not concerned with what is best for a person’s soul‚ but only concerned with what pleases their audience. The
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Plato’s classic work‚ The Republic. It is in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon‚ a brother of Plato‚ and contains the famous cave allegory. The final reading is a section from Meditation I from Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes who offers some reasons to doubt his senses. Questions to consider: 1 Compare and contrast The Matrix with the readings from Plato and Descartes. What are some similarities and differences? 2 Can we prove the world we are experiencing is real
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dandy until his friend Chaerephon had told him that “He went to Delphi at one time and ventured to ask the oracle – as I say‚ gentlemen‚ don create a disturbance – he asked if any man was wiser than I‚ and the Phythian replied that no one was wiser” (Plato‚ p 26). During Socrates crusade of trying to find who was the wise man alive. Socrates oversteps his boundary and decries powerful men’s. Now these powerful men (Lycons‚ Meletus‚ and Anytus) started to dislike Socrates and his teaching; claiming
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