Introduction to Philosophy Plato is one of the many philosophers who have had an influence on the ideas of humane thinking. Born in Athens‚ believed to be around 428 BC‚ Plato has expressed various works pertaining to idealism and the theory of forms. Plato has made many allegories and metaphors of life. One of his many famous writings would be included in his collected dialogues. The Republic‚ Book 1‚ is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around his mid-life. The Republic (Book 1) focuses
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The Significance of Art in The Republic of Plato Artist and philosophers alike have criticized The Republic of Plato as praising the justice of a censored society which‚ in reading The Republic as a philosophical treatise‚ is not surprising. Quotes abound in The Republic supporting this claim‚ such as “we must supervise the makers of tales; and if they make a fine tale‚ it must be approved‚ but if it’s not‚ it must be rejected. We’ll persuade nurses and mothers to tell the approved tales to their
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Metaphysics: Plato and Buddhism Plato used an idea called the cave allegory to show how humans are ignorant. Before I explain a real life example‚ I will explain the Idea. In the cave there are prisoners. These prisoners cannot move because they are restrained by chains. The only thing that they can see is a wall that illuminated by a great light. This light is actually a fire behind them‚ which has a low sitting wall in between itself and the prisoners. As men walk below the wall holding up objects
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The Republic by Plato builds an ideal and complete city between Socrates‚ Adeimantus‚ and Glaucon. The ideal city distinguishes between justice and injustice by establishing four virtues which are wisdom‚ courage‚ moderation‚ and justice (372e). Each citizen has a specific role or art which they are required to fulfill‚ in order for the ideal city to function properly. However‚ the city is not self-sufficient because each citizen is "in need of much. (369c)" In contrast to Plato‚ Aristotle’s Politics
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looking for what justice is‚ we must look at the larger picture when looking for something so difficult‚ and then move on to the smaller perspective. He then goes on to say that there is justice within one’s soul and within a city. And because the city is larger‚ it may be easier to find justice within the city first. “Perhaps‚ then‚ there is more justice in the larger thing‚ and it will be easier to learn what it is. So‚ if you’re willing‚ let’s first find out what sort of thing justice is in a city
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The notion of “equity” is an ethical conception which comes under the principles of distributive justice. Equity refers to either social justice or fairness (Beauchamp‚ 2009; Daniels‚ Kennedy‚ & Kawachi‚ 1999). Equity in health care system has been discussed across the globe. The concept of equity in health care means the absence of preventable inequalities or health disparities. In other words‚ equity in health care suggests that every individual is having adequate access to health in order to maintain
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Philosopher John Rawls aimed to determine principles of justice based on equality through his conception of the original position and the veil of ignorance. Rawls argued that individuals within a society who are in the original position would choose the difference principle to determine the allocation of resources. Rawls’ conception of justice revolves around two principles. The first principle argues that each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive system of equal basic liberties
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Birth‚ the magical moment in which a new life enters the world and a woman finally becomes a mother. The process from conception to birth truly is miraculous‚ and despite all the scientists that have brought numerous theories and explanations‚ mothers are the sole people on earth who can truly give insight on what it’s like to give birth to a human being. Throughout the conducted interview‚ the three phases which consist of the pregnancy‚ the labour‚ and ultimately the newborn/infancy phase were
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The minds of Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle SOCRATES‚ one of those who sought to develop a more consistent and purer concept of god‚ but he paid the price of a pioneer in that the masses misunderstood him. He was considered as the destroyer of the gods of the Greeks. He maintained that the centrality of the real essence of man and individual is not only its acceptance of the different gods but the real understanding of one’s relationship with others in a rational manner. This implies a rational
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should be avoided. (m) Trouble (p) should be avoided (s) Some parties (m) lead to trouble (s) Some parties (p) should be avoided 2. Physicists are the only scientists who theorize about the nature of time and Stephen Hawking certainly does that. Therefore‚ Stephen Hawking must be a physicist. (p) Physicists are the only scientists who (m) theorize about the nature of time (s) Stephen Hawking (m) theorizes about the nature of time (s) Stephen Hawking (p) should be a physicist 3. Obviously
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