How and why‚ according to Plato‚ do States decline. “…since all creates things must decay‚ even a social order of this kind cannot last for all time‚ but will decay.” (546a) Socrates recognises that his “ideal state” is unlikely to occur in the first place‚ but if it did exist‚ it will not last. Plato breaks down the decay into five regimes‚ decaying in order of best to worst‚ with each regime occupied by a type of man. Fundamentally‚ the decline occurs due to the polis not recognising their proper
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Contributions It is believed that Plato‚ a student of Socrates‚ was one of the greatest contributors of philosophy. Proof of Plato ’s notoriety in the world of philosophy can be clearly seen with his dialogues and his renowned student Aristotle. Plato’s writings are in the form of dialogues‚ with Socrates as the principal speaker. With his theory of Forms‚ he had discussed a wide range of metaphysical and ethical questions while finding inherent connections between the two. Plato also considered epistemological
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What characteristics make these essays expository? I thought both essays used evidence‚ examples‚ or facts to explain a concept and they informed me as the reader about their topics with a thesis as its base. The information was presented fairly and in a non-biased manner. Identify the type of organization each author used to develop the essay (topic‚ time order‚ space order‚ or informative process). The type of organization the author used for the essay “Setting the Table” was the Informative
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Sample Expository Essay The purpose of an expository essay is to present important information about a specific subject. In the following example‚ RHS student writer Kellyann Bandusky carefully explains her career ambitions. Notice that the essay follows the proper MLA format. Bandusky 1 Kellyann Bandusky Mrs. Cavallo English I January 30‚ 2006 A Career to Make Life Worth Living Many teenagers spend a lot of time contemplating what they want to do when they graduate from high school. I am fortunate
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According to Socrates‚ an unjust person is an unhappy person. Why do you believe Socrates made this analogy? How does one become a balanced individual? Furthermore‚ Plato also has an opinion of what a well-balanced person is. Show how Plato’s understanding of a well-balanced person is necessary to a society in harmony with itself‚ and how that ties in with Socrates’ preceding analogy. Socrates believed a unjust person could not be happy that only the just person could be happy. The unjust person
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ENGL 212 Fall 2014 Essay I Disnerys Molina Wisdom means being wise‚ intellectual‚ or all-knowing. It is associated with a certain calmness‚ and a willingness to look at all the facts and make a well-informed decision. In Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Apology by Socrates we see how wisdom isn’t in all entirety a positive thing to have. ‘’alas how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise ‘’ – Oedipus‚ in this quote we see how Oedipus feels as if he has this
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Of Mice and Men Expository Essay John Steinback’s Of Mice and Men is a book that describes the chase of the American Dream. Although achieving the American Dream is a great desire for all‚ seldom does it actually come true. George and Lennie‚ the two main characters in the book‚ have a goal of pursuing their version of the American Dream‚ as do many other characters. However‚ due to relationships and other conflicts‚ that dream is not achieved. Almost immediately‚ Steinback poses the question
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“For seeking and learning are in fact nothing but recollection.” (Socrates) I have never been a big fan of reincarnation‚ but I think it’s really interesting that how Socrates looked at it. I think it’s true that we knew the stuff that we know now from before. The brain is the most complicated organs in the body and doesn’t matter how much science improved and now we know about brain way much more‚ but still there’s a lot of mystery that we don’t know about it and recollection could be one of them
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Socrates describes a perfect city in Plato’s The Republic. Many questions are asked in the book‚ such as “What is an ideal city?” Or‚ “What is justice?” And‚ “Is justice in the city possible?” Socrates tries to find the real meaning of the word justice. He starts with justice within a single person‚ and then he tries to take that concept and apply it to the city. Then‚ to figure out the perfect city‚ he goes back to the single person to find justice there. He shows that the perfect city needs the
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people. Socrates proves Thrasymachos otherwise by arguing that being just is virtuous‚ wise and profitable and being unjust does not make people stronger nor more powerful. Those in power or rulers make laws that are just for themselves but Thrasymachos agrees that sometimes rulers make mistakes and make laws that are unjust to them‚ therefore‚ making them just or advantageous for the people they rule. Therefore‚ unjust people would not be more powerful in this case. Additionally‚ Socrates goes on
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