Security and reaping the benefits of the children ’s solid education. The idea of educating the youth is not even close to a new idea. Philosophers such as Jean Jacques Rousseau in the seventeen hundreds and even farther back than that to the time of Plato in three hundred eighty six B.C. and after. Both of these great men shared similar ideas on how children should be taught so that they can get the most out of their education. Though educational philosophy dates back thousands of years‚ there are
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PHL202H5 Plato ’s Philosophy in Apology Plato was known to be one of Socrates ’ students‚ and knew him for over 40 years. Although Plato ’s version of Apology is popularly believed to be (the most accurate) historical recount of what happened in 399 B.C on the day of Socrates ’ trial‚ historians cannot be sure the validity of everything he wrote. It can be argued that it is actually a philosophical work‚ remarking on the teachings of Socrates and his beliefs‚ which he stood by even until his
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in a form of discussion now called the Socratic Method‚ where Socrates critiques the positions of the other characters in order to find flaws in inaccurate arguments. Although this method is prevalent even today‚ I will make the case that even when Plato himself is using it‚ the Socratic Method‚ while not without benefits‚ is an extremely flawed way of conducting educational discourse. The Socratic Method is a dialectic method of argument‚ meaning that the participants are ideally emotionally detached
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just willingly or unwillingly. In Book II of the Republic‚ Plato uses Glaucon’s Challenge to discuss what it means to be good and just. Two stories are present in the explanation: one of the ancestor of Gyges of Lydia that involves an invisibility ring and what the just person versus the unjust person would do with the power the ring possesses and another of a just man and an unjust man and which one is the preferred life to live. Before Plato explains what it means to be just and unjust‚ he categorizes
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Plato thinking was highly influenced by Socrates as evidenced in his book‚ “The Apology”. It depicts Socrates as one who was extremely interested in morality‚ living a good life and mostly caring for the soul. To him‚ there are no better blessings than those of God. Therefore‚ he was an ambassador of ethics (Plato & In Richards‚ 1966). In his writings‚ Plato brings out the aspect of general knowledge as being what people believe without need for foundational proof. Any act of believing otherwise
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Philosophy and Ethics Assessment: Critical Analysis of Plato’s the Good Defining the Good according to Plato is not an easy undertaking. The best approach to understanding the Good is to first understand it as a Form‚ and then define Plato’s theory of Forms. From there is possible to gain insight of the Good as a Form and its theoretical implications‚ especially concerning ethics. According to Plato‚ everything in the visible world is that of a Form. Forms can be described as “the single unitary entity
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a Journey undertaken by the soul of humanity -- to ascent from unenlightened to the enlightened‚ where Plato believes the Theory of Forms is located. As we see here “Anyone who has common sense will remember that the bewilderment of the eyes are of two kinds‚ and arise from two causes‚ either from coming out of light or from going into light…” (Plato 1122). Through the voice of Socrates‚ Plato effectively explains through rhetorical strategies of metaphor‚ symbolism‚ and logos to persuade his audience
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"good life" is pleasing oneself; while utilitarians believe that the "good life" is acting for the good of the rest of society and others. Philosophers also have their own interpretations. One philosopher that has his own interpretation is Plato in the Symposium. Plato portrays to the philosopher ’s "good life" when he uses the phrase "my greatest pleasure." The choice of the word "my" tells the reader that philosophical conversation may not necessarily be everyone ’s greatest pleasure but just his own
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Reflection Paper on Plato’s Republic According to Plato‚ a perfect society is a society that is organized in a superlatively efficient way‚ a society‚ which some scholars consider as an aristocratic government (Phylosophypages‚ 2001). Plato had it that such a society is made up of the rulers‚ the soldiers‚ and the people. In this perfect society‚ Plato claimed that the guardians of the state are supposed to be people with skills to lead. He was however‚ incredulous by the fact that this may not
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will provide further details about submission as the exam nears. 1. Plato and Thucydides are both critical of democracy. Describe each thinker’s criticism of democracy. What are the similarities and/or differences between these two lines of critique? Who in your judgment is more persuasive or convincing? Why? 2. Plato draws a distinction between good lies‚ which are useful‚ and bad lies‚ which are harmful. According to Plato‚ what is the difference between these two types of lies and what effects
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