considered a good life? One might argue that living peacefully is a good life with no evil or crime exist. Some might say that it is to have the wealth in life. But is wealth alone enough for living in a good life? Can a rich man who has an enormous amount of gold and silver find peace within? Certainly the good life does need things like wealth‚ but the good life also need something else to bring the happiness in life. Epicurus for once present the world his depiction of a good life in his “Letter
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The good life is a condition in which a person will be the most happy. Both Plato and Aristotle see the good life as the state in which a person exhibits total virtue. Plato reasons that a person will exhibit total virtue when his desires have been extinguished‚ while Aristotle believes the perfect state will bring forth the virtue in men. Plato argues that the good life springs from love because through love‚ men can rid themselves of desires. That is not to say that every loving relationship creates
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In Plato’s Apology‚ Socrates states that‚ “The unexamined life is not worth living” (38a). I am using the knowledge learned through hours of class discussion of Socrates from the Euthyphro‚ Apology‚ and Crito to explain what Socrates means by “the examined life‚” and why he thinks that it is the only life worth living‚ and why he thinks that it can be lived only with others‚ in Athens. In doing so‚ I have found that the truth sought by Socrates is much more about the journey that one takes while
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especially when we apply it individually. In the "Apology" by Plato‚ the character of Socrates is one of a man in his seventies who believes that his calling is to “discourse about virtue‚ and of those other things about which you hear [him] examining [himself] and others...” Plato describes Socrates living a philosophical or examined life which overall implies the concept of human excellence. For him‚ human excellence is examining one’s life and beliefs and determining how we can live well and overall
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In Act II‚ scene VII‚ of the play As You Like It‚ a disheartened Jacques takes a long look at life: All the worlds a stage‚ and all the men and women‚ merely players; They have their exits and their entrances‚ and one man in his time plays many parts(1-4) It is a line that is as simplistic as it is complicated‚ comparing the cycle of life to that of a play. This quote‚ pulled from the play As You Like it‚ a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare
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1. Introduction In this essay in is a discussion about based on philosopher and which group of people Plato thinks should be ruling and why. The essay will start off with clarifying key concepts‚ for example what is a philosopher because it is much easier to understand the easy when one understands the key terms in it‚ terms that will appear throughout the essay itself. Then Plato’s theory will then be analysed in more detail and it is also of great importance that one also talks about Plato’s
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In order for Plato to create his idea of a perfect society‚ he makes the argument that censorship is essential for the benefit of the society as a whole. Though his idea opposes the fundamental beliefs of his audience‚ Plato creates a rhetorical strategy that disputes the case in which there must be censorship within the Republic. Plato also argues that monitoring what the children are exposed to will ultimately benefit not only the children‚ but the entire Republic. In order for Plato to get his audience
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Biography of Plato. Plato was a Greek philosopher‚ mathematician‚ rhetorician‚ writer‚ founder of Academy‚ and even a double Olympic champion. He was born in 427 BCE in family of wealthy and influential Athenian parents: Ariston and Perictione. Plato ’s real name was Aristocles. For his athletic figure his wrestling coach called him Plato‚ which means “broad”. As Plato was from a wealthy family‚ he got the best teachers of that time‚ who taught him music‚ grammar and athletics. At the age
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emphasize the moral and theological virtues underscored by convent life. Arnauld heavily emphasized the efficacy of God’s grace. When asked by one of the sisters if she had fears‚ she replied‚ “. . . qu’elle n’avoit jamais été plus assure‚ parce qu’elle sçavoit que nous étions entre les mains de Dieu . . .” Her belief that nothing happens without God’s knowledge and permission reassured her in the face of persecution. According to Arnauld‚ one cannot do anything but rely on God’s grace‚ and that
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Tearra Daniel Philosophy 1030 Plato 2/20/2013 Plato was a well-known wrestler‚ and the name by which we know him today was his ring name. Plato means broad or flat: presumably in this case the former meaning‚ referring to his shoulder. At his birth in 429 B.C. Plato was given the name Aristocles. He was born in Athens‚ or on the island of Aegina‚ which lies just twelve miles offshores from Athens in the Saronic Gulf. Plato was born into one of the great political families of Athens. His
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