the book seems to be the nature of justice‚ a topic in political philosophy‚ but Plato also has his characters explore issues in philosophical cosmology‚ philosophical theology‚ philosophical anthropology‚ ethics‚ aesthetics‚ and epistemology. The parts of the Republic that are contained in our text (pp. 107-123) focus on Plato’s idea (ideal?) of the Philosopher Ruler. According to Plato‚ the best possible political system (state) will be ruled (governed) by
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Does Descartes’ “evil demon” thought experiment show that we cannot know anything about the external world? Descartes’ ‘evil demon’ thought experiment was originally imagined by Rene Descartes in Meditations I. The thought experiment still remains relevant in the modern day‚ with the popularity of the ‘brain in a vat’ thought experiment and its numerous parallels in films such as the Matrix and Total Recall. Descartes tries to deconstruct his preconceived beliefs about the world‚ to truly understand
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today‚ people admire the ideas of Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle. Their teachings are at the root of modern philosophy and science. Alfred Whitehead is quoted as saying: “The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.” If you really know how to read Plato‚ the truth behind this statement is easy to see. Nearly every great philosophical idea was discussed by Plato to some extent. The best way to put it is the way the
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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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In the allegory of the cave‚ Plato describes several men who have been chained all their lives with only a wall in front of them in which shadows are displayed and only echoes are heard. These men believe these shadows and echoes to be the totality of real things in the world without any inclination to question the veracity of their perception. Once one of them is released from the chains and comes out of the cave‚ he is welcomed into a new reality‚ one that supersedes the misapprehension of the
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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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René Descartes René Descartes has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy"‚ but he was also one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution of the 17th Century‚ and is sometimes considered the first of the modern school of mathematics. As a young man‚ he found employment for a time as a soldier (essentially as a mercenary in the pay of various forces‚ both Catholic and Protestant). But‚ after a series of dreams or visions‚ and after meeting the Dutch philosopher and scientist Isaac Beeckman
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The widely popular science fiction movie‚ “The Matrix‚” directed by the Wachowski brothers deals with a false reality. In this‚ people are kept in shells as energy sources and plugged into a computer simulation of a world that they believe is real and concrete. The premise is that artificially intelligent machines surpassed the intellect of humans and have risen up against them. Cut off from the sun‚ their source of energy‚ they turn to humans as the ultimate renewable source of energy. The story
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Plato‚ student of Socrates‚ and Aristotle‚ student of Plato‚ two of the most influential philosophers to have ever walked the earth‚ take two completely different approaches whilst talking about the formation of city states and epistemology itself. Plato primarily defined the nature of things in theoretical terms through metaphysics‚ in contrast to actual terms. Thus by looking to the ’higher forms’ he aimed to explain the function of existing knowledge and understandings in the search for the ’absolute
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Plato (/ˈpleɪtoʊ/;[1] Greek: Πλάτων‚ Plátōn‚ "broad";[2] 428/427 or 424/423 BCE[a] – 348/347 BCE) was a philosopher‚ as well as mathematician‚ in Classical Greece‚ and an influential figure in philosophy‚ central in Western philosophy. He was Socrates’ student‚ and founded the Academy in Athens‚ the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with Socrates and his most famous student‚ Aristotle‚ Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science.[3] Alfred
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