World History Honors
WT Notebook Journal 1
Plato, a Greek philosopher and disciple of Socrates, wrote The Republic, which is a discussion between Socrates and Glaucon about the theory of forms and comparison of the cave to the Athenian democracy. The best republic, Plato advocated, is one in which Philosophers hold power and roles are defined by personality. Athenian democracy was a common hatred of both Plato and Socrates, their theory and belief of forms, their comparison of people in the cave as prisoners of democracy, and their belief that they need to lead the ignorant out of the cave all reflected their opinion on the government that was being used at the time. Due to their belief, they saw only unhappiness within the corrupt democratic government, since the government was run by uneducated people, it lacked unity and rules, and was not a true acceptable form of government and it needed to be reformed. Many of Plato’s ideas, based off of Socrates' teachings and theories and his idea that the government needed to change for the morality of the people, were what lead him to write The Republic. Plato wanted a government in which personality was defined by roles and were organized by the needs of human nature. He proposed that those who demonstrate leadership should hold power, and due to this belief, he felt …show more content…
was a disastrous illness that swept through much of Europe and killed a good portion of its population. Much of the Black Death was spread from trade, but it was easily caught by the malnourished, dirty, and overcrowded city population. Some Europeans believed that it was sent to the Jews for being sinners of God while others thought it was a sickness of the air or even the water. Due to the Black Death, there was a decline in trade, which also caused labor shortages, a decline of serfdom, growth of cities, and mass death, serving as a major theme in art and literature, being that much of the population
WT Notebook Journal 1
Plato, a Greek philosopher and disciple of Socrates, wrote The Republic, which is a discussion between Socrates and Glaucon about the theory of forms and comparison of the cave to the Athenian democracy. The best republic, Plato advocated, is one in which Philosophers hold power and roles are defined by personality. Athenian democracy was a common hatred of both Plato and Socrates, their theory and belief of forms, their comparison of people in the cave as prisoners of democracy, and their belief that they need to lead the ignorant out of the cave all reflected their opinion on the government that was being used at the time. Due to their belief, they saw only unhappiness within the corrupt democratic government, since the government was run by uneducated people, it lacked unity and rules, and was not a true acceptable form of government and it needed to be reformed. Many of Plato’s ideas, based off of Socrates' teachings and theories and his idea that the government needed to change for the morality of the people, were what lead him to write The Republic. Plato wanted a government in which personality was defined by roles and were organized by the needs of human nature. He proposed that those who demonstrate leadership should hold power, and due to this belief, he felt …show more content…
was a disastrous illness that swept through much of Europe and killed a good portion of its population. Much of the Black Death was spread from trade, but it was easily caught by the malnourished, dirty, and overcrowded city population. Some Europeans believed that it was sent to the Jews for being sinners of God while others thought it was a sickness of the air or even the water. Due to the Black Death, there was a decline in trade, which also caused labor shortages, a decline of serfdom, growth of cities, and mass death, serving as a major theme in art and literature, being that much of the population