What is a philosopher? A philosopher is an individual whose soul is mostly reasoning or all reasoning and only see the good. While reading The Republic, according to Plato a philosopher is the most suitable person to rule the ideal republic. Throughout this essay, I will explore why he has this opinion, the soul, Eidos and much more.
Plato’s ideal republic is eliminating the idea of having families. The children will be raised in a communal environment, where they are raised by a person who is an expert in order to teach, observe, enhance dependability to the city as well give them a sensibility for the community. After that, they will be eventually be divided into 3 different class which also connects to the soul, where some will go off and …show more content…
The allegory of the cave is saying everyone is living in the dark and the figures that the people see in the cave are just the form of certain things. Once you to step out of the cave and explore the variations of the form then returning back into the cave to enlighten others of something greater the response isn’t the best. The allegory is about all people who are aware that more than just the basic (philosophers) and the people in the cave are people who have no knowledge of philosophy, the sun symbolizes reasoning (a part of the soul) and returning back into the dark the philosopher tries to tell others about something beyond their knowledge and it doesn’t go so well. The cave allegory and the dividing line are all connected the more you move out of the cave the higher you go up in the divided line toward the world of forms. The cave dwellers were the people who live in the cave and which resulted in them being at the bottom of the divided line they are stuck in the visible realm because they only see shadows reflections and images(eikon) of a form.
The forms play a huge role in Plato’s larger ethical and political concept because it all comes down to what is just? Is living a just life the best life?
Plato’s definition of justice is a human ethic that makes an individual “good”. For example, in
Plato’s ideal republic is eliminating the idea of having families. The children will be raised in a communal environment, where they are raised by a person who is an expert in order to teach, observe, enhance dependability to the city as well give them a sensibility for the community. After that, they will be eventually be divided into 3 different class which also connects to the soul, where some will go off and …show more content…
The allegory of the cave is saying everyone is living in the dark and the figures that the people see in the cave are just the form of certain things. Once you to step out of the cave and explore the variations of the form then returning back into the cave to enlighten others of something greater the response isn’t the best. The allegory is about all people who are aware that more than just the basic (philosophers) and the people in the cave are people who have no knowledge of philosophy, the sun symbolizes reasoning (a part of the soul) and returning back into the dark the philosopher tries to tell others about something beyond their knowledge and it doesn’t go so well. The cave allegory and the dividing line are all connected the more you move out of the cave the higher you go up in the divided line toward the world of forms. The cave dwellers were the people who live in the cave and which resulted in them being at the bottom of the divided line they are stuck in the visible realm because they only see shadows reflections and images(eikon) of a form.
The forms play a huge role in Plato’s larger ethical and political concept because it all comes down to what is just? Is living a just life the best life?
Plato’s definition of justice is a human ethic that makes an individual “good”. For example, in