Plato's Theory Of Human Nature

Human nature is a theory that’s been a debated for centuries upon centuries. Philosophers have argued the concept for as long humans have been on this earth. Perhaps none the wiser than Plato, Socrates and Aristotle .The seemingly underlying truth is that there are characteristics; thinking, acting, feeling. That we all experience consciously or sub-consciously that make humans do the things that they do. The search for human nature is nothing more than the search of universal truths and finding the best way to live.
Human Nature was widely spoken theorised in ancient Greek Philosophy. Interestingly almost all “Classical Philosophers believed that they way to lead a good life was to live in accordance with nature. One of the first Philosopher …show more content…
Plato had many ideas about human nature, but his stemmed from a route that many Philoshipers failed to examine. Plato believed that Human nature had much more to do with our souls then our bodies. Plato states that the principal task of the soul is to pursue knowledge this we can decipher from the Allegory of the cave. Although Plato believed that the soul has three parts the Logical part, the Spirited and the Appetitive. The Logical part of the soul is responsible for the search for knowledge and truth, while the spirited part Plato identified with anger and temper, lastly the appetitive part of the soul Is responsible for love, sex, hunger and thirst; Plato theorised that the appetitive is generally opposed to the logical side of the soul. Plato felt as the Body was a hindrance to the soul, almost as if the body is the prison of the soul. Plato believed that you need to balance all sides of the soul depending on what kind of society you live …show more content…
They all made valid arguments and points that can be proven. Socrates’ stated that the best way to live is to find true knowledge, human nature is to know, and it is to find out true knowledge, if that is false then I wouldn’t be writing this paper, this university wouldn’t exist. Aristotle and Plato both believed that you must with balance, Plato in the soul and Aristotle with the choices we make. Lastly Aristotle believed that all human has and end goal, that goal is often to cause good. This meaning above everything else Human nature is search for true knowledge, and the balance of life, the end goal of this of course is too good, that good is living a good