tes own theory of the Soul? Socrates own theory of the soul is his explanation of our true self. Our soul is essentially what separates us from animals, as we have will, consciousness, and emotions. Socrates believed our souls were immortal, that once death arrived, our body and soul would separate. When our body dies, our soul dies along with it. The body is the prison of the soul. The nature of our soul is determined by the quality of life we choose to have, as it should be good and beautiful. After we have explored our self-knowledge, we can explain the difference between good and evil. Something Socrates spent a predominantly amount of time exploring, the true definition of virtue (moral excellence). If good is what makes you happy, and
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How does he justify his conclusions? The Just State would be the ideal society that lives in a harmonious whole. Here it is ruled by the wisest, ideally it should be, good, right and beautiful. The citizens of this perfect world would remain and know their place. They are taught to stay in their place through education and brainwashing, especially through the children. The are taught that the workers have souls of copper, guardians silver, and philosophers of gold. The power would be for everyones benefit. In an ideal society there is selective breeding, excellence would be to create little philosophers. The Just Man is a rational man. They have reason, justice, and most importantly controlled appetite. Different from the unjust men who will never understand the control of appetite, they are needed as they are the people who take care of the economy, the common Joes who don 't have what it takes to run. The virtuous individual, someone who can recognize the difference between what makes something good and evil, will have justice, will act in his place and moderation. According to Plato, the wisest of them all would be the philosopher. Someone who is wise means they should be in harmonic whole with themselves. This means they can govern, excluding their passions, desires, or indulge. The wisest has knowledge on themselves, and society., having respect for …show more content…
“To do one’s own business and not to be a busybody is justice.” (Republic 433b.) Plato backs up his concept by the thought that everything in nature is apart of a hierarchy. That every species, person, thing serves a purpose. Our soul also is also hierarchical, measured by the appetitive part of our spirit, it can rule over rationality. Here we begin to speak about how important REASON is to an individual. They must know the difference between what is real in our mind, and what is controlled by our senses, that can lead to desires and being un-rational. In the ideal Just State we can argue that it is repressive and extremely controlled, leaving no space from rebels or change between classes. Certain art was censored, such as dramas or poetry that involved things such as incest, infidelity, murder, jealously or envy. Plato 's worst thoughts about the Republic has to do with women. He believed their children should be taken away at birth, only left to suckle on their breast for nourishment. He did believe women and men did deserve the same education, if in the same guardian class. He would want everyone to think of each other as family, and to desire all the same thing- peace and harmony among each other. The success of the community relies on every individual doing their
How does he justify his conclusions? The Just State would be the ideal society that lives in a harmonious whole. Here it is ruled by the wisest, ideally it should be, good, right and beautiful. The citizens of this perfect world would remain and know their place. They are taught to stay in their place through education and brainwashing, especially through the children. The are taught that the workers have souls of copper, guardians silver, and philosophers of gold. The power would be for everyones benefit. In an ideal society there is selective breeding, excellence would be to create little philosophers. The Just Man is a rational man. They have reason, justice, and most importantly controlled appetite. Different from the unjust men who will never understand the control of appetite, they are needed as they are the people who take care of the economy, the common Joes who don 't have what it takes to run. The virtuous individual, someone who can recognize the difference between what makes something good and evil, will have justice, will act in his place and moderation. According to Plato, the wisest of them all would be the philosopher. Someone who is wise means they should be in harmonic whole with themselves. This means they can govern, excluding their passions, desires, or indulge. The wisest has knowledge on themselves, and society., having respect for …show more content…
“To do one’s own business and not to be a busybody is justice.” (Republic 433b.) Plato backs up his concept by the thought that everything in nature is apart of a hierarchy. That every species, person, thing serves a purpose. Our soul also is also hierarchical, measured by the appetitive part of our spirit, it can rule over rationality. Here we begin to speak about how important REASON is to an individual. They must know the difference between what is real in our mind, and what is controlled by our senses, that can lead to desires and being un-rational. In the ideal Just State we can argue that it is repressive and extremely controlled, leaving no space from rebels or change between classes. Certain art was censored, such as dramas or poetry that involved things such as incest, infidelity, murder, jealously or envy. Plato 's worst thoughts about the Republic has to do with women. He believed their children should be taken away at birth, only left to suckle on their breast for nourishment. He did believe women and men did deserve the same education, if in the same guardian class. He would want everyone to think of each other as family, and to desire all the same thing- peace and harmony among each other. The success of the community relies on every individual doing their