Plato

rule, philosophers come with different views. From Plato, Aristotle, Polybius to Cicero, all have their own vision of how the rulers should be. This paper will argue that Plato suggests philosopher kings should rule whereas Aristotle proposes the middle class as ruling entity. For Polybius, society needs a mixed government and Cicero recommends replicating the Roman system. First, when it comes to answering the question of who should rule, Plato suggests, "philosophers [must] become kings…or…

Socrates, Plato, and Piety: A Review of Emelyn-Jones’ article C. Emlyn-Jones had been following the scholarly debate regarding why Socrates was really on trial. He mentions two works in specific that provide what he considers mutually exclusive interpretations of the given evidence; one claiming impiety was “a front for the political charge” against the “strongly anti-democratic basis to Socrates’ teaching,” the other positing “a Socrates totally without irony and utterly sincere in his…

Censorship A major debate in the age of Plato and Aeschylus is whether or not piety should be considered a component of the definition of justice. Aeschylus 's Eumenides centers around the conflict between the old view of justice and piety being intertwined, represented by the Furies, and the new view of justice, where the relationship between the gods and the Athenian people plays a less significant role, represented by Apollo and Athena. Both of Plato 's works, Euthyphro and The Republic,…

“Plato and The Allegory of the Cave” Plato was an Athenian philosopher; known to be one of the most significant figures of the Ancient Greek World, moreover his work was of great influence to the Western World. Plato first writings included a lot of stories about the life and knowledge of Socrates, his teacher. Socrates never wrote down any of his philosophical ideas, the information we currently have of him, someone who can be consider to be one of the best philosophical minds, is all thanks to…

Charity Huggins Professor Paul Carrick Philosophy 101 17 November 2014 Why I Think Plato Is One Of The Greats (1) What intrigues you about this philosopher you have chosen? With the title “Philosopher King” and being the first archetype I had ever studied in my philosophical endeavors, Aristocles (but from here on out shall be recognized as Plato) captivated me from the beginning, and he captivates me nonetheless. Being fresh with curiosity and a sponge-like disposition, I soaked up the many…

CHALLENGING STEREOTYPES THROUGH PLATO “Understand, then, that as we said, there are these two things, one sovereign of the intelligible kind and place, the other of the visible…. In any case, you have two kinds of things, visible and intelligible.” - Plato (Republic, 509d: page 183) In his allegory of the ‘line’ and “cave Plato defines various types of knowledge and how each is acquired. Per the allegory of the ‘line’ his forms of knowledge are broken into two major categories, each with two…

He began his research by stating, “Same thing cannot do two opposite things, or be in two opposite states, in the same part of it” (Plato 436 b [89]). WHat this quote establishes is that there must more than one part of the soul, since the soul can contradict itself. He then establishes that there is a rational and an appetite part through the example of a thirsty man. Socrates states…

Also in “Self-Constitution in the Ethics of Plato and Kant”, by Christine Korsgaard, Plato's constitutional model says that the procedures that unify a city are based on the actions that unify a person's soul. This makes a city appear to be an agent, "it is not just a place to live, but rather a kind of agent which performs actions and so has a life and a history. And we can see the same three parts in a political decision" (Korsgaard 105). Plato believes that reason is used so people can be…

discussion. No man is considered better than the other, not even by honor or special circumstances. Plato sees reason and wisdom as a way to gain power; it is instrumental in allowing one to do as they wish, because they have the ability to argue…

Who lives a happier life, a person who lives a just life or a person that lives the injustice life? This question is the basis of The Republic by Plato in which Plato goes after the universal concept of justice. Plato gives us a view of Socrates arguments of what justice and injustice is and how they play a role within a society. To create a perfect society in most standards, Socrates meets with Glaucon, Adeimantus, Polemarchus, Cephalus, Thrasymachus and Cleitophon to discuss and argue about…