Plato

The central epitome beyond the “perfect city” in Plato’s republic relies on validity and human excellence. As Plato, he had much faith in the analogy that knowledge was highly present in many humans from birth, and the wisdom within was rather deific and god-like. In other words, all people have the capability and work ethic to operate and contribute efficiently, which meant intellect, had no experientialism throughout nature. While analyzing his own work through the views of Socrates jocularity…

absolutist, and his main goal was finding Justice or the good. He had a student named Plato, who was inspired by Socrates. Based on Plato’s inspiration he started focusing on virtue. Plato thought of two theories, one being the Protagoras which are those who believe that if they believe it is good then it is indeed good, and the Republic who believe that virtue is knowledge and based on one’s soul. With this theory, Plato began saying that there were three structures of the soul, also known as a…

Plato valued the pursuit of knowledge over living a life of materialism and because of philosopher’s experience in the allegory of the cave, he believes philosophers should govern all. Plato believes fearing death is unnecessary and men who do fear death believe they are wise, but they are not, and they believe they know, but really, they know nothing (Apology 29a). Plato is saying that mankind thinks they are smart for living a life of happiness now, but in reality, they don 't understand how…

“The Allegory of the Cave” is another interesting reading of the semester which was written by Plato. I enjoyed this story because of how Plato made it into a conversation with Glaucon to make it feel like we are actually there with them when they are talking about this. The lesson that I learned from this allegory is about education and that if you want to learn you must explore and/or listen to what wise people have to say. In the reading it says: And now he would begin to draw the conclusion…

From The Republic by Plato and Politics by Aristotle, come two very different perspectives of what a state should look like. This includes different structures of power, different favored types of government, and different types of classes. Where Plato bases his ideas off of a faux society, Aristotle uses examples of past civilizations to discuss several different theories and explanations. Though Aristotle was a student of Plato, he had a very different approach to the ideal state than his…

A theory written by Plato, ‘The Allegory of The Cave’ explains the concern of human perception. Plato differentiates between people who mistake sensory knowledge for the truth and people who really do see the truth. The material world is just partial pictures of true images. Relying on physical senses alone, makes you “effectively blind”, according to Socrates. The world we see is a reflection of what the world represents, not a very accurate representation. Plato claimed that, “Knowledge…

In the Republic, Plato is very deliberate with giving his reasons for why the philosopher should rule and what makes her best suited to do so. Plato represents this by comparing the selfless philosopher to the selfish political power seekers as well as displaying long-run benefits of the ruling philosopher. The goal of this essay is to touch on Plato’s arguments of why the philosopher is most fit to rule, accompanied by the dilemmas of choosing and committing to being a ruler that the…

The Fourth and Fifth of Euthyphro's Definitions to Piety In the fourth definition of Euthyphro in Plato's dialogue of “Euthyphro”, he describes piety is as a “servants show to their master” (Plato 71). meaning the one should follow the god's ways, like in a way in how a priest would follow the words of the gods in what could be good or evil. Furthermore, Euthyphro could be suggesting that attending to gods is piety (good), meaning doing things that would please the gods would be seeing as goods…

famous greek philosophers Socrates believes that there is a God/s and that their knowledge is not limited, and they are present everywhere. As they know best what is good, man should simply pray for the good and not for particular objects like gold. Plato believes that there is a supreme being or God and that god is perfect. Aristotle believes in a God and he calls him the unmoved mover. Aristotle believed that the Unmoved Mover never changes or has any potential to change, never begins and…

Luther King condemns injustice as evil and dishonor just as it had been stated by Plato. Plato also refers to injustice as evil and dishonor to those who acts in unjustified manner. According to the letter by Martin L. King, people are not supposed to do wrong with intent just as it had been stated by Plato in his work, king adapts the idea that people are not supposed to intentionally do what is wrong from Plato (Seigel, 2005).…