speaking. From the point of view of ethics and politics‚ they are the foundation of the right behaviour‚ and anthropologically speaking they are the base of Plato’s dualism and they even allow him demonstrate the immortality of the soul. Plato defends a clear ontological dualism in which there are two types of realities or worlds: the sensible world and the intelligible world or‚ as he calls it‚ the world of the Ideas. The Sensible World is the world of individual realities‚ and so is multiple
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Charles Miller Philosophy Introduction to Knowledge Prof. Polger 23 February 2015 Paper #1 In Meno‚ Plato believed that learning is recollection‚ as previously voiced by Socrates. Plato also believed that this argument was valid argument that because perception can deceive us‚ it can be wrong‚ so our knowledge must come from recollection. Setting this up as a deductive argument is simple. Stated by the IEP (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) “A deductive argument is an argument that is intended
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or skipped over‚ when those things should have been introduced‚ and whether other types of people should have a certain type of education. Two differing methods of addressing the issue of education are presented by Plato in The Republic and by his student‚ Aristotle‚ in Politics. Plato presents three types of education in The Republic: the mechanical education for each type of citizen within Socrates’ republic‚ the process of attaining an intelligible understanding of the world for philosophers as
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In the article "Allegory of the Cave‚" Plato talks with one of his students and tries to show the difference between people who think their perception of things they see or hear is the truth‚ and people who can see the actual truth. To make things clear‚ he came up with this allegory where people were living underground. They were chained‚ so they didn’t have a chance to move their body or turn their heads. The only thing they saw was a wall right in front of their eyes. Behind them there was a path
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“Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care.”- Anonymous The Allegory of The Cave is a theory by Plato concerning human perception. Plato claimed that knowledge gained through the senses is no more than opinion and that‚ in order to have real knowledge‚ we must gain it through philosophical thinking. The Truman Show is about a man whose life is basically fake because he thinks that he living in a world that is nice and cares for him but he does not know that he living in
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in and the sun a representation of the true world‚ the world of the forms. Plato‚ through this‚ shows that man will not be able to rush into understanding truth‚ but will first start with what is familiar‚ then move to seeing things in a different way‚ but not an uncomfortable way; then looking at a closer version of the truth‚ and finally having the ability to look directly at the truth and see the beauty in it. Plato claims that once a human has left the cave and discovered the beauty of the
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Plato’s Gorgias In The Gorgias‚ Plato uses the character‚ Socrates‚ in a debated dialogue to get his ideas out on his position on rhetoric and philosophy. He views rhetoric as a knack‚ or experience created into an art‚ producing delight and gratification‚ rather than true art. Plato’s primary argument against sophistry is that it is not an art‚ but only a knack because sophists are not concerned with what is best for a person’s soul‚ but only concerned with what pleases their audience. The
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Plato’s classic work‚ The Republic. It is in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon‚ a brother of Plato‚ and contains the famous cave allegory. The final reading is a section from Meditation I from Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes who offers some reasons to doubt his senses. Questions to consider: 1 Compare and contrast The Matrix with the readings from Plato and Descartes. What are some similarities and differences? 2 Can we prove the world we are experiencing is real
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University where I study marine archaeology. The legend of Atlantis has been one of the oldest and most spellbinding of all the world’s mysteries. It has puzzled civilizations for many years. Civilization first heard about Atlantis in 330 B.C by Plato. Plato was a Greek philosopher. He wrote stories about Atlantis called “Timaeus” and “Critias”. He lived from about 428 B.C to 348 B.C. For two millennia no one thought about Atlantis. Some people believe that the stories are fictional‚ made up to serve
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I enjoyed reading the passages Meno and the Republic by Greek philosopher Plato. Plato emphasized the divided line between real knowledge and controlled opinion in the Republic. He believed that opinions manipulated mankind because individuals blindly gain opinions from others. I agree that opinion is not of much value and knowledge has great value. Plato theorized that opinions can only be determined by senses‚ such as‚ sight and hearing. However‚ knowledge cannot be limited to the senses‚ it is
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