philosophical analysis will compare and contrast the non-rational elements of political power that are defined in The Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes‚ and The Republic by Plato. These non-rational views will define how non-rational ideologies can subvert or maintain existing political structures by evaluating the natural order of human hierarchies. Plato defines the appetite for desire as a lower order form of the tripartite soul‚ which has reasoning and sprit as higher order functions in the human ability to
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presents two proofs – Doctrine of Opposites and second which is based on Theory of Recollections. In Phaedo he writes: “That soul‚ I say‚ herself invisible‚ departs to the invisible world – to the divine and immortal and rational…”. In this quote‚ Plato uses the first argument about Opposites of things. He implies that while the body dies and decomposes‚ the soul still lives. In other words‚ if the body must cease‚ the soul should be immortal because it is the body’s opposite. There are a lot of examples
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Sadri Hellenistic‚ Medieval‚ and Early Modern Thinkers In 250 to 500 words‚ briefly describe either Plato or Aristotle’s ideas about metaphysics or epistemology. As for Plato‚ Aristotle’s metaphysics and epistemology are closely bound together. The nature of what we know is tightly bound up with what it is we know. Like Plato‚ Aristotle takes his cue from language‚ though‚ again like Plato‚ the objects of his enquiry are not linguistic items‚ but ontological ones. The classification of categories
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questions about Athenian values. He believed that is important to examine the laws‚ social customs‚ and even religious values. His motto was “know thyself”. After his death‚ his student Plato carried on his work. Plato opened the first university called the Academy in Greece which taught students. The ideas of Plato and
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just willingly or unwillingly. In Book II of the Republic‚ Plato uses Glaucon’s Challenge to discuss what it means to be good and just. Two stories are present in the explanation: one of the ancestor of Gyges of Lydia that involves an invisibility ring and what the just person versus the unjust person would do with the power the ring possesses and another of a just man and an unjust man and which one is the preferred life to live. Before Plato explains what it means to be just and unjust‚ he categorizes
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and copper for the working class (Plato 415a). It would seem that the only purpose of this “noble” lie was to instill an impression of inability in the lower classes of the society. By using this lie‚ the ruler’s of the society would be able to indoctrinate the citizens‚ and have them submit to their mythological belief that they were just born better. As dictatorial and totalitarian regimes do today with terror‚ Plato sought to do through indoctrination. Plato assumed that the ruling class would
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unexamined life is not worth living for a human being." Socrates - Republic 38c He left no actual writing so impressions of Socrates have come primarily from the writings of his student‚ Plato. There are also other contributions from Xenophon and a contemporary playwright - Aristophanes. It is possible that Plato embellished the legacy of Socrates by making him appear the most noble philosopher; an ideal to be cherished and followed. The extent of this embellishment is hard to quantify‚ but the life
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other traits led him to be put on trial for failing to recognize the gods represented by the state‚ creating new gods‚ and corrupting Athens’ youth. Soon after the trail‚ Plato wrote an account of the speech that Socrates used to defend himself‚ titled The Apology. In order to clarify the ideas communicated in The Apology‚ Plato‚ a close friend of Socrates‚ took the liberty of creating a dialogue between his brother‚ Glaucon‚ and Socrates. This dialogue found in The Republic‚ is known as The Cave
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Reflection Paper on Plato’s Republic According to Plato‚ a perfect society is a society that is organized in a superlatively efficient way‚ a society‚ which some scholars consider as an aristocratic government (Phylosophypages‚ 2001). Plato had it that such a society is made up of the rulers‚ the soldiers‚ and the people. In this perfect society‚ Plato claimed that the guardians of the state are supposed to be people with skills to lead. He was however‚ incredulous by the fact that this may not
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Socrates: Socrates was born in Athens about 470 BC and lived until 399 BC‚ he was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher and is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. An accurate picture of the man‚ his life‚ and viewpoints are problematic because he did not write any philosophical texts‚ everything we know is based on writings by his students and contemporaries… this is what is known as the Socratic problem. Socrates was later tried and put to death for “corrupting the youth
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