Reeve‚ P-Crito 46b). Here‚ Socrates seems to claim that he does not know anything‚ so will choose to do what appears to be the best to him through examining. Socrates uses this unique method of examining throughout the books of Apology‚ Crito and Republic by continuously questioning to figure out what seems the best. Then‚ the question is‚ what does he mean by “best” in the statement? I argue that it is neither his life nor his family‚ but what is just or justice. It seems to me that Socrates’ statement
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PLATO’S THEORY OF COMMUNISM Plato was born in may/june 428/27 BC in Athens in an aristocratic family . Plato’s real name was Aristocles.He excelled in the study of music ‚ mathematics ‚poetry and rhetoric . Plato met with Socrates in 407 BC and became his desciple . The execution of Socrates proved to be the turning point of Plato’s life . Plato left Athens and went to many countries ‚ studying mathematics and the historical traditions of the priests . He returned to Athens in 386 BC and established
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Idealism vs Realism Machiavelli says the prince only has to seem good‚ not be good. Plato insists that seeming is bad‚ being is good. Nicolo Machiavelli is known as being an realist who accepted that fact that humans are brutal‚ selfish‚ and fickle while Plato was an idealist who believed people could be ruled by a philosopher king who ruled over the warriors and tradesmen of his ideal republic with rationality. In his view the philosopher-king was in charge of making the state a "utopia"
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and Sparta. Yet each of them‚ despite sharing common roots‚ developed very different methods of governance. Athens was the first‚ and arguably the last‚ direct Democracy. Sparta‚ by contrast‚ was something of a mix between Republic‚ Monarchy and Oligarchy. Examining the similarities of their governments is the best way to observe the differences. Both Sparta and Athens were ruled initially by a land-owning aristocracy. Governance in both was limited to male citizens. But as
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CHAPTER 4 - ARISTOTLE Chapter 4 79 ARISTOTLE’S PHILOSOPHY OF LAW by Fred D. Miller‚ Jr.1 4.1. Life and Writings of Aristotle Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. at Stagira in northern Greece‚ the son of Nicomachus‚ a physician of King Amyntas II of Macedonia. At age seventeen he entered Plato’s Academy in Athens‚ where he studied for nineteen years. In addition to composing a number of dialogues now lost‚ he may have then begun work on his Rhetoric. After Plato’s death (348) Aristotle grew alienated
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Politics 1 Politics For the political magazine‚ see The Politic. For other uses‚ see Politics (disambiguation). Part of a series on Politics Politics portal • • • v t e [1] Part of the Politics series Basic forms of government Power structure • • • • • Confederation Federation Hegemony Empire Unitary state Power source Politics 2 Autocracy • • • • Authoritarianism Despotism Dictatorship Totalitarianism Democracy • • • Direct
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Socrates 469 BC–399 BC‚ was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy‚ he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers‚ especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon‚ and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Many would claim that Plato’s dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity. Through his portrayal in Plato’s dialogues‚ Socrates has become renowned
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Elisha. The differences between Elisha and Elijah were their personal lives and political stance. Elisha did not keep to himself like Elijah did‚ and besides being more outgoing; Elisha was more involved in politics. Still‚ Elisha learned and studied under Elijah‚ so they were alike in ways as well. Elisha travels to the same places as Elijah such as Mount Carmel and Samaria‚ which shows the two prophets similarities (Zucker‚ 2013). There is also an understated similarity where the number “12”
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Confucius and Plato Editor Ken Wolf‚ at the beginning of the essay Confucius and Plato: A Few Really Good People‚ poses the question: “What is the best way to create a strong society?” (Wolf 25) It was surprising to a novice student of philosophy how similar the ideas of the ancient Chinese sage Confucius and famous Greek philosopher Plato were. Although‚ Confucius and Plato both made major contributions to the development of society‚ they showed both similarities and differences in these
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In The Republic‚ Plato makes a systematic case for censoring all arts. The task of the Platonic philosopher is to take up the “ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry” [607b] and to assert the State-enforced dominance of philosophy. To that end‚ The Republic as a whole is a powerful integration of philosophy‚ religion‚ education‚ and politics‚ and its argument for the political suppression of most art follows from that integrated system. Rhetorically‚ Plato uses Socrates’ discussion
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