... prone to corruption. Furthermore, the Athenian democracy, in which he noted exceptional bias due to opinion, influenced Plato's thoughts on what made an ideal government. Finally, his past in a political family gave Plato general knowledge of the political process. Plato's first major dialogue is The Apology ... , which documents the trial and defense speech of his teacher, Socrates, who, despite proving his innocence using the Socratic method, is found guilty and executed. It is thought that Socrates was found ... is The Republic, his own meditations and thoughts on what justice truly ...

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... many different types of government. What is your idea of the perfect form of government, an ideal state? Plato: An ideal state would be based on the model of the soul; we"ll get to that later. The ideal state has three castes in which everyone would know their place, The Philosopher Kings, the Guardians ... reason aspires to wisdom, will aspires to courage, and appetite must be curbed so temperance can be exercised. Jacob: How does this relate to the ideal state? Plato: The ideal state I talked about is built on this model. The philosopher kings are the head, they lead the society like th...

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... laws. Thus, in different societies and under different authorities, justice is different. In this view, the idea that there is some sort of universal ideal or natural law is often just an argument by those who do not like the laws of the government in power. The opposing view argues that there ... is a natural ideal of justice that law aspires to that can be used as a criteria to measure whether laws are just or not. This school of thought ... as people who support the concept of natural law or natural justice. Catholic social teaching is partly based on the assumption principle that th...

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... laws. Thus, in different societies and under different authorities, justice is different. In this view, the idea that there is some sort of universal ideal or natural law is often just an argument by those who do not like the laws of the government in power. The opposing view argues that there ... is a natural ideal of justice that law aspires to that can be used as a criteria to measure whether laws are just or not. This school of thought ... as people who support the concept of natural law or natural justice. Catholic social teaching is partly based on the assumption principle that th...

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... . The teenage girl, Sophie leans so much from the philosophy that is given about each philosopher from long ago with each of the lessons that she is given from her teacher/philosopher, Alberto. Sophie learns about medieval philosophy while being lectured by a monk in an ancient church, and she learns about Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir in a French cafe ... number of things I have no use for." We learn about Plato and his theories about the existence of an ideal world of which we see only the dim reflection. But, many mathematicians and scientists think they can catch a glimpse ...

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... 't help in governing ourselves as countries and nations. I believe some order is necessary to make people happy and in guiding what we believe is right or wrong. Confucius, a famous Chinese teacher and poet preceding Christ, touches upon some form of order to make others happy in his Analects. He says to honor your mother and father, and behave so they have ... should take care to make them comfortable and show concern. In doing this, we must provide " the greatest good for the greatest number of people". He does say that the ideal existence is one that is "farthest from evil and pain" a...

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... 't help in governing ourselves as countries and nations. I believe some order is necessary to make people happy and in guiding what we believe is right or wrong. Confucius, a famous Chinese teacher and poet preceding Christ, touches upon some form of order to make others happy in his Analects. He says to honor your mother and father, and behave so they have ... should take care to make them comfortable and show concern. In doing this, we must provide " the greatest good for the greatest number of people". He does say that the ideal existence is one that is "farthest from evil and pain" a...

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• Grade Level: High School