... truth. These three types of souls then make up the three functions. In The Republic we see the first and highest function is known as the "gold " class and is made up of philosophers with a just soul. The second class is the "silver " class and consists of the guardians or ... is made up of workers and tradesmen with a desirable soul. Each of these classes is unique and has rules to follow. For example a philosopher in the gold class is expected to be dedicated to "dianoia " or abstract and rational thinking. A guardian from the silver class must be dedicated to "thumos " or ... the hea...

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... this research paper. Who knows, Atlantis might or it might not of sunken, or existed after all. Sure enough, I will keep my ear to the ground and listen for more info. on the lost city of Atlantis. But for now the mystery of the land of riches, technology, and beauty has eluded all of us and kept alive in the mind ... ...

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... the Nurse again tells us about the betrayal of Medea's own land just because the princess of Colchis falls in love. Medea kills her own brother just so her lover Jason can run away. There is no intellect present in that action of the character, only passion. She has no control over her emotions and that makes her spirit do what ... ...

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... known as laws. Virtues also mold the individual outlook on life, and give them the moral's to do what is right. In The Republic, Plato divides a society into three classes: gold, silver, as well as bronze and iron souls. Each class is designated to posses a specific virtue. He believes that wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice combine together to form The Republic ... "republic", he decides that the basis of the society will be on four virtues. The first of these virtues is wisdom. Of the three classes, the gold souls posses the virtue of wisdom. The gold souls are the only class wh...

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... at its optimum and you can only improve upon the existing one. Plato's perfect society would consist of three basic groups, which are Guardians (Gold), Auxiliaries (Silver), and the Artisan (Bronze). The highest of these classes are the gold people, which consist of rulers and non-rulers. Those that are rulers are society's decision & policy makers and non-rulers occupy levels of ... of the society. Plato whole-heartedly felt that if ever the bronze or iron people rule the state would collapse (Class Notes). He sought to establish the concept of the gold class having wisdom, thus they s...

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... to the commonwealth. The most important of these being, that God created man of three kinds. The best are made of gold followed by silver, and the commoners are made of bronze or iron. Only those people, made of gold are able and fit to be rulers. Those of silver will be auxiliaries, and the rest will do the manual labor. He ... then will be taken and put into the appropriate class. On the same note, Plato's ideas for reproduction were based on a seculated notion. Only those of the gold class should mate with the gold class and like wise for silver with silver. This way one is sure to p...

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... is lead to except the fact that the bird just exists in the palm tree, in space. In the first line of the second stanza, the bird is described as "gold feathered." The significance of a golden bird could symbolize one's soul, or inner spirit. On the other hand, the bird could be completely outside of us. Its existence is an occurrence ... that we have no control over. Gold is a precious metal, which could signify life, importance, purity, or something desired. The fact that the bird is gold could signify that the bird's existence is something that the reader could desire. In the second ...

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... . A series of tests and trials could show which children are up to the heaviest challenges of leadership. The fair contest would categorize children in three groups: gold, silver, and bronze or iron. Children with gold mixed in them will become guardians. Those with silver content will become auxiliaries, and those with bronze or iron will become craftsmen and farmers. Plato's Socrates gave ... a warning that the city will be destroyed if its guardians were from groups of children without gold mixed. Indeed, elementary schools K-6 have series of tests to assess children's capacity. The s...

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... society, Plato advocates the telling of a "noble falsehood" by the philosopher-rulers to the lower "tiers". This "lie" would be the myth that people are naturally born to be either gold (philosopher-ruler), silver (auxiliary) or bronze/iron (artisan). Plato seems to tie the class structure closely to the education and training of the population, which is to include harsh censorship ... which they will become philosopher-rulers. However, Plato also states that only those within the same class as each other may have sex and reproduce. The idea being that, gold parents will produce gold ch...

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... as laws. Virtues also mold the individual outlook on life, and give them the moral's to do what is right. In The Republic, Plato divides the city into three classes: gold, silver, as well as bronze and iron souls. Each class is designated to posses a specific virtue. He believes that wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice combine together to form The Republic ... virtues. The first of them is wisdom. Plato defines wisdom, in Greek terms "Sophia", as knowledge of the city as a whole. Of the three classes, the gold souls posses the virtue of wisdom. The gold souls are the only class who...

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... that we were susceptible to death, they rejected the idea and did not want to listen to me. Abraham Lincoln believed that the Declaration of Independence was the "apple of gold", and the constitution was the "picture of silver" wrapped around the apple. The greatest principle within the two documents was "Liberty to All". This is what Lincoln believed that the ... unalienable rights endowed upon is by our Creator. Lincoln thought that the Constitution framed and preserved these words. In modern day education it could be argued that the "apple of gold" and the "picture of silver" are no ...

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... the noble lie is a description of a structure of an ideal society where everyone is related. "All of you in the city are brothersThe god who made you mixed some gold into those who are adequately equipped to rule, because they are most valuable. He put silver in those who are auxiliaries and iron and bronze in the farmers and craftsmen ... " (Republic 415a). This story also indicates that from birth one is either considered dumb due to being born into the iron class, or smart due to the gold class. This example confirms the contradiction expressed by Aristotle as he unconsciously disprov...

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... you don't mess with someone else then no one will mess with you and everything will be in peace. In the Republic, Plato divides the city into three classes; the gold, silver, bronze and iron souls and each of these posses on of the virtues that were mentioned before. Wisdom is associated with ... gold souls. Courage is associated with the silver soul. Moderation is associated with bronze and silver souls. According to Jess A, author of the internet article Plato's Republic, wisdom corresponds with the ... ...

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... characters, which their sons usually ¹but are not obliged to ¹share. These characters, the tale goes, are really a mixture of metals, from the most valuable, gold, to the most base, brass and iron. Citizens of gold are the most worthy, and the beloved of the State. The others align themselves into a kind of social cast accordingly. Plato' then asks whether the allegory ... ...

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... by those who are the guardians of the people. Their psyche is dominated by spirit and self interest. "Once faction has arisen, the possessions of land, houses, gold, and silver; while the other two, gold and silver-not being poor but rich by nature-led the souls toward virtue and the ancient establishment. Struggling and straining against one another, they came to ... ...

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... appealing to the irrational nature of man to put forth their own interest disguised as the common aggregate interest of the general public. " but the god who fashioned you mixed gold in the composition of those among you who are fit to rule, so that they are of the most precious quality; and he put silver in the Auxiliaries, and iron ... time, but only a truly just polis can be lasting, and Plato even feels that his commonwealth isn't lasting. Alongside of that, what is in fact preventing the philosopher kings with gold in their souls from becoming infected amongst themselves? They are ...

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... that, " We shall tell them the myth of metals & appeal to them in the name of the God. "Citizens, You are brothers, yet God has framed you differently, men of gold, men of silver & men of iron." A further selection will be followed by another 5 years study of dialectics. But even at this stage the education of the ruler is incomplete. After ... 5 years of dialectics there comes 15 years of practical experiences, during which they will be exposed to all sorts of temptations. "They will be tried more thoroughly than gold is tried in the fire" so that the incorruptibility & self control of...

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... what it produced, and those who produced things would produce it for everyone else, and they would share (some would equate that to communism). There was also no need for gold or silver for the guardians as seen in Book II, 415a. This allowed everyone to enjoy everything as a society in moderation, and did not allow for greed and the monopolization ... ...

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... . They both felt that it was their duty to rescue others. Plato states in The Myth of the Cave, "Will they rule who are truly rich, not in sliver and gold, but in virtue and wisdom, which are the true blessing of life"(pg42). Martin Luther King felt the same way. There were a lot of people especially white people that thought ... ...

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... the Good Life Plato describes ethical maxims through stories, parables, and examples in the Republic. The people that are used as examples throughout the Republic are segregated into three groups: gold, which are the rulers of the city, silver, which represent the guardians, and bronze which signify the commoners. All the people of the city have their maxims or conducts of ... ...

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... . Socrates ideal city -state consists of three classes of people: rulers (philosophers), guardians, and commoners. Socrates uses the fable of the three medals to explain the class system. Rulers are gold, guardians are silver, and commoners are bronze. Socrates ideal city -state would operate under a philosopher. His definition of justice is doing what he deserves to be doing based on his ... ...

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... talks about Atlantis being the kingdom of Poseidon. It also says that Atlantis was a very sophisticated society. Atlantis was a land of prosperity. There were great cities, consisting of temples with gold roofs, grand palaces, and the fields were fertile. " The Atlanteans were civilized, kind, and obedient to their laws for a very long period of time" (Internet 1). The people on Atlantis were ... ...

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... atoms through the influence of intelligence. He believed that all bodies are simple aggressions of atoms. Here is an example of what I think he means in this theory. A bar of gold, iron, or copper would be composed of inconceivable minute particles of the same material. That example is basically what Anaxgoras's concept implies. All these things that Sophie was learning about ... ...

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... ." This myth consists of telling everyone in the city they were all once brothers under the earth, all born with a metal in their souls, preordained by the Gods. These are Gold, for the guardians, Silver, for the auxiliaries, Bronze or iron, for the craftsmen and farmers. This noble lie is told to encourage unity in the city, encourage the members of ... ...

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... conceived according to a complicated mathematical equation which Socrates puts forth in this section. He revisits the myth of the metals. Strife occurs when there is no longer balance between reason (gold) and desires and spirit (iron and bronze). That occurs when the previously described ideal breeding practices are violated. A compromised individual is produced composed of varying amounts of the competing metals ... ...

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