Justice is the underlining truth in the Republic of Plato. However the question is, is Plato's idea of a just society in fact the "truth-? Socrates spent a great deal of his life seeking out the "truth- and definitions ... of happy individuals. On the other hand, democracy would not be much better, and has been proven, not only by Plato but also in history, to fall short of being a just political structure. " justice admittedly means that a man should possess and concern himself with what properly belongs to him."" " Suppose, for instance, someone ... "tradesman, Auxiliary, Guardian "keeps ...

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... constitutions, which will beget lesser forms of man. How do just philosopher kings allow their city and men to evolve into these lesser forms? How is it possible for Plato to basically say that injustice can be created from pure justice? In the Republic, Plato creates a city, a kallipolis, that is ruled by aristocracy, "which is rightly said to be good and just." This city ... eventually decaying into a tyrant is implausible. It is a commonly known fact that Plato was once a great and brilliant philosopher. In the Republic, Plato deliberately creates an ideal city with just men as its p...

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... demos which means ''people'' and a verb, kratein, which means ''to rule,'' Its basic meaning is ''government by the people" or "rule by the ruled.'' Socrates quest for justice was written in the form of a dialogue by his student Plato, in Plato's Republic. Plato believed the Athenian democracy was on the verge of ruin and was responsible for Socrate's death. This encouraged him to write the ... Republic. In Plato's ideal society justice ruled. What is Justice? This is the question that Socrates wanted to find an answer to. According to the American Heritage Dictionary justice is the qual...

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... founder of political philosophy. The Republic is the first attempt to give a thorough and systematic account of how the common life of women and men ought to be structured. For Plato this means, above all, raising and answering the question of justice: what is justice and why should it be preferred to injustice? Answering this question would also mean describing injustice and showing why ... it is to be rejected. The Republic is more than a work on politics in our narrower sense of ... doing anything but building castles in the air. He is investigating as seriously as it has ever been ...

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... we are free or vise versa but not appear to be so to other people. In the Republic it seems like the best definition of freedom is the lack of responsibility to one's society. Plato considered freedom the will to do anything you want, and he often considered the excesses of freedom ... in battle and you can see it portrayed in the book since from the start Polemarchus is the one who keeps Socrates going with the argument of justice. A lot of good points were raised by him. The name Thrasymachus means strong ally in battle, and indeed his love of win makes him ... Polis and the ethos , ...

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... is practical or not. More than that, the truth to Plato seems to be unchangeable whether in ideas or philosophy. Plato believes the absolute truth can be applied to every aspect in the society including political organization. Plato, whose political view can be found in his writing, Republic, focus on searching a perfect society. Plato thinks the state is a piece of self-regulating piece of ... machinery. Although Plato does believe a state should bring happiness to majority, he does not recognize that happiness means different to every ... soul shares the same three elements with soci...

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Outline Part IX: Imperfect Societies 1. Recapitulation Socrates and Glaucon briefly review the traits of the ideal state. The salient points are that men and women should be equal in education and occupations. Further they should be governed by those rare individuals who are best at philosophy and war. These philosopher rulers shall not possess private property and shall accept their annual wages as sufficient for acting as Guardians of the state. Adeimantus expresses interest in having Socrates expand on his previous allusion to four types of states or societies. The four are named as the Cre...

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... them live more unjustly. Therefore, harming someone, even your enemy, would be unjust because it creates more injustice. He also disagree with Thrasymachus" statement that justice is "nothing other than the advantage of the stronger" (Republic 338c). These are examples of Socrates response to someone else's idea. Socrates never opens with his own ideas. He merely questions the ideas of others, and ... more appropriate for you to answer, since you say that you know and can tell us" (Republic 337e). He also says that not only does he not know what justice is, but he is also "incapable of ...

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... Machiavelli's ideas were heavily influenced by the early Greek philosophers. Most notable among the Greek philosophers who inspired Machiavelli was Plato. In particular, Machiavelli took interest in Plato's concept of just rulers who ruled by moral virtue. Machiavelli argued against this Platonic philosophy. He believed in "virtu ... ruler, therefore, is justified in doing whatever is necessary to maintain the country, even if it is unjust. On the other hand, Plato argues a ruler can never be unjust. In spite of the fact, Machiavelli is greatly influenced by the Greek and Latin classics,...

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... requirements. He decided to express in the "Republic" how men should conduct it self in a perfect society and what attitude they should posses. In retrospect, Aristotle felt by using real world experience along with real people, he can see first hand how and what way can he improve society. Plato and Aristotle both agreed on justice and viewed it objectively; that is it ... would be provided for all people no matter their ranking in society. Aristotle's states " In democracies, for example, justice is considered to mean equality, no oligarchies, again inequality in the distribution of o...

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... stronger. Another aspect of Athens that affects the western civilization is the philosophy of the time. Some of the great philosophers in Athens, besides the law giver, Solon, were Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. Socrates was a very ugly, but very wise man. He would go around asking questions that was simple to answer and explore those answers with further questioning until the questions ... was the pupil of Socrates and when he was put to death, Plato was infuriated. Plato was perplexed that Socrates, whom is just, was put to death for injustice. He felt the citizens of Athens could not cr...

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... by a revolutionary movement; responsibility for meeting public needs is then vested in the state (Daniels 177). As a concept of an ideal society, communism is derived from ancient sources, including Plato's Republic and the earliest Christian communes. In the early 19th century, the idea of a communist society was a response of the poor and the dislocated to the beginnings of modern capitalism. At ... people,"" and krator, meaning -rule- or "authority-. The people of ancient Greece used the word demokratia to describe a government where every citizen took part in making the laws and admi...

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