... of questioning. Since people change to often, he believes that married was a mistake. Plato believed in balance of the mind and body, therefore he also taught physical education at the Lyceum. He questioned how humans should govern humans and wrote his ideas in a book called The Republic. Plato said that people desired happiness and their ignorance would prevent this from happening; it would ... biologists and scientists as well. In a way, Alexander enforced Aristotle's ideas and was the first ruler to take interest in philosophy instead of thinking it was intolerable. Power isn't great...

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... , lasted from 1200 B.C. to 334 B.C. and were the years noted for the rising and falling of the Greek city-states. The Hellenistic period lasted from 334 to 146BC, and is most commonly known as the period of Alexander the Great. These centuries are considered by many to be the most creative and influential period in history. The Hellenistic period brought out the the best of artists, athletes, scientists and other great ... and speech. He composed over 20 dialogues. All of his dialogues have more than one speaker. He didn't show much interest in the Democracy. One of his best work was kno...

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... wisdom. Socrates" death then led to another great philosopher, Plato. He 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 create justice and govern themselves. He wrote a book, The Republic, in which he illustrates his perfect society. This book ... was practiced by Europe for 1,500 years and also gave Greeks his piece ... of mind. A student out of Plato, Aristotle was a man hungry like the wolf for knowledge. He created a set of logical...

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... grants power to an entire people, whereas a republic grants the power to a select group chosen to represent the people. In a democracy the "majority rules" - and the minority loses. This system is subject to abuse however, because as Plato said "A democracy is a state in which the poor gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the remaining citizens equally." This is to say that ... occurs throughout the history of the Republic: Class division, and respect for tradition. From the earliest beginnings, the Roman society was based upon the divis...

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... will never be born to the fullest extent possible or see the light of the sun (473d-473f).? Socrates says this while defending the facets of an ideal city in Book V of the Republic by Plato. In stating this, Socrates puts himself in peril of bearing the harsh condemnation of the rulers of his city. ... feel this approvingly towards philosophers. He uses an image of the parable of a ship to explain why people do not think more highly of the occupation. In his depiction, the ship symbolizes the state, the sailors are the politicians and the captain is the people. The captain isbigger and s...

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... science. Socrates was a Greek philosopher and is known as one of the founders of western philosophy. He strongly influenced Plato and Aristotle, who were also great and influential philosophers. In addition to political and intellectual contributions, the Greeks also contributed culturally. They had an enormous effect on the culture of many countries from ancient times until present. They used ... allowed democracy to function with a very large population, called the republic. The three branches never had more power than the others, making the government very effecting. The Romans also u...

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