... their proper places. These parts of the soul are supposed to be parallel to the perfect city-state. For example, the productive class corresponds with the appetitive aspect, the military would be the spirit, and the philosophers would correspond with the rational class. This ties back to the ideal society, which in turn ties into the definition of justice that may be found in this utopia. The cave allegory is an enduring image in philosophy ... . It makes an interesting point on the different levels of intelligence, in which Plato believes ... ...

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... position to teach the philosophy of justice to the generals. To do this, Socrates presents three allegories. The first allegory is the allegory of the soul, goodness and forms. The point of this allegory is to teach the Athenians that in order for the soul to experience justice, there needs to be a third party. The second allegory teaches that justice is in a class of intelligible values rather than in the class of visible values. The Cave allegory is the last parable Socrates uses ... . Everything that Socrates had taught up to this point was in preparation for the Cave allegory and ......

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... believes that anyone will be unjust, given the opportunity. Socrates believes that Gaulcon has a partially correct understanding of human nature. He responds to Gaulcon using the tripartide analogy. This is an analogy of the soul, which has three parts; interest, class and virtue. The Allegory of the cave can be related to the tripartide state. The condition of mankind can be illustrated by thinking of a group of prisoners in a cave. They can only look straight ahead ... . Behind them burns a fire, which is their source of light. . There is an ... ...

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... his plan of the ideal city. Plato's model for the ideal city is a society in which people perform the task that is best suited to them. Plato organizes people into three categories. The philosopher kings would be the elite ruling class. He expresses the superiority of the philosopher kings through the Allegory of the Cave. According to Plato, philosophers were the only ones who had transcended from the dark cave of ignorance and had broken free of the shackles of greed ... and self-interest. Since these philosophers were the only ones who were able to see light of truth, it was in the b...

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