... also think about music and its limitations; by limitations I mean good and bad points about it. Ranging from the Republic to his Musical Idealism, Plato's thoughts and opinions on music are expressed. In the Republic, Plato explained and contemplated music in the ideal state, the Laws; involving conclusions for the general good and bad for the people. Within the ideal state, Plato regards music as of great importance. ... Music should not be used to entertain people, yet used to "help in building up a harmonious personality and in calming the ... that if music were to be performed on a ...

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... justice in The Republic, Plato describes three separate class divisions in the ideal state. The philosophers who possess knowledge, the warriors who possess courage, and the common man who lives to fulfill their wants make up the Plato's class hierarchy and form the basis for Plato's efficient city. The three virtues that Plato describes are wisdom, courage, and moderation. Wisdom or "the love of knowledge" describes the rulers of the city. ... only with satisfying his own desires thus incapable of fulfilling the citizens" needs and serving the general welfare of the state. They are in ...

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... things that are latent in the soul, and to do so by directing it to the right objects. The problem of education, then, is to give it the right surrounding." -(Plato's Republic, Book vii, 518) No scheme of human life was so important to Plato as education. He himself calls it as "the one great thing". Birth as a criterion for distributing function has been rejected by Plato. In its place he ... had substituted "capacity" or "nature" as a standard. Plato's Theory ... ...

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... the knower is the form of the good." - The Republic The passage is central to Plato's republic because it pertains to knowledge of the good. If one knows the good then one will do good. Plato believed that the highest goal was knowledge of the good. Not merely an awareness of particular benefits and pleasures, but acquaintance with the form (the perfect ideal) itself. Just the way that the sun provides illumination by means which we perceive things, the ... the Republic, Plato describes the notion of the daimon in other words the conscience effectively coming from the soul. Plato's guar...

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... for Frangelico liqueur that clearly appeals to the desires and temptations of the people reading it. In Plato's Republic, he argues that politicians in a democracy to the same thing in order to gain votes. Democracy is the rule of the people. Many examples of democracies exist in the world today and most people tend to think that a country ruled by a democracy is the most enlightened and good. But how ... successful are our modern democracies? Not completely is the answer, ... but is this because they don't actually do what they set out to do or because of inherent flaws in the ideal of...

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... analogy is regarded as a map, then indeed his allegory of the cave could be described as the actual journey. When Plato wrote "The Republic" he became Socrates most enlightened pupil. As they both dreamed of an almost utopian existence for all societies or "states". They both believed that the first key to having an ideal state or communatable existence is enlightenment of ones ... hurt by the initial light, he eventually embraces his new enlightenment. People in masses are unenlightened; it takes one free spirit to enlighten the rest of us. In seeing what is real, one then gains knowled...

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... interpretation of the word politics. The word politics comes from the Greek word "polis", meaning the state or community as a whole. The concept of the "polis" was an ideal state and came from the writings of great political thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle. In his novel "The Republic", Plato describes the ideal state and the means to achieve it. Hence, the word politics originally has connotations in the ways in ... own selfish interests, snatching that, which he desires, a society would quickly become under rule of violence. Politics is a way of combating the degradation of society...

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