... god-revering and divine insofar as a human can possibly be " (61). And Plato uses these justifications to banish poets and various types of speech from his city. Specifically, he wants poets not admitted into the city because poetry "produces a bad regime in the soul of each private man by making ... phantoms that are very far removed from the truth " (289). The implication here is that poets are dangerous and must be banned not because they are subversive to the government of the city ... Plato have come to the conclusion that self-interest is the central motivation that drives human ac...

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... Athenian law for its ability to teach men to set aside all differences and live at peace with one another. An uneducated man is equally as capable as an intelligent man and can render an opinion on public matters such as politics or economics allowing Athens to become a place that values cultivation and knowledge. Pericles refers to knowledge as "without effeminacy, " which shows that it ... of recollecting what one already knows. The argument of affinity poses a distinction that the soul is of the first kind and is immortal while the body is of the second kind and is mortal. The fourth...

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... which those views about justice are to be overcome. Traditionally justice was regarded as one of the cardinal virtues; to avoid injustices and to deal equitable with both equals and inferiors was seen as what was expected of the good man, but it was not clear how the benefits of justice were to be reaped. Socrates wants to persuade from his audience to ... for the sake of justice. Glaucon tells the myth of the ring. If two men, one just and the other unjust, possess a ring that would make them invisible when warn and allow them to do as they please without detection, the two men, both t...

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