... the first and highest function is known as the "gold " class and is made up of philosophers with a just soul. The second class is the "silver " class and consists of the guardians or warriors with a spiritual soul. The third class is known as the "bronze " class and is made up ... . For example a philosopher in the gold class is expected to be dedicated to "dianoia " or abstract and rational thinking. A guardian from the silver class must be dedicated to "thumos " or the heart and spirit, and unfortunately obtain less intellect and knowledge when compared to a philosopher. Both members ...

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... arts. Such things as literature, paintings, sculptures and many more works are known to have blossomed from the period known as the Renaissance. The Renaissance was started by many rich Italian cities, such as Florence, Ferrara, Milan, and Venice (Bram 274). Because these cities were very wealthy, many merchants started to spend money on different things, such as painting, ... the "lessons one needed to lead a moral and effective life and the best models for a powerful Latin style" (Billington). The humanist movement started in Italy, where the late medieval Italian writers Dante, Giova...

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... believed that society was at its optimum and you can only improve upon the existing one. Plato's perfect society would consist of three basic groups, which are Guardians (Gold), Auxiliaries (Silver), and the Artisan (Bronze). The highest of these classes are the gold people, which consist of rulers and non-rulers. Those that are rulers are society's decision & policy makers and ... decision, and rule with total wisdom, justice and virtue. The rulers, he felt, wouldn't posses any money or property, they would be free of desires, excesses, and vices. The Auxiliaries (Silver) are people of...

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... ;All of you in the city are brothersThe god who made you mixed some gold into those who are adequately equipped to rule, because they are most valuable. He put silver in those who are auxiliaries and iron and bronze in the farmers and craftsmen" (Republic 415a). This story also indicates that from birth one is either considered dumb due ... ...

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... produced, and those who produced things would produce it for everyone else, and they would share (some would equate that to communism). There was also no need for gold or silver for the guardians as seen in Book II, 415a. This allowed everyone to enjoy everything as a society in moderation, and did not allow for greed and the monopolization of power ... ...

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... they were afforded the right to practice philosophy without fear of censure or execution from the masses. Because of this, the idea to "tell [guardians and auxiliaries] that gold and silver of a divine sort from the gods they have in their soul always and have no further need of the human sort " (96), which is a myth conjured by Plato to stay ... ...

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... the will of the stronger. When the philosopher king creates the Myth of the Metals they are establishing laws or principles for the separation of society into classes i.e. a person with silver is a soldier, a person with brass and iron is a craftsmen. And in accordance with what Thrasymachus says these laws are evidently being established to perpetuate the rule of the philosopher kings ... ...

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... telling everyone in the city they were all once brothers under the earth, all born with a metal in their souls, preordained by the Gods. These are Gold, for the guardians, Silver, for the auxiliaries, Bronze or iron, for the craftsmen and farmers. This noble lie is told to encourage unity in the city, encourage the members of each class to only ... ...

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... . Making use of an ancient myth, in fact, Plato argued that people differed one from another by their natural gifts, depending on what matter their soul is made of: gold, silver or bronze. Hence Plato drew an unexpected conclusion that has allowed thinkers of other epochs to call him the first ideologist of totalitarianism. Plato pointed out that to realize better ... ...

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Love is found in the unlikeliest of places: in Italian Verona of the Montagues and Capulets, in the back seat of a car on the ill-fated Titanic, and in an abandoned mansion in Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without A Cause. Jim Stark ( ... ...

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