... in his role as psychologist are numerous and oftentimes rather obscure, so the reader would do well to focus instead on the less numerous justifications that Plato cites for banning things in his aristocracy. In fact, there are only two arguments that Plato presents over the course of The Republic to justify banning things in the city, but each argument is extremely important in its own right. It ... should be noted here that Plato's primary function as a de facto psychologist, it seems ... , is to enumerate what shall be banned from the city as a way to ensure that citizens' souls are ...

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... to be fully aware of its implications and consequences. Plato's notions of the soul contained a concept conforming to Ancient Greek culture. There was already the dualistic idea that humans were composed of two distinct elements: body and soul. And contained within Greek mythology was the 'possibility of a temporary wraith-like existence in the Underworld.'6 However in The Republic 'Socrates' maintained that all human beings would ... enjoy a life after death. The Ancient Greeks did not presuppose any life after death, believing true immortality belonged to the gods of Olympus...

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... are currently very controversial. In The History of the Peloponnesian War, The Apology, Phaedo, and The Republic, it is evident how Thucydides and Plato define each of these aforementioned ideas. Thucydides and Plato have differing opinions about what makes equality existent or nonexistent in a society and how this equality or inequality creates inferiority and difference between individuals. In The History of the Peloponnesian War it is clear that ... form of appetite, and the final soul is ruled by justness and aims to achieve the truth. These three types of souls then make up the thre...

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