... the democratic government. In order for the reader to grasp the concepts involved, the first half of the book focuses on the values and beliefs of both Socrates and Athens itself. Through comparing and contrasting of their beliefs (mostly contrasting, I should add), the author does an excellent job in providing the background needed in order for the reader to understand the concepts involved during the ... trial. It is these concepts that allows the reader to draw one's own conclusion concerning the rights and wrongs that occurred in the events dealt with throughout the book. Athens, ....

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... life. College has taught me that this is incredibly true. People that come to college without ever having a real job, and by real I do not mean the occasional babysitting and lawn mowing, have no appreciation for the value of a dollar. They may be book-smart people but they have no idea what it is like to be on your own, to not have ... daddy around the corner for another hand out. Having held part-time jobs most of high school, I thought myself to be as self-sufficient as the ... learned money management. Little did I know that all the relatively inexpensive items quickly add up. When...

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... 246a). He says that the charioteer is the most important out of the three and should determine decisions about when to give each horse its rein or when to hold back. There may be conflicts amongst the three parts for the desires of the soul, but Plato says that the rational part's job is to regulate the other two desires. In other words ... , the chariot as a whole should be governed by the rational desires of the charioteer that represents the love of wisdom. Basically, he is saying that it is up to reason to ... . David Hume's explanation further supports the argument that will is the ...

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... Republic takes place in. He has an early conversation with Socrates about the difficulties of old age, which introduces the topic of justice, and then promptly leaves the discussion to attend to other matters. Polemarchus - Polemarchus is the son of Cephalus. He is important in book I, when Socrates submits his definition of justice to the elenchus and dismantles it, but after that he fades from ... the discussion. Thrasymachus - One of the key interlocutors of the Republic, even though he is only active in book I. Thrasymachus forces Socrates to address the question of whether it is be...

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... principal virtue for man is justice or his sense of justice. He believes that temperance, wisdom and knowledge balanced equally together create harmony which then produces justice. The subject matter of the "Republic- is the nature of justice and it's relation to human existence. Book I of the "republic- contains a critical examination of the nature and virtue of justice. Socrates engages in a dialectic with Thrasymachus ... , Polemarchus and Cephalus, a method which leads to the asking and answering of questions which directs to a logical refutation and thus ... , by whatever means, to ...

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... beings have three parts to their psychologies, what he calls three "souls-: the vegetative soul (that unconscious part that takes care of autonomic functions such as digestion and circulation), the animal soul (that conscious part that feels emotions, desires, and appetites), and the ... job well, it attains wisdom, understanding, and knowledge. The habits of thought and intellectual skills that help it to do this job are called intellectual virtues. These are the virtues that are acquired through the kind of training one receives in school. But someone can have great "book ... smarts- a...

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... utopian society in his book "The Republic". The purpose of his thought process was to cleanse his society of the woes he felt plagued it and construct a new one. Plato lived during the Peloponnesian War, which consequently lead to the end of the Athenian democracy. He had eyewitness account of his mentor's (Socrates) ... rise to higher positions (Class Notes). Justice is the political good within the polis, and it must promote the common interest of the people of the state. What is seen as good must be distributed and regulated through out the state. The law is also the regulating ... ...

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