... of morality, at all times. It penetrated the minds of such outstanding people as Plato. He even managed to evolve this notion into a whole theory of healthy personality, which is so significant for philosophy, because it covers the topic almost completely and has nearly unshakeable arguments to prove its ... theses. So, let's take a precise look at it. According to Plato, healthy personality deals with the soul and with its structure ... Let's talk about the other part of the moral principle of healthy personality - the spiritual one. In his theory of healthy personality, Plato descri...

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... understand? What do we mean with comprehension and knowing and having ideas? That also was the question Plato asked himself about 400 years before Christ. Plato lived in Athena, Greece, in about the same time Aristotle lived there. Actually with them the history of Western philosophy starts. Plato wrote about many subjects, state-affairs for example. But in this context his thoughts about ideas ... especially are interesting. Plato's theory about the origin of ideas and general knowledge, so science as well, can be illustrated by the next simple example. Suppose ... then recognizes the...

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... stated and only use my interpretation as one of many ways that you may look through a spectrum and make a thought. Both statements to be looked at come from Plato's, Gorgias. The first to be looked at is as follows " I would rather that my lyre, or some chorus in which I would sing, be out of ... didn't want to escape but he couldn't past up what could be his last opportunity do what he does as a philosopher and that was speak about philosophy. He also knew that by escaping, Socrates would be going against all his personal beliefs and would have to live ashamed because of his choice. So ...

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