The Republic Summary In reading Plato's The Republic, learning to appreciate works from around 366 BC in sch a modern 21st Century world is a quite wonderful and informative privilege. ... There are a handful of characters in this book, although not all are presented in these four books. ... Socrates, a major character, is believed to be the most influential philosopher of Plato. Adeimantus and Glaucon, brothers of Plato, are loquacious contributors in Plato's book. Both brothers are favored equally and received much respect from Plato. ...

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He thought the notion of a better life after death furnished the grounds for the deprecation of this life Zarathustra's speech "On Free Death" raises questions concerning both freedom and determinism with respect to one's conduct toward finitude. In Thus Spoke Zarathustra and other writings, Niet...

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Maxim Ethics: Plato's Rules to Obtain the Good Life Plato describes ethical maxims through stories, parables, and examples in the Republic. The people that are used as examples throughout the Republic are segregated into three groups: gold, which are the rulers of the city, silver, which represent the guardians, and bronze which signify the commoners. ... In Book II through VII of the Republic, Socrates talks about the guardians of the Luxurious City. ... Plato tells through ten books of the Republic, what the maxims are in each class to living the good life. ...

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Maxim Ethics: Plato's Rules to Obtain the Good Life Plato describes ethical maxims through stories, parables, and examples in the Republic. The people that are used as examples throughout the Republic are segregated into three groups: gold, which are the rulers of the city, silver, which represent the guardians, and bronze which signify the commoners. ... In Book II through VII of the Republic, Socrates talks about the guardians of the Luxurious City. ... Plato tells through ten books of the Republic, what the maxims are in each class to living the good life. ...

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-(Plato's Republic, Book vii, 518) No scheme of human life was so important to Plato as education. ... Spartan Influence on Plato's Scheme of Education: In his scheme of education Plato was greatly influenced by Spartan system of education. ... Plato's Theory of Education: Plato sees in education the only true way to the permanent stability of the state. ... He expresses in Republic that the whole function of education is not to put knowledge into the soul, & to do so by directing it to the right objects. ... However education in the Republic is exclusively meant for those...

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Plato What comes to mind when you hear the name Plato? Well you probably think Plato is just another bizarre name printed in our history books. ... He believed that government officials should be "philosopher kings" so he developed a course of study mainly about abstract thought for their education that is found in Plato's Republic. The Republic discusses the nature of justice and the institutions of society. ... Plato wrote one of the most known pieces of Greek literature, The Republic which discusses the nature of justice and the institutions of society. ...

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Guy Montag and his fellow fireman pillage homes for books to burn to create a bookless society. ... "Would you like, someday, Montag, to read Plato's Republic?.. I am Plato's Republic... ... Montag seems enthusiastic to learn the philosophies of life through the authors of books. ... "Do you ever read any of the books you burn" (Bradbury 12). ...

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This has resulted in value judgement, particularly to the non-great-books. ... In Book II of The Republic, Plato begins a discussion of poetry which is concerned with gods and heroes. He condemns much of this poetry as lies, "and still further because their lies are not attractive" (Republic, II, p24). Many stories, Plato is saying, are not imitations of any reality but are outright falsities, on the grounds that since gods and heroes are by definition better than men, they cannot perform such atrocious acts as shown for example in Homer and Aeschylus (the examples in Republic 26-...

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Time spent not pushing the republic toward success as he sees it would be time spent ultimately pushing the republic closer to succumbing to failure. ... When thoughts of "justice" were pondered in Ancient Greece, early students of Socrates accepted actions that were to the benefit of friends and detriment of enemies as the standard definition of justice (Plato I.332b). ... If freedom is a republic's greatest possession, then ingratitude is the republic's most superior defense against those who will make attempts to steal it away. ... What we ultimately see in Machiavelli&#...

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Plato, the great Greek philosopher, further expounds on the procedure of how reason effects will in his books, The Republic and Phaedrus. In the Republic, he makes the case that the person's soul is divided into three parts, the rational, the spirited and the appetitive; all of these have a certain desire that they follow. ... Since it sounds confusing and complicated, Plato uses an allegory to clarify the details. In Phaedrus, Plato explains that the three parts are like parts of a chariot: the charioteer, the white and the black horse. ... Each part has a say in where the chariot goes,...

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As a result, humanism was reflected in all types of literary works; rhetorical pieces, poetry, historical accounts, and even books on education and daily life. ... Neoplatonism during the Renaissance was a revival of Platonism, a dualistic philosophy based on Plato's Republic. In this book, Plato categorized the world into two realms, one of visible reality and another of intelligible reality, and four separate levels of knowledge. ... Neoplatonism was a resurgence of these Platonic ideas, but humanistic thinkers attempted to integrate Christianity and philosophy into a harmonious theolo...

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At several points, the Politics looks back to the conception of the highest human good worked out in the Nicomachean Ethics, and the concluding chapter of the Nicomachean Ethics (X.9) looks forward to the Politics, culminating in a list of questions about political systems which corresponds reasonably well to the questions he addresses in the Politics, as the following chart indicates: Outline of the Politics Questions in Nicomachean Ethics X.9.1181b17-24 Book I: types of communities: the city, the household; household management Book II: critical survey of proposed and actual constitutio...

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He studied there for 20 years, until Plato's death in 347, before returning to Macedonia after 20 years. ... Although he studied under Plato, he disagreed with Plato on almost all issues. He did not think about the world in abstract terms like Plato. ... Plato saw reality in ideas that could only be known by thinking and reasoning about them. ... His books are filled with observations about animals that were sometimes not confirmed until many centuries later. ...

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Most normal individuals in the modern world would assume that all books written, not published, by man are based on either a portion of the author's imagination, an event (biased or non-biased) in either history or during the life of the author, a straight-out autobiography, or a generalized biography of another person they once knew. ... The book is actually an in-depth recording of a philosophy contest between Plato's teacher Socrates and several other great philosophers. ...

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His parents wondered: "What do you see in your books?" ... Books constituted the primary source for knowledge. ... "Books were going to make me educated." ... What did he see in his books? ... Yet, Rodriguez read Plato's Republic at an age when a usual student would most probably read Lewis's "Alice Adventures in Wonderland". ...

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Those were the only books I liked. ... In my last class we read several books. ... I have enjoyed few books in lifetime. ... I really got into science-fiction books and read nearly six books that summer. ... The last book I read was Plato's Republic and found it pretty interesting, though I had to read the Cliff notes along with the book. ...

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Plato designed a utopian Republic, while Karl Marx radically changed the face of the earth by offering up a secular state that is supposed to be sufficient for all. ... We know Socrates through his student Plato's writings. Plato sought a republic where people had knowledge of the Idea of the Good. ... Aristotle tried to reconcile Pericles and Plato (i.e., political action and philosophy) in one. ... Cicero was the greatest thinker of the Roman republic. ...

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Aristotle wrote on this discussion of the Ideal State in books VII and VIII of The Politics. ... Plato, in his Republic, expressed a great disapproval of seaports, navies, foreign trade, and foreign travel in his writings on the political ideal. ...

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Scharff and Val Dusek, and last source I will be citing are my own ideas that have been created in me through viewing the films, reading books on this subject, having discussions concerning the philosophy of the Matrix and similar topics. ...

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"Martin Luther King and his View of the American Dream" Introduction The reason why I have chosen the topic "Martin Luther King and his view of the American Dream" for my research paper has its roots in my early childhood. My mom was very impressed of King and read picture books about hi...

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Many critics regard "King Lear" as the greatest, and most tragic, of William Shakespeare's plays; indeed, some claim that it is the most tragic play ever written. And yet, it is difficult to see why we should regard "King Lear" as a tragedy for the King is basically a pathetic old man, vain and foolish, rash in his judgment and incapable of controlling his emotions. This characterization seems to preclude viewing Lear on the Aristotelian model of a tragic hero, as someone raised above the ordinary level of humanity, except in the most conventional sense of his social status. Moreover, in ...

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