... it one"(Plato, 141)? Socrates wants the people to be one big family and free any division. Everyone will be loyal and forgiving of each other. There are different city types explained in The Republic of Plato. Plato describes the cities in order from the just city. "Must we next go through the worse men-the man who loves victory and honor, fixed ... will began to kill anyone who threatens their power. Thus becoming what is known as tyranny. Socrates conception of the good life seems a little more complicated than that of the prophetic traditions. But, there are some similarities between...

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... represent human soul, Socrates says; "we'll go on to consider it in the individuals, considering the likeness of the bigger in the idea of the littler?"(Plato 369a). Plato's "ideal city" is really the search for the truth of justice, if Socrates were able to find the relationship between the soul and city in his "ideal city" then he would have the true ... meaning of justice. We saw from the reading how he came about braking down the city's parts and also that of the soul in order to see the reaction between ... their abilities, both physically and mentally. When I look back to the ear...

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... write about Atlantis, was the philosopher Plato. He said that his great-grandfather had passed down the writings and old traditions from the Athenians (Spence 3). "Plato wrote about Atlantis in two of his dialogues, "Timaeus" and "Critias" at around 370BC" (Internet 4). Plato did not witness Atlantis first-hand, but he found records on Atlantis. "In Plato's account, he wrote that because he ... Cuba); The Sphinx is thought not by geologists to be more than 6,000 and maybe 10,000 years old; There are sites under the North Sea which seem to be cities with stone columns" (Internet 3). Ther...

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... He felt if you are behaving against peoples mind and in this way, behaving against the city. It is a way of destroying the cities laws and so you are hurting citizens by doing so. An example of this is the general understanding that you shouldn't hurt your father. If you do so than you are disrespecting laws within ... so, but do not complain here. Regarding Socrates view one should not obey the law just because it is the law. As I said before you have two choices, but one of them is the moral option. We say that it is moral, as it was taught to us this way, but one doesn't really think ...

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... . True philosophers have a genuine passion for acquiring truth and a polis could certainly benefit from the guidance of a philosopher king, so why are there so many inadequate philosophers ruling over cities? That is because the political arena is filled with deceit, dishonesty, and instances of inhumanity. Because of their wisdom and moral character, philosophers cannot enter the political arena. Philosophers are not political contenders. They ... represents the sensible world. The longer segment represents the intelligible world. The intelligible segment is longer because the intelligi...

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... admits that it is hard for him and those who reported to him to recollect the exact words from the speeches made before or after war. Because of this, he has to be able to select words that are proper for the occasion so he can adequately express what the speaker is trying to say, while endeavoring to convey the general meaning ... , morally. Even in the Hellenistic world moral is down and changes occur among men's attitudes; this is one of the effects of war. Thucydides explains that after the Peloponnesian War begins, the entire Hellenic world is in commotion. When the troubles started...

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... terms in use. We must not only look at the textual convictions implied into the meanings of these forms of ideals but at society's views in general upon the questions herein. So before the attempt is made to compare these two notions of thought, truth, lying, and the ideal polis will all be overviewed on a historical and I feel factual level. Society has always had ... and goodness to be upheld in society. Well if these rulers are supposed to fight for the well being of society as a whole how then can a noble lie be made? In Plato's vision of the creation of a Callipolis, where those ch...

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... must confess their sins before they can be pure and have virtue. I am not sure that Socrates would agree with either of these two theories. However he would agree that by way of virtue one would find the path that will lead you on the endless journey to reaching the perfect good. I believe that Socrates ... offices in their cities. His purpose was not to show them that they were not wise, and he was wiser, for Socrates claimed to be a man who was not wise. He only said he possessed a certain kind of wisdom "human wisdom", and it's with this wisdom that he was able to show that ... . Th...

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