... to find definitions for things was that they were stuck in case-based, specific examples. Does bravery mean fighting against a person stronger than yourself, or does it mean having the courage to back down from the fight and accept the insults of cowardice that come with that; does it mean having the determination to turn your father in for murder, or ... the city, and are all fully educated philosophers--they represent wisdom in the city. The auxiliaries are less educated than the guardians, but still well-educated; they fight and represent courage. The rest of the population receives ...

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... to try get at true answers to definite questions. Socrates was not a skeptic, either. He frequently claimed not to know anything about the subjects of his conversations (piety, virtue, beauty, courage, etc.). To some extent, Socrates is adopting a pose in order to get the dialectic rolling -- to prompt his interlocutor to propose a definition of virtue, piety, etc. But on the other ... ...

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... choose not to, and often profit from unethical behavior. Plato's last work (probably done in his 60's,) dealt with his theory of forms. This theory suggests that things such as courage and love do not exist on earth. People and objects only display the essence of these, which exist somewhere outside earth in a "pure" form, not just bits and pieces. This ... ...

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