Plato

eyes. This is similar to comparing a book about the N-word (nigger The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word by Randall Kennedy) to a book written by the out of touch Plato (Dialogues of Plato). However different, readers can scrounge up a similarity between the two and get a slight sense of how plato would have viewed Kennedy’s book. Plato would have viewed Kennedy’s book as a way of overcoming ignorance which perfectly correlates with his Den allegory. “The only good is knowledge and the only…

Set during the socratic age of philosophy, The Apology by Plato chronicles the trial of Socrates on the charges of corruption of youth and not believing in the Gods. Plato, a young follower and apprentice of Socrates, documents the trial in its’ entirety from beginning to the unfortunate end in which Socrates is sentenced to death. The Apology is the trial of Socrates on a very basic and literal level but upon further inspection, one comes to realize that not only the philosopher is on trial but…

Powers of Plato (A discussion of Plato “ example of people What purpose do our lives hold? Many of us wonder but not a lot of us really exam our lives in depth. In one text we begin to see that exploration take form. Plato his beloved teacher defends himself. He talks a lot about his teachings and about what life means. His martyr prints his philosophies in blood for the next generations to continue learning from. Reading this text, I learned many important philosophies of Socrates.…

In the sections 64-67 of “Phaedo” by Plato from Athens provides argues why a person that has practiced philosophy should be pleased and hopeful when approaching death. The arguments are presented through a dialogue between Socrates and two characters (Cebes and Simmias) while imprisoned, as the three await for the recently ingested poison to take full effect. Plato provides support to the main argument through five points: first, a definition of death; second, matters that concern philosophers;…

In each of the major ancient philosopher had their own defining virtue and happiness. The ancient philosopher covered in this essay will include Plato, Aristotle, the Epicureans, and the Stoics. Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics hold happiness as the highest good and believe it is what we all seek in the end. The Epicureans hold a slightly different view, they find that happiness is pleasure, and pleasure is the highest good. Each of these individuals define happiness in their own way and also…

The allegory of the sun is an important metaphor in the Republic of Plato because it helps the reader comprehend how philosophers understand the Form of the Good, which therefore allows for an understanding of justice. Plato uses the metaphor of the sun to compare the role of the philosophers with a concrete image. By comparing the philosopher king to the sun he is demonstrating how much power and knowledge the philosophers obtain through their intense and lengthy education. The sun is the…

the leaders sought to eliminate the subject of philosophy from their city altogether. Plato, Socrates ' student, wrote The Republic as an apology to Socrates for the behavior of the Greek, while also aiming towards defending the ideas and philosophy of Socrates on Justice. The process through which Plato managed to explain how justice is a part of the human soul is explained as below: Book begins with Cephalus, Plato 's father, saying that justice means simply to follow and oblige to the…

The Legacy of a Great Philosopher Famous philosopher Plato once said, “Never discourage anyone... who continually makes progress, no matter how slow” (Moncur). Plato believes that you should never discourage someone which also correlates with some of his other philosophies. Although he is known for his great thinkings, there is a lot to learn about his characteristics. Plato and I share many positive attributes such as being leaders and helping others. However, we differ in the way that he…

These short stories, The Symposium by Plato and The Kama Sutra illustrate that individuals want what they are unable to have to stratify their cravings. Exactly like Socrates stated in The Symposium, ‘’…probable but absolutely certain that one desires what one lacks, or rather that one does not desire what one does not lack…’’ (Plato 76). This quotation is stating that an individual who owns something that another desire can attract the person that desire what they possess. The purpose of…

there have been laws. Laws that we made, and they are expected to be followed no matter how unjust we may think they are. We are expected to follow the law even when the authority is wrong. In the book The Trial and Death of Socrates written by Plato, his teacher Socrates, is on trial for corrupting the youth, and for not believing in the right Gods. In Socrates speech Apology, Socrates defends himself against the jury claiming that he is an innocent man and has done no wrong. In the end…