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Ideal Society Society Based
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Critics of The Republic, Plato's contribution to
the history of political theory, have formed two
distinct opinions on the reasoning behind the
work. The first group believes that The Republic
is truly a model for a political society, while
the other strongly objects to that, stating it as
being far too fantastic for any society to operate
successfully by these suggested methods. In an
exchange between Crito and Dionysius, this
argument is first introduced, with Crito siding
with those who agree...
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Perfect City City State
1,706 words
Plato, the Greek philosopher is considered to be
one of the greatest thinkers in history and is
called by one scholar the fountainhead through
which all western thought flows. In his book The
Republic he outlines what the perfect city-state
would look like and how it would operate. Along
his path of reason he makes no attempt to hide his
disdain for other political systems. That includes
democracy, a system he does not seem to agree
with. In fact, from what I read, Plato obviously
disagrees with...
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Plato Believes Rational Explanation
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Plato's View in Human Knowledge Plato presents
three different views about knowledge in Meno,
Republic, and Theaetetus. In Menos case, Plato
believes knowledge as something innate in us when
we are born; in his later view, in Republic, Plato
believes we perceive things and gain knowledge;
and from the last view, in Theaetetus, Plato
believes knowledge is the combination of a true
opinion and a rational opinion. Strangely enough,
Plato's views in Meno, Republic, and Theaetetus
are similar, regard...
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Plato Liberal Education
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Brand Blanshard, Philosophy Final SUMMARY Brand
Blanshard, a respected philosophy professor,
published an essay entitled, The Uses of a Liberal
Education, which accounts for a few arguments
against a liberal education, but stresses the
overwhelming advantages to the same education.
According to Blanshard, liberal studies are? the
sort of studies that are pursued for their own
sake rather than for their utility. ? (p. 121).
The first step Blanshard takes in analyzing the
usefulness of a liberal e...
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