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Plato And Aristotle Bill Of Rights
1,921 wordsPlato and Aristotle, two philosophers in the 4 th century, hold polar views on politics and philosophy in general. This fact is very cleverly illustrated by Raphael's "School of Athens" (1510 - 11; Stanza della Signature, Vatican), where Plato is portrayed looking up to the higher forms; and Aristotle is pointing down because he supports the natural sciences. In a discussion of politics, the stand point of each philosopher becomes an essential factor. It is not coincidental that Plato states in ...
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Ideal Society Society Based
1,883 wordsCritics 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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Believed That Man Principle Of Justice
2,053 wordsPlato was a philosopher in the time of the distinguished Greek philosophers. He wrote a book entitled The Republic in which he explains some of his philosophy on subjects ranging from education to government. The Republic discusses the nature of justice and the institutions of society. In some ways it is idealistic in that it describes Plato's ideal society. But it also deals with human knowledge, the purpose and composition of education, and the nature of science. The principle of justice is th...
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1,805 wordsChinas ideology is greatly due to Confucius. His views and teachings started the Chinese ideology in China and he is the first self-conscious philosopher in the Chinese tradition (Mote, 1989, p 31). Confucius lived from 552 B. C. To 479 B. C. ; his teachings greatly influenced Chinese life. Living a moral life was the predominant belief and goal of the philosopher and teacher, K'ung Ch " iu, the founder of Ju school (Liu, 1995, p 10). Confucius was born into minor aristocracy and was of noble st...
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Perfect City City State
1,706 wordsPlato, 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 And Aristotle Perfect Society
1,178 wordsPlato vs. Aristotle Numerous experts in modern time regard Plato as the first genuine political philosopher and Aristotle as the first political scientist. They were both great thinkers in regards to, in part with Socrates, being the foundation of the great western philosophers. Plato and Aristotle each had ideas in how to proceed with improving the society in which they were part of during their existence. It is necessary therefore to analyze their different theoretical approaches regarding the...
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Plato Critique Of Democracy The Equality
1,237 wordsIn order to clearly understand why Plato seems to find democracy and the democratic soul so objectionable one must first understand the definition of what democracy means. Plato's discord with democracy does not concern the democracy we know today nor does it directly concern Athenian democracy. Rather, it is the Form of democracy in which he criticizes. For a Greek (man), democracy, meant the rule of the people in a much more literal sense than it does for the citizens of most of the modern sta...
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Good Morals Law System
1,204 wordsAn essay on Plato's The Republic and Aristophanes the Birds It is evident, by Plato's The Republic and Aristophanes The Bird's, that one's vision of an ideal state is not the same mystical utopia. Plato's Republic is an well-ordered society that emphasizes the development of the community, which leads to its people believing in this philosophy. Cloudcuckooland, the idea of two lazy Athenians, is an unorganized society that lacks the substance to make it a workable society. I would much rather li...
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Plato Vs Thucydides Conflict In Ideals
2,169 wordsPlato vs. Thucydides: Conflict in Ideals (1) It is a commonly assumed fact that the classical ideals of physical beauty, intellectual finesse and democratic governing, closely associated with Western civilization, derive out of ancient Greeks existential psyche. In its turn, this can serve as the proof that the overwhelming majority of citizens in Greek cities-polices, during the course of Classical period, were physically and mentally healthy individuals. This also explains why the ideas, expre...
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Philosopher King Direct Democracy
1,604 words... was perhaps Socrates' most famous student. He was twenty-eight years old when Socrates was put to death. At the age of forty, Plato established a school at Athens for the education of Athenian youth. The Academy, as it was called, remained in existence from 387 B. C. to A. D. 529, when it was closed by Justinian, the Byzantine emperor. Our knowledge of Socrates comes to us from numerous dialogues which Plato wrote after 399. In nearly every dialogue and there are more than thirty that we kno...
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Plato And Aristotle Pleasure And Pain
2,755 wordsAristotle and Plato The philosophy of Plato and Aristotle had considerable impact on the development of Christianity. Their theories and principles were modified to create a 'new' theology. It was the philosophy and ideology of Western Christendom during the height of the Middle Ages. Christian ideology was based on the use of reason to deepen the understanding of what is believed on faith, and ultimately to be able to rationalize and understand the idea of pure faith. Basically this theology is...
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Pity And Fear Work Of Art
1,673 wordsPhilosophy of Aesthetic 1) Aristotle's main concern in the Poetics is to redeem the arts from Plato's criticism of their value in human society. Aristotle succeeds in his concern to some extent because his justification for the concern may be questioned if to look at the issue from some other prospective. This work by Aristotle is considered to be the first example of criticism in literary tradition. Firstly Aristotle defines tragedy in his masterpiece and gives some basic insight into it. Accor...
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Male And Female Division Of Labor
1,946 wordsIs Plato a Feminist? According to the ancient laws, Athenian women were given into marriage by the men of their family. Their own option had no official bearing on the matter, (Gould p. 5). The tradition of an offering presented by the family of the bride was practiced in Athens, as in many states then and even nowadays. There is data that the women were given consideration not just as property. An account of arbitration tells of a man found to be squandering the important offering he has receiv...
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Plato View Of Immortality 4 5 3
1,833 wordsPlato's view of immortality 4. 5. 3 Plato was an Athenian philosopher, and the author of various world renowned masterpieces including Republic. As a young man, Plato was a disciple of Socrates, and his early work bears the mark of Socrates' heavy influence including Plato's view of immortality that is going to be discussed in this essay. During his middle period, and particularly with the Republic, Plato began to espouse a more purely personal philosophy based on his own Theory of the Forms. Fo...
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Advantage Of The Stronger Line Of Logic Justice
1,163 wordsPlato's profound early writing on politics, ethics and education discussed in the Republic are the foundations of todays governments, nations and discourses. At least that is what I am told. Plato's ideology and reasoning are not always the most believable and desirable, it makes me wonder which part of todays government practices must give due to the Republic (to be discovered in Gov 101). While it is easy to be disgusted with Plato's idealism and philosophy, which seems to deter any type of an...
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Idea Of Love Concept Of Love
2,029 wordsIdeals of Love in Plato's Symposium As much as our society has become involved in the advancement of feminism and the equality of the sexes, there is one fact that neither gender can ignore; none can survive without the other. Love and the want of a soul mate keeps each member of man and womankind in the constant search of the perfect person with whom to become one. Yet if this bond is a necessity of the human race then why has the meaning, purpose and pursuit of it eluded us for so many generat...
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Theory Of Forms Essential Nature
1,995 wordsPlato (428 - 347 BC) The Greek philosopher Plato was among the most important and creative thinkers of the ancient world. His work set forth most of the important problems and concepts of Western philosophy, psychology, logic, and politics, and his influence has remained profound from ancient to modern times. Plato was born in Athens in 428 BC. Both his parents were of distinguished Athenian families, and his stepfather, an associate of Pericles, was an active participant in the political and cu...
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3 Rd Century Neo Confucianism
2,581 wordsAs used originally by the ancient Greeks, the term philosophy meant the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. The term philosophy is often used popularly to mean a set of basic values and attitudes toward life, nature, and society-thus the phrase philosophy of life. Western philosophy is considered generally to have begun in ancient Greece as speculation about the underlying nature of the physical world. In its earliest form it was indistinguishable from natural science. The writings of the ear...
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16 Th Century Social And Political
1,672 wordsNiccolo Machiavelli (Born May 3 rd, 1469 1527 Florence, Italy. ) His writings have been the source of dispute amongst scholars due to the ambiguity of his analogy of the Nature of Politics and the implication of morality. The Prince, has been criticised due to its seemingly amoral political suggestiveness, however after further scrutiny of other works such as The Discourses, one can argue that it was Machiavelli's intention to infact imply a positive political morality. Therefore the question ne...
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Save The World Definition Of Justice
1,422 wordsOn Beauty in a State I once heard the comment beauty can save the world. This struck me as whimsical because I had always thought of beauty as pleasing and enjoyable and thats about it. But then I read Plato's Republic. His thoughts on beauty gave me new things to consider. To Plato, the presence of beauty in a state is the measure of the most important qualities of the state, primarily justice. In our day, beauty is often synonymous with such words as loveliness, attractiveness, charm, splendor...
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