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Plato
This category is for questions pertaining to the philosopher Plato. This elder of philosophy is a giant in the field.
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Who was the scholar that wrote the work the republic?
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Plato, somewhat of a contemporary of Socrates. One was the pupil of the other, but I don't remember right now which was which....
What do the children decide to do after leaving Tumnus's cave?
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They followed a bird that led them to Mr. Beaver.
What is a famous Aristotle quote about the poetics?
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"Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. " -Aristotle
What famous book did Plato write?
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Yes. Plato authored a number of works, as well as allegedly recording the teachings of his mentor, Socrates.
What do the shadows stand for in the allegory of the cave?
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Shadows are uncertainty and lack of knowledge.
What is enlightenment in the allegory of the cave?
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When the man is removed from the cave he is brought into the light. That is enlightenment.
What was platos ideal form of government?
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In both the Republic and the Laws, Plato identifies education as one of the most important aspects of a healthy state. He lays out detailed education programs that start with exercises pregnant women should perform to ensure the health of the fetus, and he goes on to explain not only what children should study but also what values they should be exposed to and what kinds of art and physical exercise they should engage in. Plato apparently considered most of his fellow Athenians to be hopelessly corrupt, easily inflamed by hollow rhetoric, and seduced by easy pleasures. One can achieve only so much by arguing with a corrupt soul that a virtuous life is better. Instead, Plato recognizes the need to teach children from a young age to live virtuous lives and to seek wisdom. Plato thinks that a child's education is the last thing that should be left to chance or parental whim, since the young mind is so easily molded. Republican
What is an explanation of the nature of something as thinkers such as Plato Aristotle and Socrates would have taught?
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"Nature" here means ways of classifying things.
For example, questions philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato and Socrates might ask are:
- Is this a person or thing? Is this person-thing living or not living?
- What makes something be living?
- Is a tree a living item or not? If a tree is living, is the leaf on the ground that came from the tree also living when separated from the tree? What is the nature of the tree and its leaf?
- If a tree is living, and we cut it down and make a table of it, what is the nature of this table? If it came from living matter, is the table's wood still living matter?
Great Philosophers began to study Nature (here, meaning, woodlands, trees, leaves, plants) and try to classify things, not only based on type, size, shape, but to explore with their thinking just what defines humans as humans, animals as animals, nature (the scenery around us) as nature, and objects as things.
They began to explore the "nature of...." (everything). What is IT? If IT is described as A, B, C, D, then what about this other IT that seems different from the first IT we studied? What makes a living tree and attached leaves be the same but also different from a felled tree on the ground on top of leaf litter that fell in autumn? These ideas were the beginnings of recognizing the smallest pieces of life: molecules and atoms.
They also studied abstract concepts, things they could see but that needed defined. For example: motion. They saw the wind blow the leaf-- is the wind also a living being? How is something moved, when is it moved, how is it moved? These ponderings helped construct the beginnings of the subject of physics.
The nature of something is classifying it not only by what we see but how it (or a person) functions and behaves, thinks and feels, does (and does not do). The leaf "dances" on the wind as if a living entity, yet it differs from a living human being who also twirls and dances as if he or she is the leaf carried upon the wind!
The levels of classifying humans or things can be as endless as the human or object we are studying, depending how far "in" to the item or person we're studying. As 2 examples, you could classify a person by:
- Living, human, female, mature (of an age to reproduce), age of (number), married or single (or widow); then you could classify her by what she does (her task functions) like bears children, takes care of children, cooks, cleans, washes clothing, makes things (baskets and tools), then you could classify her by how she seems, like freely shows emotions, cries more than "a living human male", etc.; in today's societies, you could classify her by her jobs or occupation(s) or career(s); the list can go on and on... OR
- Living, tree, young (sapling), short, thin, wiry stalk, easily bendable, easily snapped under force, shallow root system, soft green pine needles (not leaves), seeds easily scattered; many of its kind grow in certain types of soil often near a large pine tree; functions--no shade; it gives no wood at this stage; its seeds can survive fire and grow the next season; when does it grow? where does it grow? what does it give to animals and humans? Etc.
The "nature of something" also contains some mysteries, the things we ASK ourselves about, but do not yet know the answers!
Do you agree with Plato's vision of the ideal state in the Republic Write an editorial expressing your viewpoint.?
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