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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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What were plato's main ideas about government?
Plato's main ideas about government was that there were three groups of people. The first group were the philosopher kings that ruled logic and wisdom. The second group were warriors that defended the state from attack. The third group were the rest of the people that were driven by desire. This was an ideal government to Plato.
Do you agree with Platos claim that only what is unchangeable can be known Why or why not?
Pro / Agree:
I agree with the statement as consistent behavior (to take the claim a touch further) is predictable and therefore known. As an example, a 6 sided dice is changeable and because of that you cannot predict with reliability (to "Know" without doubt) what number it will land on if rolled. Con / Disagree:
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What did Plato say about music?
Plato says when the music
of a society changes, the whole society will change
Who invented the mathematical median?
It is not known who invented the mathematical median. Medians are the middle value of a list from smallest to largest.
Why is art found in human society?
every thing that surround us theres an art involve because it was made by different person who had different expressions of thoughts.
What government type did Plato like?
The correct term is oligarchy. This is a government run by a small group or class of elite people. In Plato's view, this would be philosophers. The basic argument he made was this: "why would we possibly want to give equal voting power to an uneducated, ignorant plebian that we would give to someone who had the benefit of education and learning to inform his decisions?"
Honestly, if you think about it, this kind of makes sense. Unfortunately it doesn't take into account human nature and the tendency of power to corrupt and exploit those without a voice.
OK Look Plato Did Not Drop An Egg On His Head! He Died Of Old Age At 81. You People Who Think He Died Because Of Food Need To Do A Little Research
Plato brought forth and gave his answers to the basic questions that philosophers have discussed over the centuries even to the current day. For some philosophers his answers and approaches to the problems that philosophy has faced and still faces today are meaningful. Important contributions of Plato concern political philosophy and the intangible ideas concerning reality. A brief summary of his work is that he continued to not be satisfied with the ideas of the past and pushed forward the importance of philosophy itself.
A never to be overlooked accomplishment of Plato is his building upon the ideas of Socrates. Plato was a student of Socrates and had a huge influence on Plato. Plato gives us insights into Socrates that we would never have known as Socrates never put into writing his ideas on life.
Plato has commentaries on a huge number of philosophic ideas that philosophers and students of philosophy that remain current and meaningful. His accomplishments are his ideas on:
1. Justice
2. Religion and culture
3. The soul of man
4. Knowledge
5. History
6. Goverment
7. The after life
8. Reality
Plato's symbol was the Allegory of the Cave, which represents the journey from ignorance to knowledge and enlightenment. In this allegory, prisoners are chained inside a dark cave, mistaking shadows for reality until one of them is freed and discovers the truth outside the cave.
His mom's name is Ariston, and his dad's name is Percition. Although Platos birth was a result of his mother Ariston's rape.
How did Plato become a philosopher?
Plato was inspired to become a philosopher after meeting Socrates and witnessing his method of questioning and reasoning. He was also influenced by other philosophers of his time, such as Pythagoras and Parmenides. Plato's desire for knowledge and truth led him to study philosophy and eventually become one of the most influential thinkers in history.
Plato's mentor was Socrates, a Greek philosopher known for his contributions to ethics and his method of questioning and dialogue to uncover truth. Plato was greatly influenced by Socrates' teachings and incorporated many of his ideas into his own philosophical works.
What are the similarities of Socrates Aristotle and Plato?
For Plato what was ultimately real was the notion or concepts of things. He decreed that what we see in the physical world are merely abstract representations of universal concepts. Thus, Plato believed, that to truly understand reality one must transcend the physical reality into the world of ideas which is understood as Platonic Realism. Plato's main idea of the true nature of reality centres on the idea that abstract instances of universals are what creates the physical reality and that one cannot sensually perceive these universals as they have no spatial or temporal properties. He argued that all things have a universal form, such as a book, that exists outside of the physical book of which we can sensual perceive. We can look at a book but we can also study the form or the concept of the book thus giving us the particular book and the universal form of the book, Plato taught. Plato rested on the principles of one-over-many, self-predication and non-self-partaking to explain the existence of universals. These principles culminate in the realisation of platonic realism, and are the foundational pillars for the platonic world of forms, and Plato's conception of reality.
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Socrates was Plato's teacher, so alot of his ideas are shared by Plato. Both were dissatisfied with the society they lived in and thought of ways to change it.
Socrates did his bit to teach his pupils that war is not the answer to everything and was greatly aganst the religious propaganda that the public was being tricked into thinking by the church...he introduced his pupils to different religious thought and this is why he was killed by the state...hemlock - he took it without force and accepted his fate hoping that by doing so his legacy would live on.
After Socrates death Plato ensured the survival of his legacy but also had ideas of his own...Plato's republic; a successful society where everyone (no matter their social level)played very important parts to ensure survival of their community...its really interesting you should look it up more! Also something interesting would be to look at the differences between Plato and Aristotle (Plato was HIS teacher and Aristotle had pretty much the opposite ideas
Answerboth Plato and socrates were republican. both were philosophers. i now much of socrates but not about Plato. socrates was a leader, he had followers and the Greeks blamed him for a war. it wasn't socrates' fault but the needed to blame it on someone and he was against the war. he was found guilty with a penalty of death and had to drink hemlock.What are the differences of Socrates Aristotle and Plato?
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were ancient Greek philosophers who made significant contributions to Western philosophy. Socrates is credited with creating the Socratic method of questioning and believed that virtue is knowledge. Plato was a student of Socrates and founded the Academy, promoting the theory of forms and advocating for the ideal state in his works. Aristotle, a student of Plato, focused on empirical observation and logic, developing theories in many disciplines, including ethics, politics, and metaphysics.
What are Aristotle's classification of governments?
Depending upon the number of people involved in governing and the focus of their interests, Aristotle distinguished six kinds of social structure in three pairs: A state with only one ruler is either a monarchy or a tyrrany; A state with several rulers is either an aristocracy or an oligarchy; and A state in which all rule is either a polity or a democracy.
Ctesibius (Ancient Egypt) invented the water clock in 400 B.C.
A simple question at first sight, though a very fundamental philosphical question once examined.
Plato starts his quest for knowledge by asking: what is substantial, what is real in things, what is "ontoos on". He comes to the conclusion that what we see with our eyes is not 'real'; every single thing is a shadow, a reflection of an 'Idea', which is to be found in the 'World of Ideas', and is to be reached by rational thinking (solely).
Nietzsche, in formulating his critique on Hegel, directly attacked the Western belief in rationality, on which Western society is based. He despised the project of rationality itself, considering it as a decadence, metaphysical rationality a forteriori: traditionally, metaphysics indicates that the fundament of our world is to be found 'above' it, 'outside' of it, in a 'different world', of the mind (Geist). Thus, the world we live in is but a mere shadow of that 'world'. It was Plato who started this, and it was Plato who caused philosophy to examine the world wrong: for Nietzsche, reality is will for power.
Though Nietzsche's attack on rationality itself is hard to justify, he clearly showed that almost every single western philosopher, participating in the metaphysical project of the 'two worlds', is inspired by Plato, including: Aristotle, Cicero, the Stoicists, Anselmus, Hobbes, Schopenhauer, Heidegger, Gadamar, and others.
Socrates was married to the legendary Xanthippe (shocking isn't it?), a younger woman famous for her sharp tongue and said to be the only person to have beaten Socrates in an argument. Her name is now synonymous with a shrewish wife.
AnswerSocrates was married to the legendary Xanthippe, a younger woman famous for her sharp tongue and said to be the only person to have beaten Socrates in an argument. Her name is now synonymous with a shrewish wife.Socrates was married to Xanthippe and had one son with her. At the same time he had a girlfriend named Myrto. He had two sons with Myrto. Some writters claim at last he married Myrto.
Xanthippe may have become such a nagging and shrew wife because Socrates wouldn't except money for his philosophy meetings. This left them broke to properly raise a family.
