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Plato
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How did Plato describe Atlantis?
The Atlantean Eurasian commonwealth empire which comprised of all of north south americas and australia new zealand japan and the spice islands and most of africa their armed forces and navies and armies came to the aid and rescue of the byzantine empire at the fall of constantinople in 1453 and defeated the turkish armies and navies and the marriage of the byzantine emperor and the atlantean empress mother who was the mother of prester john who was the emperor and priest king of the empire united both the byzantine and the atlantean empire under one dominion.
No. Plato never had any children, nor did he marry. In fact, it has been posited that he may have been homosexual, a common and widely accepted sexual orientation during Athenian times.
What was Plato's impact on Ancient Greece?
Plato was one of the early stars of Western philosophy. The son of an aristocrat, he studied under the great Greek thinker, Socrates. After years of travel and study, Plato founded the Academy in his native Athens in 387 B.C.; it became a famous hotbed of philosophical and scientific discussion, and is regarded by many as the first known university in the world. Plato's writings mostly take the form of dialogues, or "dialectics," in which knowledge is revealed as two characters ask and answer questions of each other. (Socrates was often one of the characters.) Plato's text The Republic, in which he lays out his ideas on the perfect state, remains a staple of college reading lists around the world.
What famous philosopher was a student Plato's?
Aristotle was a student of Plato's. He was also the tutor of Alexander the Great who spent three years in Mieza, Macedonia being tutored by the great philosoper.
Did Eva braun have any siblings?
Eva (b. 1912) had two sisters. Ilse (b. 1909) and Margarete ("Gretl") (b. 1915), who married SS officer Hermann Fiegelein.
How did Plato contribute to Greek Democracy?
They gave/spread their agriculture when they would leave their home land so others from their outside world could learn about Greek religions.
How did Alexander the Great impact Greece?
Alexander impacted Greece by bringing Greek cultures and laws together with other cultures. For example, his soldiers and Persian women were married and Alexander the Great also married 2 Persian princesses. Another reason on how Alexander the Great impacted Greece was that because he invaded so much land he was able to get the Greeks to know the other cultures that they didn't know were there.
Was Aristotle better than Plato?
Plato was Socrates' pupil and wrote about mainly about his opinion of the government and reason. On the contrary, Aristotle was Plato's student and became well-known for his wide range of knowledge and his writings included a variety of topics. Aristotle was also known for his major contributions to mathematics.
How did Plato influence the U.S. Constitution?
pure democracy, for the people by the people and govern by reason and facts outside of religious influence.
The most common subfields I'm aware of are the following four, with their general areas of study: Metaphysics - the nature of reality, what sort of things exist
Epistemology - theories of knowledge, the foundations and limits of knowledge
Ethics - good or right action, nature of the "good", morality, how one "ought" to live
Logic - principles of reasoning One might also consider other subfields like: Political Philosophy - political and social organization
Phenomenology - experience, or the experience of experience
Ontology - the nature of being
Aesthetics - the nature of beauty, definition of art
Philosophy of history - obvious
Philosophy of science - obvious Seems that most academic subjects have a corresponding philosophical subfield.
Plato was a student of Socrates who carried Socrates work. He founded the world's first university, called the Academy. He wrote down his teachings, and people all over the world study him today. He is also the father of political science. He later went on to teach Aristotle.
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Polybius (ca. 203-120 BC, Greek Πολύβιος) was a Greek historian of the Mediterranean world famous for his book called The Histories or The Rise of the Roman Empire,covering in detail the period of 220-146 BC. He is also renowned for his ideas of political balance in the government, which was later used in the drafting of the United States Constitution. == ==
What are some of Plato's beliefs and teachings?
The easy answer to this question would obviously be philosophy.
But the word 'teach' in this question is vague, so I will highlight the content of Plato's philosophy. Plato wrote a series of short works, the most important of which are The Republic, Parmenides, Meno, and Symposium.
The Republic espouses many of Plato's theories in metaphysics, epistemology, and politics. Most importantly, it contains Plato's famous Allegory of the cave, which is a analogy wherein Socrates argues that the invisible world is the most intelligible and that the visible world is the least knowable, and the most obscure. Socrates says in The Republic that people who take the sun-lit world of the senses to be good and real are living pitifully in a den of evil and ignorance. Socrates admits that few climb out of the den, or cave of ignorance, and those who do, not only have a terrible struggle to attain the heights, but when they go back down for a visit or to help other people up, they find themselves objects of scorn and ridicule. Physical objects and physical events are "shadows" of their ideal or perfect Forms, and exist only to the extent that they instantiate the perfect versions of themselves. Just as shadows are temporary, inconsequential phenomena produced by physical objects, physical objects are themselves fleeting phenomena caused by more substantial causes, the ideals of which they are mere instances. For example, Socrates thinks that perfect justice exists (although it is not clear where) and his own trial would be a cheap copy of it.
In addition to these metaphysics and his Theory of Forms (and so-called "Platonic realism"), The Republic contains Plato's treatises on the Ideal State, which is too complex to describe here but closely resembles the totalitarian-style governments of contemporary literature. The Republic also reveals the Socratic method, the philosophical technique by which philosophers attempt to gain insights into the meanings of certain concepts such as "justice" and "friendship".
In Parmenides, Plato himself associates knowledge with the apprehension of unchanging Forms and their relationships to one another; that if one derives the account of something experientially, because the world of sense is in flux, the views therein attained will be mere opinions. And opinions are characterized by a lack of necessity and stability. On the other hand, if one derives the account of something by way of the non-sensible forms, because these forms are unchanging, so too is the account derived from them. It is only in this sense that Plato uses the term "knowledge."
In Meno, Plato further expands upon his epistemology by using a geometrical example to expound his view that knowledge is acquired by recollection. The character Socrates elicits a fact concerning a geometrical construction from a slave boy, who could not have otherwise known the fact (due to the slave boy's lack of education). The knowledge must be present, Socrates concludes, in an eternal, non-experiential Form.
Finally, in Symposium, offers insight into the philosophy of love and beauty. There are seven members of the symposium who all give speeches on their differing views of what love and more specifically, erotic love, is. The character Socrates addresses the claims of his fellows, views which represent the differing views of the Greek states at that time.
What are two of the principles of stratigraphy?
any two principles you think are well suitable, use them.... because this is how we make it in life baby
What character in 'The Lord of the Rings' has a connection with Plato?
Could you be asking about Gyges from Plato's 'Republic' who is very similar to the ring-bearer?
If you find out let me know because I can't think of any! However, here's a GUESS that kinda sorta maybe works:
Aragorn. The legend of Atlantis first appears in the writings of Plato. Numenor, another land where people had a great society that was overcome by the sea, is clearly based on Atlantis, so Aragorn, the Nuenorean we get to know best, might have a Plato connection.
What is information on the Jubilee Grace MorningStar Academies and their founders?
The reason you are having a problem locating the info on the web, is "Jubilee", "Grace" and "Morningstar" are broken up into divisions in this school. It appears to be an excellent school (religious to some degree) and offers spirituality, which in my opinion is a healthy and excellent way to go to round out your child's future. I read a little, and it also appears the cost is affordable for most parents. Please go on: www.jubilee.org/ NOTE: AT THE TOP YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, AND JUST CLICK ONTO EACH ONE. THEN, ON THE LEFT, THE ACADEMY WILL ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. Hope this helps. Marcy
They spoke what they thought, not what others thought.
Plato wanted to banish poets from ancient Greece because he thought they would?
Plato wanted to banish poets from Greece because he believed that poets had no intellectual utility, rather they played with the audeince's lower part of the mind which dealt with emotions. Plato believed that emotions had a negative effect on the men of Greece. This is a very elementary answer. Plato's 'Republic' has a chapter dedicated to this question.
What was the name of the first Liberty ship to arrive from England at the end of World War 2?
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Asistotle was a greek philospher a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the great?
yes he was he was a great teacher he taught them respect, honesty , and wisdom
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- without exception; completely; wholly; entirely:
- You are absolutely right.
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Each of these idealogies has at some point been a major influence in western society, for instance; nationalism reigned during the war years, liberalism influenced the 60s and 70s, socialism affected the 70s and 80s and in the last 20 years or so the main impacting factor has been democracy, driven by the war in Iraq and the war on terror. So they underly different age groups and aspects of our society and history and provide a patchwork effect to the life of the western world. These ideologies go have appeared earlier in history too and will probably resurge again in the future as each one becomes less "ideal". Hope this makes sense?!?!?!
