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"The Republic" by Plato and the Movie "The Matrix", 2001.
A discussion on the concept of truth, righteousness and reality as portrayed in "The Republic" and in the movie "The Matrix".
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This essay discusses the issues of righteousness, truth and reality as depicted in "The Republic" and the movie "The Matrix". In addition, the author provides examples from the movie? The Matrix" to support his views.
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"Where does the truth lie? And if we were to discover its hiding place, would we necessarily be happy with what we find there. Plato, in his allegory of the cave as put forth in The Republic, and the movie The Matrix each suggest to us a metaphor, a symbol, of the relationship between truth and the larger society ? although both the ideas of society and the ideas of truth vary dramatically.
The Republic was meant by Plato to be a criticism of the-current political system. Much of the criticism that Plato leveled against his own government was based in the philosopher?s metaphysical system, in his belief in a world of permanent Forms that existed well beyond the limitations of human experience. Plato argues that the state and political institutions should exist to promote these ideal Forms. "
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"The Republic" by Plato, 2004.
An examination of how the concept of ?good? is evident within "The Republic" by Plato.
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This paper explains that "The Republic" is a dramatic work written to present the thoughts and teachings that were representative in the life of Socrates. It looks at how Socrates demonstrates the concept of innate good through a variety of descriptions and actions, while also providing guidance to others during his trail.
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"When reading the Republic, one obtains an insight to Socrates? fundamental nature. For example, he believed that souls have a permanent existence and the soul?s purpose was to provide way to live and give life, justice, temperance, piety, beauty, and such ideas are eternal entities that give reality to the human world. Socrates is known to have said, "We must now proceed to the further question which we set ourselves, whether the just live better and happier lives than the unjust (Nielson, 2002)."
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"The Republic" by Plato, 2006.
This paper explores the radicalism and equality of gender in Plato's "The Republic."
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The paper discusses how "The Republic" is probably the best-known dialogue of the Greek philosopher Plato. In this large work, written in ten books, Plato describes an ideal society and state. To achieve this complex task (i.e. to approach society from as many aspects as possible) the text encompasses a number of areas: sociology, economics, ethics and of course, justice. The paper explains that the question of justice in this utopian society is of high significance to Plato as he starts his dialogue in his attempt to define justice.
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"The Republic" by Plato, 2002.
An analysis of Plato's "The Republic" with special reference to justice.
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This paper reviews the discussion regarding justice in Book 4 of "The Republic". Justice was then defined as residing in the ability of everyone in the state to do his own job and not to interfere with other people's functions. In order to understand this work, the paper looks at Plato's definition of the people that make up society. Plato defines the first two parts of the soul as desire and reason and the third as emotion and then relates this to the four parts that make up the populous.
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"It was, therefore, necessary to discern how the apparent unity of the soul possessed parts. Plato's argument is based on the demonstration of conflict within the individual and the invocation of what Annas calls the "Principle of Conflict" (137). This is a general principle which states "that one thing cannot act in opposite ways or be in opposite states at the same time and in the same part of itself in relation to the same other thing" (436b). The point here is that if conflict can be shown to exist within the individual soul then it cannot be "one thing" but must be at least two."
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"The Republic" (Plato), 1992.
Argues that Plato was not a democrat but rather a non-egalitarian who did not trust people.
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"This study will consider the nature of Plato's political philosophy as expressed in The Republic. The study will argue, essentially, that Plato is not a democrat, that he is not in favor of widespread freedoms (speech, belief or vocation), and that he is fundamentally a nonegalitarian, not trusting the people enough to be strongly in favor of equality (political, socioeconomic, or of opportunity).
Plato is far more concerned with order and organization and a smooth-running and economically efficient society than with democracy. However, the Greeks to whom he expounded his views had come to be accustomed to a measure of democratic practice, so he had to sell what he really believed in a package which the people would believe contained something other than that which it truly contained."
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"Republic" by Plato, " Poetics" by Aristotle and "An Apology For Poetry" by Philip Sydney, 2000.
A comparison of three theorists' views on mimetic poetry (dealing with reality and morality) and its proper role in society.
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"The purpose of this research is to examine views of mimetic poetry contained in Book X of Plato's Republic, in Aristotle's Poetics, and Sidney's An Apology for Poetry from a Marxist perspective. The plan of the research will be to set forth the pattern of ideas regarding mimetic poetry contained in each commentary and then to evaluate claims made in each work about its import and value relative to metaphysics, epistemology, literary form and content, and political ends.
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n general terms, it can be said of mimetic poetry that Plato is against it, Aristotle is engaged by the project of defining it, and Sidney is determined to defend it. But in the view of each, poetry either does or can influence the whole of human experience. Thus mimetic poetry must be seen in the context of society, politics, philosophy, and ethics. "
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"Republic" ( Plato ), 1997.
Analyzes the ideal state, Theory of Forms, politics, rationality, social order, role of individual, classes and family.
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" Plato's Republic describes a society that is completely rational, based on Plato's concept of the good life and developed to create and protect that sort of life within the context of a civil state. What Plato seeks in this dialogue is a definition of the perfect life and the perfect state to promote and sustain that life. The Ideal State is a concept and not a reality, either in Plato's time or since. Much of what Plato embodies in the Ideal State is probably a reaction to imperfections in the government and society of his time. Plato lived in a time of turmoil and warfare, and he created a society that would be free of strife if it lived up to the ideal. The fact that few would want to live in the society Plato proposes may be because Plato ignores or subsumes human nature, and for his perfect society to work to protect the perfect life, it would have to be made up of.."
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"Republic" ( Plato ), 1999.
Analyzes the blueprint for an ideal society based on justice, collectivism, control of education and art, censorship and elimination of strife.
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"Plato's Republic describes a society that is completely rational, based on Plato's concept of the good life and developed to create and protect that sort of life within the context of a civil state. What Plato seeks in this dialogue is a definition of the perfect life and the perfect state to promote and sustain that life. The Ideal State is a concept and not a reality, either in Plato's time or since. Plato lived in a time of turmoil and warfare, and he created a society that would be free of strife if it lived up to the ideal. It seems likely that few people today would want to live in the society Plato proposes, and this may be because Plato ignores or subsumes human nature. one of the elements Plato sees as necessary to his perfect state is a powerful and extensive censorship to control certain forces in the populace and to reduce the sort of individualism we prize ..."
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"Republic" ( Plato ), 1995.
A critical analysis of ithe deal city-state as a concept which could not be accomplished in reality. Discusses justice, a world of forms, utopia, the individual and society.
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"INTRODUCTION
Plato's Republic is a dialogue in which Socrates investigates the nature of the city-state and what the ideal city-state should be. The philosophical inquiry in this dialogue can be seen as addressing two primary conceptions, conceptions which are linked under the heading of idealism, with one detailing Plato's epistemology and the other his political philosophy. The first is a more metaphysical consideration of the nature of life and the world and how we can know what we know, while the second is the practical application of various concepts to the state to demonstrate the relationship between the individual and his or her society in a utopian city-state such as Plato would create but which does not exist. The fact that the city-state described here as an ideal relates to the underlying ..."
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"The Republic "( Plato ), 1997.
Looks at his ideas on justice, harmony, happiness in an ideal society & in an individual soul.
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"Plato's Republic is a dialogue in which Socrates investigates the nature of the city-state and what the ideal city-state should be. The philosophical inquiry in this dialogue can be seen as addressing two primary conceptions, conceptions which are linked under the heading of idealism, with one detailing Plato's epistemology and the other his political philosophy. The first is a more metaphysical consideration of the nature of life and the world and how we can know what we know, while the second is the practical application of various concepts to the state to demonstrate the relationship between the individual and his or her society in a utopian city-state such as Plato would create but which does not exist. Plato's Republic describes a society that is completely rational, based on Plato's concept of the good life and developed to create and protect that..."
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Plato's "Republic", 2002.
Discusses Book IV of "Republic" by philosopher, Plato.
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This paper provides an overview of Book IV of ancient Greek philosopher, Plato's "Republic". The paper shows how Plato selects the virtues of temperance, justice and wisdom as pillars of his ideal state. If a state can survive with these virtues, then its citizens require the same, since it is the citizen, so Plato argues, who entrusts the leaders of his state to represent him fairly.
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"Within the books of The Republic, Plato defines three main functions of society -- production, defense, and government. So, he explains, there are three classes of citizens: the producers, the fighters, and the governors. We cannot forget that even in Plato?s vision of an ideal Republic, there is no such thing as a class-less society. We cannot compare his vision of a just man with that of a good citizen without understanding on which level of society he lives. Each class, therefore, will have its own kind of virtue: temperance (obedience) in the producers, courage in the fighters, and wisdom in the governors. There is a fourth virtue, as Plato sees it."
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Plato's 'Republic', 2004.
This paper examines Book VIII of the 'Republic' by Plato.
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In this study of Book VIII of the 'Republic' by Plato, the writer shows that the philosopher introduces a political cycle beginning in timocracy and leading-- through oligarchy and democracy-- into tyranny. The writer contends that Plato's view of democracy is consistent with his tendency to regard entities with respect to their purest "form". The writer discusses Plato's view that in the case of democracy, pure liberty leads the city-state into anarchy and ultimately, dictatorship.
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"In Book VIII of Plato's immortal treatise 'The Republic', we find Socrates explaining the nature of the four degenerative or diseased states timocracy, oligarchy, democracy and finally tyranny. Each of these states represents a component of a cycle with one corrupted state preceding the other in succession. In this it is perhaps puzzling that Socrates anticipates that democracy will precede the formation of a tyrannical state, for these two states appear at first glance to be antithetical. In the first Timocratic state, the tricks and devices of war ... "
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Censorship in Plato's "Republic", 2006.
A review of the "Republic" by Plato, with an emphasis on a lack of personal freedom.
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The paper criticizes Plato's work for offending modern people's notion of the freedom of the individual, and argues against its applicability in the context of today. The paper analyzes Plato's call for the Guardians to indoctrinate the citizens and direct their endeavors, and finds that it amounts to propaganda and would lead to censorship. In Plato's goal of perfection the writer sees the forerunner of Nazi plans for eugenics as well as similarities to the Soviet regime. The paper concludes that the "Republic's" arguments would have been more convincing if they were meant to give individuals freedom instead of deciding for the individual what was best.
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"Plato defines a just state as one that supports the welfare of the individual, a point of agreement for most political philosophers. However, he ascribes to men driving forces that are not in their or each other's best interests. He mentions different pursuits, such as artistic endeavors, as being outside the realm of provision of the necessities of life, which he defines as food, shelter and clothing. His society depends on men working to capacity level in the most efficient way possible in order to provide a state-driven system for distribution of goods. In order to accomplish this it is necessary, in his view, to proscribe sole tasks to the individuals, allowing them to perform only one job and providing a work force for each necessary item necessary for survival. He reasons that if a man concentrates on one thing only, he will become expert in that pursuit and will produce more than would be produced by individuals providing all of their own necessities on their own."
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Philosophy: Plato's Republic, 2006.
A discussion regarding the theme of justice and the well ordered soul in Plato's Republic.
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This philosophical study examines the theme of justice and the well ordered soul in Plato's Republic. By examining the basis of Truth in Plato's Republic, the paper realizes the foundation for justice within this city. Also, the objective of truth should relate to the basis of the soul, which should be guided by the principles of justice within Plato's ideology. In this manner, Plato's Republic identifies the basis of justice upon the foundation of virtue and truth within the well ordered soul in this philosopher's ideal city state.
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"In this paper, the basis of justice within The Republic relies on the various facets of knowledge and the foundation for universal truths in governing. Plato and Socrates often agree that right and wrong often changes through the passage of time, but through a reference to justice, the Republic gives virtue and truth as the basis for honoring order. Through this construct of justice and order, the soul becomes the foundation for realizing the greater good of society. The well ordered soul is the key to realizing a universal truth that is unchanging and reliable. "
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Justice in Plato?s "Republic", 2004.
An examination of the way the issue of justice is addressed in Plato's "Republic".
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This paper discusses how, in "Republic", Plato uses a dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon as a vehicle to debate the issue of whether it is far more profitable for humankind to be unjust or just. In order to settle the issue, Plato first presents all the logical reasons in favor of injustice being more profitable, using Glaucon as the spokesperson, before proceeding to record Socrates?s demolition of Glaucon?s argument, which succeeds in clearly establishing that justice is by far the more profitable of the two.
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"Glaucon builds his argument in favor of the fact that perhaps it is better to be unjust than just by pointing out the difference between the theoretical and practical view of justice in the human pursuit of different types of goods. He observes that while in theory, the concept of justice would be placed in that category of goods that are desirable both in themselves and for the rewards they bring, in practice people tend to view justice largely in the context of goods that are pursued only for reward or reputation but are disagreeable in themselves (The Republic, II.20)."
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