Category: Plato

Introduction Political theory is the study of political ideas like democracy, power, and justice that are used in understating political practices and institutions. Politics form the basis of our day-to-day life, where politicians are seen to be chasing their view of self-worth and urge to show their leadership skills. Rites of passage range from birth,…

The founder of the famous philosophical school  the Academy, the Athenian philosopher Plato, 427-347 BC, created a holistic religious and philosophical teaching about the transcendental divine principle, knowledge of which is the meaning and purpose of a persons earthly life and a condition for his salvation after death. The religious philosophy of Plato himself…

Table of Contents Introduction The Context Social Networks Ideology and Official Propaganda Communication Issues: Argumentation, Debate, and Questioning Media Fear of Losing the Illusion Ethical Aspect: The Category of Good Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The Allegory of the Cave is the cornerstone of objective idealism, illustrating the world of things and the world of ideas.…

There is a great multitude of debates in philosophy, and all these discourses have a shared aim of widening and enriching the human mind and soul through asking questions. Interestingly, the very subject of philosophy is constantly losing some of its branches, which become separate sciences like astronomy and psychology. Philosophy, the term that is…

In the suggested passage, the philosopher revolves around the price of freedom and whether it could be achieved by any means. If to speak about the main idea of this very text, it could be determined as the essence of the cogitations about justice, injustice, and the appropriate response to these phenomena. Being imprisoned, Socrates…

We See and Understand Things Not As They Are But As We Are The assessment of knowledge as a subjective or objective entity can be seen as a question that is haunting humanity since the ancient times. Taking Platos allegory of the cave, where people chained since childhood to watch the shadows played on the…

The influential philosophers of antiquity who established the basis of modern human fields are St. Augustine, Socrates, and Plato. However, these philosophers have different perspectives on specific aspects of the worldview, although they voice similar motives in various directions. Thus, it is essential to analyze the main similarities and differences between the philosophers mentioned above,…

Introduction A great deal of what we know about Socrates the man, in fact, all of what we know of him, is what is written about him by others who may or may not have heard him speak. This is because Socrates chose not to write anything down in his pursuit of wisdom. Some of…

Analysis: Diotimas Speech Socrates quotes Diotima as saying that Love (the alleged divinity) is neither mortal nor eternal, lovely nor ugly. This is a titular claim that characterizes the speech, fitting the first requirement of the Toulmin model. The further direction of the speech mostly evolves around this claim, trying to support, destroy or interrogate…

Table of Contents Introduction Platos early life Platos Inspirations Platos theories Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Plato is considered one of the greatest philosophical thinkers of western society and was born around 429-427 BC to Ariston and Perictione of aristocratic ancestry. As a result he obtained the best education a noble family would offer. As a…