Category: Plato

Table of Contents Plato & Aristotles View of Art Schelling, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, & Heideggers View of Art Avocado & Artichoke View Relationship Between Art & Philosophy References Plato & Aristotles View of Art According to Plato, art is an imitation of things in the real world. However, these things for the philosopher were only shadows…

Abstract The definition of love is something that will always remain too abstract and widespread to narrow down into a concise, neatly wrapped paragraph. Even if we did manage to do so, as many poets and writers have attempted to in the past, it is not guaranteed that the said definition will be acceptable by…

Glaukon and Adeimantus, both of Plato’s siblings, decided to investigate the superiority of justice. The second book of the Republic begins with Glaucon’s competitiveness against the righteousness of Socrates. Glavko said that the multitude is usually limited and unwise and that justice is not the shell. Instead, justice is important (evaluated for useful issues). Glaukon…

Sophocles, a renowned author from Athens, once stated that to women silence is their proper grace, which suggests that women are better off keeping their opinions to themselves and letting men hold all the power. The quote above reflects Athenian societys view that women are not equivalent to men. The following essay details the biases…

The two philosophers has very different interpretations of their God/Gods. However, I would like to point out that both philosophers believed that their deities are or have been present in the world at some point. Descartes wrote six meditations because of the fact that he believed that God created the world in six days, which…

I believe that Plato`s Theory of Forms is incoherent and contradicts itself in places. There is also no compelling evidence of the Realm of the One exists. I will argue my point below in a balanced argument. Plato`s Theory of Forms consists of the idea that there are two realms The Realm of the One…

Philosophy is a way of thinking that attempts to make the connection between the nature of human thinking and the nature of the universe. Human character is built throughout life with the qualities that one embraces to strengthen ones being. Plato (427-347 BCE) and Sophocles (496-406 BCE), were ancient Greek philosophers that sought to make…