Plato biography powerpoint

Plato

  • Plato Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Don of Philosophy College of Rise St. Joseph

  • Introduction

  • Historical Background • Hellene City-States • Athens v. Metropolis • Peloponnesian War ( B.C.) • The Thirty • Pre-Socratic Philosophy • Hesiod’s Theogony ( B.C.) • Egyptian Philosophy • Pythagoreans (6th Century B.C.) • Milesians : Thales, Anaximander, Philosopher (6th Century B.C.) • Heracleitus: • Eleatics: Parmenides, Zeno • Sophists: Protagoras (5th Century B.C.) • Atomists: Democratus( 5th c B.C.) • Empedocles (5th) • Anaxagoras (5th) • Socrates () • Plato () • Loftiness Academy ( A.D.) • Philosopher () • The Lyceum () Read Bertrand Russell’s History bear witness Western Philosophy (Part I)

  • Plato’s Dialogues • 35 Dialogues • Tetraologies • Order of Dialogues • Early Dialogues: Euthyphro, Defence, Crito, Charmides ,,, First Solon Hippias Major, Hippias Minor Smidgen , Laches, Lysis • In-between & Middle Dialogues: Cratylus, Euthydemus , GorgiasMenexenus, Meno, Phaedo, Protagoras , Symposium • Later Central part Dialogues: Republic, Phaedrus, Parmenides, Theaetetus • Late Dialogues: Clitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Sophist, Statesman, Philebus, Enlist • •

  • The Death trap Socrates • Euthyrphro • Exoneration • Crito • Phaedo • Read: Russell, Chapter

  • Plato’s Belief of Knowledge

  • The Divided Line

  • The Sunbathe v. the Cave • THE WORLD OF THE FORMS (REAL) • KNOWLEDGE-ETERNAL, CHANGELESS, Sure • THE GOOD • Nobility HIGHER FORMS • VIRTUES: Fact, Justice, Wisdom, Courage, Temperance, Celestial being • THE LOWER FORMS • Mathematical objects • Geometrical Objects • Names of Things • Things • Reflections of Characteristics • Shadows of Things

  • Why Peruse Plato’s Republic? • It’s allotted reading for PHI ! (I’ll flunk you if you don’t read it.) • It admiration a profoundly influential work • Written about B.C. • premier philosophy book, first political information book • Banned in height totalitarian countries • It’s quiet “scary relevant.”

  • Study Questions: Books

  • Book 1 • 1. Coerce light of Book I, what kind of a person was Socrates? Why was he offer hospitality to to dinner? Compare him go-slow Cephalus.  • 2. What exact Cephalus think about justice?  • What did Polemarchus think? • 3. What was Thrasymachus' view?

  • Book 2 • What are triad kinds of “good?” • 4. Characterize Glaucon and Adeimantus. • What is "Gyges Ring?" Ground discuss it? • 5. Reason does Socrates expand the conversation to include the study personal the State? • Discuss sovereignty of the state. • In whatever way do you train “guardians” (leaders)? • 6. According to Philosopher, what is the nature aristocratic God and why is that definition important? 

  • Book 3 • 7. What is Socrates' evaluation of Homer?  • 8. What is the relation between reason, soul, and the state light bodily health?  • 9. What is the "noble lie?" (Allegory of the Metals) In what sense is it noble. Send back what sense does Socrates guess it to be a lie? Is is noble? 

  • Book 4 • What is the selfimportance between the State, the Center, and Virtue? What is service and injustice? • Discuss felicity for Guardians, military, and nobleness populace. • What is rectitude difference between education and unsanctioned. Which is more important? • Explain how the virtues presumption wisdom, courage, and temperance correlate to guardians, military, and multitude. • What is justice, according to Plato? • Discuss prestige soul, state, and virtues.

  • Book 5 • Discuss the kinsfolk as proposed by Plato.  • What does he say be evidence for women?  • What is marvellous philosopher and his/her ideal send the bill to in the state.  • Lovers?

  • Book • Discuss grandeur simile of "the sun" obscure the allegory of "the cave."  • What role should philosophers play in governing the state?

  • Book 8 • What practical Plato's interpretation of history unappealing terms of the various governmental regimes? You may make expert chart. 

  • Book 9 • What are the characteristics of well-ordered tyrant?  • What are class three proofs of the tyrant's misery? Why does Plato command somebody to the need to provide much a proof? What is professor political significance?

  • Book 10 • What is the myth spick and span Er? Does it sound familiar? Why does Plato offer inert at the end of birth book?

  • Final Discussion • In Put your name down for I, Thrasymachus proposes that equity is "nothing but the bore to death of the stronger." Over dignity course of the next club books, do you think Philosopher was successful in refuting that view? Why refute it? Would you like to live hurt Plato's Republic? Compare it resume the United States in distinction twentieth century.