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Philosopher-Kings: The Argument of Plato's Republic C. D. C. Reeve
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The Pre-Socratic Philosophers in turn set the In the Republic Plato discusses the concept of the need for Philosopher-Kings a group of rulers who could access the world of forms and understand what it means to be just an what justice itself in the purest sense means. Plato is the undisputed king of the a priori method, therefore it's worth looking into the epistemological assumptions that underlie Plato's ideal state. (519e) This is the ultimate aim of education in Plato's Republic: to better the community for all its inhabitants. In The Republic, Plato argued that philosophers must be made kings for the ideal city-state to be born. So leads on to argue however, using Plato's idea of philosopher kings, that the masses cannot do this job, but if the majority are led in a kind and compassionate way, keeping the majority at heart, they would not rebel, as a result an able and peaceful society. And he has even less patience for somebody who boils down Plato's entire argument to wise, good people should run things. But John Dillon, recently retired professor of a schema of the well-ordered human soul.” It's in the Laws, Dillon argues, that “Plato is being serious about constructing a state. However, Gosling (1973) Lange (1939) argues Plato was to an extent an aristocrat, and in the Republic it is proven, he argues Democracy is all about equality, equality for the unequal. Although it's a staple of philosophy classes everywhere, Plato's Republic has attracted considerable criticism over the centuries. The Republic is simultaneously Utopian and Dystopian. In addition, although I enjoyed multiple aspects of your essay, my favorite part, by far, was the main argument re-echoed throughout your essay, which was that Plato wanted his readers to emulate philosopher kings. When taken in context with the rest of The Republic, we see that Plato intended for the enlightened thinkers and philosophers to be a ruling class. He finds it shocking when people who should know better treat philosopher kings as the literal embodiment of leaders Plato's ideal city. Labels: pet peeves I actually own three editions. As philosophers In Plato's Republic, the aim of education is to create philosopher kings to rule over the city. Thales original construct of the universe was at its base everything is made of water, later the argument changed to the more classical earth, air, fire, water, and either. In the ideal world, all kings are philosophers, says Plato. Greg Recco's main thesis in Athens Victorious is that "Plato's Republic deliberately demonstrates the superiority of the democratic constitution" (1). As a vision of an ideal state, many of its prescriptions have become notorious: banishing poets, rejecting democracy , putting “philosopher-kings” in charge, and so on.