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Lecture on Plato 427-347 BC www.assignmentpoint.com

Plato 427-347 BC Student of Socrates Born an aristocrat Founded the Academy First university Purpose-thinking about deeper meanings Wrote dialogues of Socrates, his own political theory and works of ethics www.assignmentpoint.com

Plato Forms or Ideas Continuation of Socrates’ "ultimate nature" Essence of something lies in the Form Form has perfection "Ideals" comes from "Idea" = "Form" Immaterial things also had Forms For instance: Our remembrance of the Form of beauty allows us to see beauty in other things www.assignmentpoint.com

Plato answered: “That is because you have eyes but no intelligence.” One of Plato’s critics said: “I see particular horses, but not horseness.” Plato answered: “That is because you have eyes but no intelligence.” www.assignmentpoint.com

Plato Spiritual is more real than the physical (Timaeus) Physical changes, Form is eternal Truth cannot be perceived by the senses Perfection is only found in the Forms At death, the soul migrates to the World of Pure Form What is the concept of a perfect God? www.assignmentpoint.com

Plato The Republic Idea of the perfect society “What is the nature of reality?” Philosophers emerging from the cave www.assignmentpoint.com

Plato Student of Socrates The Academy Mathematics What is the real nature of things? www.assignmentpoint.com

Plato The Republic Ideal society Rule by the philosophers The Allegory of the Cave www.assignmentpoint.com

Plato Superiority of the intellectual life Creation by the Demiurge Platonic love Devalued the physical Creation by the Demiurge Shaping imperfect matter into the perfect Form Ethics Find the Form in all things www.assignmentpoint.com

“Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here” Plato Mathematics Supported Pythagorean school Math is the organizing rules for the Forms which combine in various geometric shapes to create all things Sign on the door of the Academy “Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here” www.assignmentpoint.com

“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.” Plato www.assignmentpoint.com