1. Good Afternoon!!!! NVC Collect Thermopylae Papers
Plato’s The Republic and Western Civilization
Essential Question: How do the ideas in Plato’s Republic relate to the four core values of Western Civilization?
Homework: Finish Plato Activity

2. Plato and the Four Core Values
How does Plato’s Republic relate to the FOUR CORE VALUES of Western thought?
Reason
Rights
Individualism
Democracy

3. Plato and Reason
Philosophers must rule and philosophers USE reason (knowledge/truth)
Plato came to this conclusion by using reason

4. Plato and Rights
Everyone must be loved by a ruler= Everyone must have Rights
Rulers that currently “discriminate and oppress” must be pushed out = Rights

5. Plato and Individualism
Philosopher-King = “political greatness and wisdom must meet together in one person”
Philosophers love “all the beings of the earth” = each individual has value

6. Plato and Democracy Plato HATES Democracy Trial of Socrates
Sees it as Mob Rule: uneducated people make emotional and stupid decisions
The people don’t use their REASON!
Trial of Socrates
Plato’s mentor wrongly executed by Athenian Democracy

7. How do Plato’s ideas relate to the FOUR CORE VALUES of Western thought?
Cartoon
Socratic Dialogue
See Plato’s Republic for an example!