Category Archives: Plato

The Republic, though an ancient text that has long been heavily criticized, is a complete philosophical work in itself where the crucial details can be closely associated with one another. It is of equal significance that to succeed at grasping the meaning of one crucial part one is necessitated as well to have an understanding of the other chunks of his philosophical work. We are then called forth to carry out a rough analysis of his remaining conjectures in order for us to arrive at a comprehension of Platonic ideal state.

In constructing his ideal city, Plato makes use of his two basic principles—one about the distribution of human capacities and the other about efficiency. The task is to explain how these function in Plato’s account of….

         “In general philosophy came into existence when the Greeks discovered dissatisfaction with supernatural and mythical explanations of reality,” (Kreis, 2000). Philosophy, as we know it today, obtained the foundation of its teachings from ancient Greeks who wanted a logical explanation to the order of the universe we live in. These men wanted to explain society’s dilemmas based on realities they can constitute through reason alone and not through some convention based on mythical uncertainties.

Among such men were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.

All three great philosophers believed that man was not self-sufficient and that he needed others in order to live. In fact, “Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all believed that man needs to be part of a State in order to live….