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discusses Plato and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates in terms of
their rhetorical powers. To include the persona and
accomplishments of Microsoft’s Bill Gates in the discussion of
Plato and rhetoric is to introduce a component of the modern
world that demonstrates the ways in which vision can be (and has
been) interpreted as a characteristic of successful commercial
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-- for more information on using this paper properly! Introduction In any discussion regarding Plato and the modern world, it is always important to understand
that Plato was of the mindset that philosophy was the highest theoretical art. In fact, Plato was thoroughly convinced that both philosophy and the "royal art" (politics) are necessary
for happiness therefore illustrating that philosophy alone is not sufficient for happiness. When Plato looked at the world and saw nothing but change; he wondered how it was possible to
know anything at all when everything is in motion and change. Plato resolved that problem through presuming an unchanging world of intelligible Forms or Ideas of which the world is
nothing but a less-than-perfect copy. To include the persona and accomplishments of Microsofts Bill Gates in the discussion of Plato and rhetoric is to introduce a component of the
modern world that demonstrates the ways in which vision can be (and has been) interpreted as a characteristic of successful commercial development. But the discussion of Bill Gates in
the context of Plato and rhetoric must also make note of the fact that Bill Gates is not an pioneer or visionary, rather, he has a remarkable talent for spotting
the right trends to follow and being in the right place at the right time. Platos Vision Platos vision of reality presents the changing world and the things within
it as mere shadows or reflections of a separate world of independently existing, eternal, and unchanging entities called "forms" or "ideas." In his abstract thought about a supra-sensible realm
of forms, ordinary objects are what they are and have the features they do in virtue of their relation to or "participation in" the most fundamental realities. Forms are the
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