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which examines Plato’s possible response to Nietzsche’s argument that Socrates form of
rationalism overly tames youth. No additional sources cited.
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the fact that the works written by Plato are centuries upon centuries old modern philosophers have relied on them to provide answers to many complex problems. Of course, there are
numerous philosophers who came out with the true shift to modern philosophy, when philosophy began to aggressively diverge from the works of Plato. One of the philosophers who actively examined
the work of Plato in combination with those modern philosophers was Nietzsche. In the following paper we briefly examine the philosophy of Nietzsche, presented in his work "Beyond Good and
Evil," as it addressed Plato/Socrates rationalism as a reality which overly tames youth. The paper then discusses what Platos response may well have been based on his "Symposium." Nietzsche
In Nietzsches "Beyond Good and Evil" he makes note of how Platos work illustrates the belief of Socrates as it involves the harmful actions of man. It is argued, by
Plato/Socrates, that people only do bad things because they are unaware that they are bad, or because they are not educated. In this respect we are looking at a rationalism
that confines youth to a position where they should not be allowed mistakes, but rather educated so they do not engage in their youthful behavior. Nietzsche states that "There is
something in Platos morality which does not really belong to Plato but is only to be met with in his philosophy, one might say in spite of Plato: namely Socratism,
for which he was really too noble. This way of reasoning smells of the mob, which sees in bad behavior only its disagreeable consequences and actually judges it is stupid
to act badly; while it takes good without further ado to be identical with useful and pleasant" (V 190). In terms of youth directly, as it relates to the
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