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This 4 page paper examines parts of Plato's Republic.
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521b passages of the Republic, Plato "talks about the requirement on the philosopher-rulers to go back into the Cave" (p.81). The author explains that what is expressed here is something
that does not exist anywhere else (Heinaman, 2003). Crisp remarks that it is a duty for the rulers to go back into the cave, they owe a debt of gratitude
to the city, and the people should realize that they are the best ones to run the city (Heinaman, 2003). Crisp also points out that they are not forced back
into the cave and they only follow the rules because they themselves are moral (Heinaman, 2003). In examining the passage highlighted by Heinaman (2003), is it true that the
best people will be willing to rule? Here, there is a notion of synchronicity or fate. The people who want to rule are the best for the job. In
contemporary times, this is the same notion as "do what you love and the money will follow" or the statement "follow your bliss." In a sense, people do what they
feel compelled to do, and what they are interested in, and coincidentally, they have talent in that area. People gravitate toward the things for which they are talented. Here, it
is thought that the rulers who are willing to rule, who go into the cave, who are vocal, are the best people to rule. The question as posed by a
student is whether or not the argument is convincing and if Plato believes that the people are the best ones to rule a good city. What does Plato say exactly?
Plato provides the cave allegory within the parameters of the cited text. In the allegory, humans are born and live in a cave, but they are chained and shackled. They
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