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This 5 page report discusses Plato’s description of the soul through his depiction of the words of Socrates in The Republic. It is then contrasted with a “competing” philosophy of the soul, as offered by Aristotle. Bibliography lists only one source.
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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. 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. Throughout
The Republic, Plato expounds upon his views (via Socrates) of the issues that most greatly determine human action and consequence. For example, central to Platos concerns in The Republic is
the question of the extent to which the personality as a whole (including emotional aspirations and, to some extent, desires) can be shaped by ethical ideals. "Forms" of Being and
Becoming Platos vision of reality and his distinction between "being" and "becoming" 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." Ordinary objects are what they are and have the features they do in virtue of their relation to or
"participation in" these most fundamental realities. Understanding the process of being as compared to the process of becoming are distinctly separate concepts for Plato and are directly related to that
capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily form. They must be both visible and tangible, yet their state of being-ness is not the
same thing as their essence. Therefore, forms are what Plato thought of as the "proper" focus of wisdom or understanding, and the desire to understand forms serves as the
"proper" and most important motivation for a human being to have a happy and healthy life. He writes in The Republic that human awareness: " . . . will
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