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This 3 page paper delves into a variety of ideas inclusive of Heidegger and Plato's concepts. Man's highest good is discussed and Plato's ideas are criticized. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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all things according to certain ideas and values and further argues that the decisive point is not where ideas and values are set, but that the real issue
is that life is expounded upon according to certain ideas , and also, that the world is weighed according to set values. It is interesting to ponder the idea
that the world runs based on values to some degree. In a world with millions of individuals who purportedly have their own ideas, the masses tend to embrace values that
are seemingly intrinsic, but many argue that this is not really the case at all. In examining this topic, Plato and the concept of mans highest good comes to mind.
The term "good" is thrown around a lot in general but much argument has been made over this seemingly simple concept. Of course, people have different definitions of what good
means. Some people say that A Beautiful Mind was a good film and others did not consider it to be good. But the concept of good can go deeper than
simply a qualitative evaluation of a film. The concept of hedonism, or pleasure considers that feeling good is mans greatest good. Naturally, philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato
period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate gratification but the greater good would be realized by a life lived based on principles as the good experienced
from it would last longer (Honderich, 1995). This is how most people think today. Still, one must recognize that two kinds of hedonism exist (1995). One is the instant gratification
one feels when they indulge their senses and the other is the satisfaction they feel by living a morally correct life. For Plato, there are both kinds of attitudes
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