The Allegory of the cave was created by Plato a Greek philosopher during 514a-520a. The Allegory of the cave symbolizes a thought and how we see reality. The Allegory of the cave basically came from a conversation Plato describes that went on between Socrates and his brother Glaucon. The conversation Socrates has with his brother elaborates on humanity and society. Everything in the cave has a different meaning when it comes down to describing the cave, the shadows, the escape, and the return. The
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A wise man once said, “Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you. I agree with this statement. Everything happens for a reason and you can learn from your mistakes right? Experience isn’t just showing up or doing the work. It is about going the extra mile and putting everything you’ve got into the work. Life is an open door with many choices and paths you can choose. You have all these different roads you can turn on but the choice is up to you.
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Come up with your own list of moral virtues (at least five, no more than ten). Try to come up with some virtues that Aristotle neglected. Give a brief reason why you selected the ones you did. The own virtues that I came up with are friendliness, forgiveness, empathy, hope, and knowledge. To be friendly maybe sound weird or normal to some people, but I think it is very important to just generally be nice to everyone, no matter who that person is and it always makes me very happy if someone is polite
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Why Do We Need Laws? Laws are very important in our lives today, in Australia we see laws, rules, and regulations that just about cover anything. If everyone could do as they wished, our society would be in pieces, a situation called anarchy, a state of becoming problematic and dysfunctional as a result of the absence or non-recognition of laws. Not everyone agrees with every single law but, they are put in place for a number of reasons; to maintain justice; to prevent chaos; to keep a stable economy;
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Although the Good Samaritan law and duty to act exists in every state, legal statues in each state are not the same. In most states, the Good Samaritan law only applies to citizens and volunteers, and in other states the law applies to off-duty first responders and healthcare professionals. Nevertheless, the goal of the Good Samaritan law is to have individuals consider their ethical and moral duty to render aid. The Good Samaritan law is in place to encourage citizens to assist each other in times
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American vs. Athenian Democracy Athens created the first democracy, which redefined the way countries could be run. The city-state of Athens was strong and had a very strong military and naval reinforcements to keep it safe. A democracy is defined as; “a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections”(Merriam Webster). The development of the Athenian democracy
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To evaluate wisdom, people use a myriad of different metrics depending on the context of the measurement. Yet, of all the possible measurements of wisdom, one that categorically does NOT provide an accurate measurement is the degree to which the wise person is happy. History is filled with heroic figures who have sacrificed their very lives in a quest to add their measure of wisdom to the world. One of the most notable figures in this category was Martin Luther King, Jr. So too, literature is filled
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According to Aristotle in the excerpts from Nicomachean Ethics virtue is a mean between two extremes. A “mean” meaning your drive or emotion is not too constrained, or too unconstrained. A better explanation would be the emotion of fear. If you let your fear get too unconstrained it turns you into a coward, and if you let it get too constrained you become rash. To be virtuous you must be courageous, which is the mean of the two examples. However, the amount of virtue a person has or needs is dependent
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Friendship in the Lysis Llasua Aguero-Witte 11/2/2015 Plato is well known for his writing method that revolves around dialogue through a dialectic mode of speech and listening. With that being said, the form of Plato’s writings, the dialogue form, carries difficulties that have no other purpose than to reflect the circumstances of our own lives. Comprehension, and being comprehended, is not easy. However, the dialogue form is important in that it invites further dialogue, which allows for a more
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Plato believed that the stories warriors of the state were told shaped their souls. In Book II of Plato’s Republic, he says, “Then shall we so easily let the children hear just any tales fashioned by just anyone and take into their souls opinions for the most part opposite to those we’ll suppose they must have when they are grown up?” (377b) Plato is explaining how he believes the arts that the Guardians will be taught should be modified and censored in order for the Guardians, warriors, of the state
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