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Plato Period 6

Plato Anthony Sandoval Plato was born in Athens, Greece in 428 B.C. And died in 347 B.C. Plato did not have a steady job. At first he was a politician, but then he stopped because of a risk of him being killed. Then he became interested in education and even founded the Academy in Athens; the first university. Plato was approximately 80 years old when he died and throughout those years he tried to find the answer to a perfect government. Plato came up with his own kind of government; it’s called “Philosophers-King”. In this government only philosophers would rule. The king would not get paid and would not receive any land, that way the king will not be blinded by greed. Only the smartest would be able to rule. Plato thought that a Democracy would not be the best choice because the majority of people are uneducated and they can be stubborn. Also they can be easily tricked by false propaganda that the politician is advertising. Also, he opposed it after seeing his friend Socrates being condemned by a Democracy. A Tyranny was lead by ambition, fear, and greed. One ruler could promote self-happiness and he would only focus on himself and not others. He also believed that everyone had a role in the government according to their talents. If they were brave and strong they should be warriors. That way everyone belonged somewhere. Plato did not talk about woman rights or if people are naturally good or bad. I can infer that he wanted everyone to be equal because he wanted everyone involved in the government. So, if the society is strong then the government will be strong. Instead he focused on the educated and uneducated. He believed that education was crucial to a society. That way the educated could know what they are getting into. He wanted people to get an education so that they could know what is going on around them. His University in Athens was tuition free, but wealthy students often gave gifts to the university. Plato’s accomplishments consist of founding the Academy in Athens in 387 B.C, and writing about 26 dialogues. His most important dialogue, that he is known for, is “The Republic”. Plato shaped how we think today. Before Plato everyone believed anything; for example if a king said “God” sent him here they would believe him. Plato did not believe everything people said, he challenged their ideas until he felt they were correct. = **Plato** =

**Mario Hernandez**
**The name of my character was Plato. He was born in Athens,Greece. He was bron in the year 428 BC. He died 80 years later in the year 347 BC. Plato did not have a real job. He did found his own academy in the mid-380 BC. Of course this is one of his main accomplishments. He was also known as a mathematician besides from a philosopher. Plato wrote 36 Dialogues, many of which were published. He wrote 13 letters were were also published under his name. Plato also wrote a book called, "The republic." This was a book made ti describe what the ideal government should look like. Another big achievment of teaching Aristotle. he ended up being one of the greatest philosophers in history. He came up with the Theory of Forms, which was the idea that we are not seeing the world but meerly the copy of the world. he also came up witht he idea of meta physics which were later adopted by aristotle. Plato believed that people had hte human nature to perform as their city-states do. This was written in his book, "The Republic." Plato believes in a special type of aristocracty in which smart people, or philosopher rule. He believed this because he did not want poor, uneducated people to make important desicions in the government. This is why a democracy wouldn't work. He didn't want atyranny because he knew power would be hereditary adn that would mean that kings would not be chosen by their talent or knowledge. A republic was insuffiecient because the uneducated people would vote for an uneducated king. Plato thought that women should have a role in society but not exactly an equal role in which men had. He thought that women were needed for a smooth running society. He thought women should be people like caretakers because they had a maternal instinct. Something men don't have.**