Plato

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Plato was born on 428-427 B.C. in Athens, Greece. Plato is mainly known for being a philosopher. He found an academy in Athens, and there he taught Aristotle. Plato also wrote books about the society and the government. His most famous book is 'The Republic.' He promoted education in society and the philosophy of society, education in society and the levels of society. Plato's major belief was education and philosophy. Everything that he did involved education and philosophy. Plato believe that everyone was equal in the government, both men and women. Talent, and only talent, would determine a citizen's proper role. If you were good at specifically something, then that would be your given job. In Plato's mind, everyone had rights. Plato also believed that in philosopher-kings, therefore the best form of government for him would be oligarchy. This is where the educated people would make the decisions in a community. He believed that this is the best form of government because, he didn't like the thought of the uneducated people making the wrong decisions in a community. After about 80 years of trying to make the government better, unfortunately, Plato died in 348-347 B.C.

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Plato was born in Athens, Greece in 428 B.C. He had planned to be a politician but as a result of his friend Socrates being condemned and executed he decided that wasn't the path he agreed with. He witnessed the end of the Athenian empire. He decided he didn't want to be involved with government so he became a philosopher. He wanted to find the right way for society and government to be structured. He was promoting education and knowledge. In 387 B.C. he founded the Academy in Athens where eventually he taught Aristotle. He also taught Alexander the Great. He stressed science and reasoning throughout his life time. Unfortunately he died in 347 B.C. During his life time he wrote the book "The Republic" Yet he supported oligarchy. Oligarchy is the type of government that believes a small group of elite people, in this case philosophers, had to govern. He thought that different individuals had different strengths and weaknesses. Each person should therefore perform their ideal role as a result of their __own__ ability. Overall he respected natural rights and believed both a man and a woman were equal. However your rights depended on your level of intelligence. He thought that philosophers-kings were the most intelligent/educated people therefore they made the decisions in society. he argued that why would the ignorant people in society have equal rights as the more knowledgeable people? As a result, he concluded that not all people are equal and there is only so much one can do to match the intelligence level of another being. In conclusion he didn't agree with democracy nor autocracy because he centered everything on philosophy and education.



Miranda Hurtado Period 2

Plato was born on 428-427 BC in Athens, Greece. He was Socrates’ friend/student, a famous Greek philosopher at the time. While being his student, he was interested in being a politician. However when Socrates was executed by the democracy in Athens, he didn’t want to be part of the government anymore. After all this happened was the start of all the philosophy of Plato. The six most important things he was know for was for starters, he wrote books about government and society. The most famous book being “The Republic. He promoted scientific and reasoning in government and overall community. He also founded the Academy in Athens where he taught Alexander the Great. He also promoted a lot of philosophy dealing with society and levels of society. Another thing that he promoted was education in society. He also believed in philosophers-kings. Only the people with education could make decisions about the community. That leads into the type of government he believed in. He believed that the right kind of government was oligarchy. That is when a group of educated people rules the community. In Plato’s case, that group of educated people includes philosophers. He believed that having an oligarchy was the best because he didn’t want uneducated people making decisions for other people and making the wrong ones. He believed everyone men and women were equal, they were judged on the education that they had and the part they had in society. Everyone has rights in his mind. Plato’s major beliefs were basically education and philosophy. He centered everything around both education and philosophy. Plato later then died on 348-347 BC at around 80 years old.



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Plato meaning "the best" was born in Athens, Greece in 428 B.C. and died in 347 B.C. At a young age he witnessed Sparta's defeat of Athens, resulting in the end of the Athenian empire. He came to the conclusion that most wars were fought over money. During the war with Sparta, Plato won the Athenian prize for bravery for his brave and charismatic attitude. He became very good friends with Socrates, a Greek philosopher and became greatly influenced by Socrates search for the meaning of life after being his student. Thus Plato focused most of his energy searching for a way that society could be structured to bring out the best in all people. Due to Plato's strong want in promoting the study of mathematics, philosophy, and government he opened the very first university in 387 B.C. He founded the Academy of Athens where many famous philosophers attended. He allowed both men and women to attend the university, and paid no set fee. But, he only accepted students with a great knowledge of geometry. Plato lead the way for many great philosophers and scientists to be created. Plato believed that oligarchy was the best form of government, and expressed his thoughts in his book "The Republic." He strongly believed that oligarchy was the best form of government because he thought that everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. So people should only be judged upon their natural skills. Not by gender, wealth, race, etc. All children will be born as property of the government so that power would not be hereditary, instead they will play a certain role based on their skills. Women, men, and children will all be treated the same until defined by their skill, but they all share the same rights. Plato rejected both democracy and autocracy because in democracy by everyone having power there would be no control but, by having one person in charge they can become tyrant. The leaders, known as philosopher kings, would be chosen based on their level of intelligence. Plato is considered to be one of the greatest philosophers of all time.