Plato
Abstract： This text will tell us some important things of Plato。 At first, we will know the background of Plato’s family, society。 Secondly， we will know an important historic figure -—Socrates， who influences Plato very much. Plato told us the nature of love and privilege of power， and his thoughts were described clearly in his work The Republic. Combine tho, we will find a real Plato by ours eyes。
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1。 Birth and family
腿功Plato is born in a prominent aristocratic Athenian family. His father and mother’s names are Aristo and Peritione respectively. His uncle Critias is a famous politician in Athens at that time. As the fourth children, his real name is Aristokle and “Plato” is just a nickname。 There have many views about his nickname。 Someone said that he gets this nickname for his strong body； someone said that he gets it for his big forehead; someone said that he g
ets for his sweet eloquence。 They said that Plato’s mouth had been stood by a bee for a while and he got bless from God. I don’t know which is true, but I think he must be sting by a bee。
2。 Socrates 于非and Plato
“Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were nt there by God。 They rve some sort of purpo, to teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are. When you e them， you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.” I like the words of Charles Dickens which is the best ntence to describe the relation between Socrates and Plato。
Actually, Socrates gave more influence to Plato than we could think. As we all known, Plato grew up during the twenty-ven—year Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sprata. The war ended with the surrender of Athens and overthrow of the world’s first democracy。 When Plato thought his world would be peaceful, his tutor Socrates was ntenced to death for making a deeply trail of Youngman, From then on, thought as a no
bility， Plato hate the democracy more and more. This feeling influences all of his life and brings out his philosophy idea. For his tutor's death， he had never believed the political system of government and went abroad for twelve years。 During this time， he came to many countries, just like Italy, Egypt and Cicely. He traveled with his classmates and wrote the famous Dialogues。 We can say that without Dialogues we could not know the beginning of philosophy so clearly， without Plato we could not know Socrates so famous。 This feeling between tutor and student is respected by us forever。
3. The nature of Love
有关学习的诗句In dialogues， Plato exhibited greater interest in elements of human nature that are strictly subordinate to the rational soul in Phaedo and The Republic。 Sharing the same general theory of human nature， Phaedrus treats love as a （divine) madness， a natural, if not wholly desirable， emotional imbalance。 But the diver speeches delivered in Plato’s Sumposion （Symposium) offer veral more favorable accounts of human emotion in general and of love in particular. The Ion grants some value to the role
of art as a copy or imitation of nsible things, which are themlves merely copies of the immutable forms。
4。 Philosopher / Kings
Plato believed that an ideal state, embodying the highest and best capabilities of human social life， can really be achieved, if the right people are put in charge. Since the key to the success of the whole is the wisdom of the rulers who make decisions for the entire city， Plato held that the perfect society will occur only when kings become philosophers or philosophers are made kings。 (Republic 473d）
Thus, despite prevalent public skepticism about philosophers, it is to them that an ideal society must turn for the wisdom to conduct its affairs properly. But philosophers are made, not born。 So we need to examine the program of education by means of which Plato suppod that the future philosopher—kings can acquire the knowledge necessary for their function as decision—makers for the society as a whole.高达壁纸超清
5。 The Republic
The most comprehensive statement of Plato's mature philosophical views appears in Politeia （The Republic), an extended treatment of the most fundamental principles for the conduct of human life。 Using the character ”Socrates" as a fictional spokesman， Plato considers the nature and value of justice and the other virtues as they appear both in the structure of society as a whole and in the personality of an individual human being。 This naturally leads to discussions of human nature， the achievement of knowledge, the distinction between appearance and reality， the components of an effective education， and the foundations of morality.
Becau it covers so many issues, The Republic can be read in veral different ways： as a treati on political theory and practice, as a pedagogical handbook， or as a defence of ethical conduct， for example。 Although we’ll take notice of each of the features along the way, our primary focus in what follows will be on the basic metaphysical and epistemological issues， foundational questions about who we are, what is real， and about how we know it。 Read in this fashion， the dialogue as a whole invites us to share in Plato's vision of our place within the ultimate structure of realit
y.
6。 The Privilege of Power
At this point in the dialogue， Plato introduces Thrasymachus the sophist, another fictionalized portrait of an historical personality. After impatiently dismissing what has gone before， Thrasymachus recommends that we regard justice as the advantage of the stronger; tho in positions of power simply u their might to decree what shall be right。 This, too, express a fairly common （if somewhat pessimistic) view of the facts about social organization。
