Essays on Plato

Politics is the beliefs on how a society should be Governed, and the ways that it is affecteddue to the personal relationships – between individuals who must work together. The following essay will prove that Plato clearly had a vision of what politics should be....

Within Plato’s analogy lies an idea that tries to explain the ultimate goal or desire of one’s own soul and therefore its life here on earth. This involves how the soul approaches that end and thus becomes a relevant topic that soars through the past...

The “Allegory of the Cave” is a philosophical writing that metaphorically and symbolically explains the relationship between knowledge and ignorance. In my perspective the “Allegory of the Cave” is an accurate metaphor for modern-day society regarding our educational system. The image that Plato illustrates in...

Philosophy encompasses a vast compilation of ideas that span centuries of human history, and some very old ideas remain just as relevant today, as they were ages ago. Some of the ideas that ancient philosophers devised over two thousand years ago, are still very present...

Plato’s allegory of the cave is considered a good example of illustrating the way people think. It also explains the concepts of adapting people to different changes including things they don’t know or are not familiar with. Plato explained that some prisoners were living in...

As technology increases so does the usage of social media, with the various platforms and the infinite number of opinions it is difficult to differentiate reality and illusions especially in psychology (Benjafield, 2015). Both Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and Socrates’ Limits of Knowledge relates...

In this essay I will explore and talk about Glaucon’s third objection in the first paragraph, Plato’s response in the second, and Plato’s answer in the last paragraph. In Plato’s Republic, he uses Socrates, Glaucon and other philosophers’ conversations and arguments surrounding the ideas of...