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Platos Republic has long been defined as a philosophical masterpiece; it is acute political theory; it is great literature. The Republic is a work of genius. ... Plato offers two main analogies to examine the definition of justice. ... Plato describes the spirited part as the courageous ally of the rational part which has the control over the appetitiveve part. ... We must keep in mind that in the republic that Plato is describing each individual is directed by vast education and the utmost care towards the work he could do with excellence. The children in the republic are separated from their parents at birth and therefore get the same equal chance of becoming workers or rulers without any prejudice regarding their upbringing or family background, rather, they are evaluated personally, purely according to their natural qualities. ... To soldiers who cannot understand what possessing wisdom means (because they lack it) or to workers that lack both courage and wisdom, Plato uses the “noble lie”. ... Both the accounts have a similar structure, Plato claims that justice is the same in the soul and in the state. ...
We must understand that in Plato’s state there will be no mistakes in the division of The classes . ... In the analogy of the state Plato supports the definition of justice as “doing one’s own Work”. ... To that Plato responds with his belief that justice will not exist in its full until the philosophers became kings and the kings became philosophers. What Plato claims is that a king could rule in a just manner, therefore maintain justice, only if he has knowledge of the true form of justice. ...
In order to explain what the definitive truth is, Plato uses the analogy of the divided line. ... The fourth, and most tricky part of Plato’s analogy, is the understanding of the forms. ...
In his theory of justice, Plato defines justice in the two ways we have examined earlier. ... Plato theory states no individual has the right to feel a feeling wether it be love or hatred. Referring to Plato’s theory, a man who has been corrupted, mixed metal, in this case who has spoken against the rulers, expressed his or her feelings would directly be killed. ... Plato would not let his rulers waste his time to correct the sick. Plato believed a person who let emotions rule over reasons would be a danger to the whole. As Plato believed that a society should have not have a family, the movie 1984 believed in same theory. ... Plato believed there would be a season to mate and only then would opposite sex’s mate. ... Both the movie and Plato theory stated that words did express feelings more then actions did. ... Plato, too, wanted to lose verbal language. ... Also the movie and Plato thought it was possible to change how people think, that they had the power to control how everyone thought. ... In Plato Republic, Plato stated poems are stirs of emotions and they are bad. ... Plato has expressed his feeling, feeling about death. ... The 1984 and Plato Republic left me in a confusion, how can a individual not love one another but has to love the rulers. ... 1984 does not clear my confusion nor does Plato Republic. ... Though Plato and movie had their own views about emotions, about happiness. ... I, Pawan, do not agree with Plato theory nor the movie that rulers can control a human mind, their emotions. ... Plato had different views on soul, but I do not agree with one of his statements on defining soul. ... Both of what Plato’s theory and 1984 did not believe in. ... In my views the movie and Plato’s theory only demostrate slavery, just not in a direct way. ... If we took Plato theory which states to obey and respect the ruler but yet have no feelings, then we can come to a conclusion they are asking us to kill them inside of us.
Approximate Word count = 3189
Approximate Pages = 12.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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