Plato Flashcards
Plato lived from
428 BC - 348 BC
Plato’s epistemology is
We know things through recollection because our soul pre-existed in the world of Ideas
Plato’s ontology is
The theory of Ideas
Why did Plato come up with a transcendent domain
The eidos is eternal and so it cannot exist within a perishable thing
Plato was teacher of
Aristotle
Plato was student of
Socrates
What two types of eidos does Plato believe in
Ethical and non-ethical
non-philosophers are not concerned with the essences of things, they suffer from
Doxa
Plato fails to explain
The relation between sensible thing and the Ideas, and the relation of the Ideas to one another
The Allegory of the Cave shows
The effect of education and the lack of it in our nature
Which 3 classes should be in harmony for state justice
- Guardians
- Auxiliaries
- Artisans
Which 3 parts of the soul should be in harmony for individual justice
- Rational part
- Spirited part
- Appetitive part
In the Ideal State, which class is excluded from political life
The Artisans
Why does Plato propose a philosopher-king
A philosopher-king knows the Ideal Good, and will only do what is Good for the city
