Platos the republic Flashcards
What does Socrates want to banish and why
poetry, because it is not a true representation of knowlage
What is the story of Er
After he died and came back to life, this is what he described as the judgment of souls. “For each in turn of the unjust things they had done and for each in turn of the people they had wronged, they paid the penalty ten times over, once in every century of their journey… But if they had done good deeds and had become just and pious, they were rewarded according to the same scale.”
What is Socrates argument on ‘forms” using a bed as an example
Socrates argues that to make a bed, the craftsman had to have the form (idea) of the bed in his mind. There are actually three beds, the one “in nature”, made by the god, the one which is the work of the carpenter, and the one made by the painter. Moreover, while the carpenter may make many beds of similar quality, and likewise with the painter, the god has no need of replicating an already perfect form. The painter, meanwhile, is an imitator, for his product is the third from the natural one, that is, the perfect form of the god.
What does Socrates use as an example for our senses being unreliable?
A stick in water
How does Socrates feels about Homeric Gods?
They are unjust and ruthless and selfish
“The only thing I know for sure…”
“Is that I know nothing for sure”
The basis of “the Cave”
Our lives are lived in shadows and only involves imitation until we see the “light”
How does he describe why you should act justly
If you live unjustly your soul will be tortured by itself, eating at you and driving you to depression
What kind of government so Socrates believe would be the best
not democracy, but a government that is ran by a ruler who is the wisest of the society
