2006-07-03 23:42:01 · 3 answers · asked by nylevol_dr16 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Plato suggested that the classes of society were analogous to the faculties of the soul. His three faculties of the soul were the 'spirited' faculty (what we now call the will), the reason, and the appetites.
Correspondingly, the three classes of society were the guardians (a combination army and police force), the philosopher-kings (the government), and the ordinary citizens (farmers, traders, artisans, etc.).
Plato also defined 'justice' (morally good character) in terms of three corresponding virtues: the courage of the guardians, the wisdom of the philosopher-kings, and the temperance (self-control) of the ordinary citizens.
The philosopher-kings were those among the guardians who proved to have the aptitude to be educated to the level where their intellect could perceive the realm of the Forms, of which the most important was the Form of the Good.
2006-07-04 00:08:51 · answer #1 · answered by brucebirdfield 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rulers, Soldiers and The People
2006-07-04 07:01:45 · answer #2 · answered by sndsouza 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was the HAVE'S and the HAVE NOT'S. In both physical bodies and in intellegence and understanding.
2006-07-04 07:54:29 · answer #3 · answered by Leigh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋