In Plato's view of good and evil, he believed that man may live a JUST life- the highest good for man, even if he is held down by the body and that body remains in a world of changing shadows of real things. To Him anything that is spontaneously changing is evil.
He then held that this can be achieved (just/good life) if the rational part of man (reason) will take control over these two more parts consisting a man.
What are these two more parts, besides reason that consist man according to Plato? And what are their functions?
Thank you for your time in sharing your intelligible ideas.
2007-03-09 22:17:08 · 3 answers · asked by oscar c 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Thank you for sharing your intelligible ideas- what I trully meant is, you have to have that to decide whether you would proceed answering this question or not. If it is not handleable, then answers that are not touching-basis with the Q will just be inanely waste of mental energy. Thank you for your reasoning.
2007-03-10 00:25:30 · update #1
To my first answerer this morning, I noticed you deleted your answer. I apologize, It is just that the answer i was trying to come up with was simply easier than looking up at the book referrals you mentioned. my fault, it was total miscommunication that I also thought you were trying the bearer of this question, which is me. Really I feel bad about it, but I hope let's not get too personal about it. I can't remember your name, or I would personally asked for apology.
2007-03-10 08:44:10 · update #2
The two other parts of the tripartite soul are the appetitive and spirited parts. The appetites would include our desires for food, drink and sex. The spirited part of the soul refers to our emotions or passions. By allowing temperance to characterize our appetites and courage to characterize our emotions along with reason governing both our spirited and appetitive parts, we will be just persons.
2007-03-10 01:38:18 · answer #1 · answered by sokrates 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Plato's wrote in detail of course about the different types of man; Golde, Silver, Bronze. He used this to illustrate that each has their purpose in society if the Gold, Philosopher-Kings were in charge. Using this as an analogy for the individual, or vice versa, our base metals must be ruled by our Golden (reason) nature. Plato's problem is that the society he creates and the person he envisions would be unacceptable to a modern, democracy believing person. Plato's Republic would resemble Sparta during times of war and Athens, for some, during times of peace. Sparta produced no art but fought okay. (Thermopylae as the exception) Athens however, will be regarded as the birth of western civilisation. Sparta of course helped. They exemplified the baser metals and were a utility.
2007-03-10 15:03:20 · answer #2 · answered by Chad P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
life
honorable life
love
truth
beauty
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nationalism
I skipped many of them in between...
You should order your values first... like the one above
2007-03-10 19:43:18 · answer #3 · answered by SEE YOU LATER 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋