Plato's Political Philosophy: Education and Virtue in the Just City
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PLATO'S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
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1PLATO'S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
The republic has been the most read dialogue of Plato since the mid-nineteenth century.
The essence of Plato’s political theory can be stated as straightforward. The just city’s primary
purpose is to make its inhabitants virtuous as much as possible. Therefore, everything that is
possible to achieve this done. The consequence of it is entirely controlled environment in which
every resource is devoted in order to inculcate the virtue. The education system is the city’s
primary institution. The inclusion of Plato's popular system of communism, the other institutions
are proposed to provide a setting that would carry the task of education successfully. The city is
consists of three classes, farmers, auxiliaries and the rulers. Plato has two basic psychological
assumptions regarding the city’s structure and its educational function1. According to Plato,
people are highly malleable therefore an environment plays a vital role in their bringing up. Also,
there are fundamentals that innate differences between people2. Thus, even with all the
capabilities of the just city that can achieve the highest level of virtue, there will still be
differentiation in the level of virtue. The facts reflected his dialogues is an eternal truth and it
applicable till today, this is what pulls the attention of many scholars till today. Plato is unusual
and incomparable when he is spoken about in the political philosophy. The points presented by
him are a matter of concern even today. Education indeed is a tool for achieving the highest
virtue that can lead society to significant growth in terms of every aspect. It is the emphasis on
the psychological effects of art that is most attractive including the social class and the reality of
human behaviour. The essence of Plato's philosophy describes the society with a logic that is
underlined with simplicity and truth.
The “allegory of the cave’ is a theory developed by Plato that revolves around human
perception. According to Plato knowledge obtained through the senses do not mean more than an
1 Lilla, Mark. The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics: Revised Edition. New York Review of Books, 2016.
2 Russell, Bertrand. History of western philosophy: Collectors edition. Routledge, 2013.
The republic has been the most read dialogue of Plato since the mid-nineteenth century.
The essence of Plato’s political theory can be stated as straightforward. The just city’s primary
purpose is to make its inhabitants virtuous as much as possible. Therefore, everything that is
possible to achieve this done. The consequence of it is entirely controlled environment in which
every resource is devoted in order to inculcate the virtue. The education system is the city’s
primary institution. The inclusion of Plato's popular system of communism, the other institutions
are proposed to provide a setting that would carry the task of education successfully. The city is
consists of three classes, farmers, auxiliaries and the rulers. Plato has two basic psychological
assumptions regarding the city’s structure and its educational function1. According to Plato,
people are highly malleable therefore an environment plays a vital role in their bringing up. Also,
there are fundamentals that innate differences between people2. Thus, even with all the
capabilities of the just city that can achieve the highest level of virtue, there will still be
differentiation in the level of virtue. The facts reflected his dialogues is an eternal truth and it
applicable till today, this is what pulls the attention of many scholars till today. Plato is unusual
and incomparable when he is spoken about in the political philosophy. The points presented by
him are a matter of concern even today. Education indeed is a tool for achieving the highest
virtue that can lead society to significant growth in terms of every aspect. It is the emphasis on
the psychological effects of art that is most attractive including the social class and the reality of
human behaviour. The essence of Plato's philosophy describes the society with a logic that is
underlined with simplicity and truth.
The “allegory of the cave’ is a theory developed by Plato that revolves around human
perception. According to Plato knowledge obtained through the senses do not mean more than an
1 Lilla, Mark. The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics: Revised Edition. New York Review of Books, 2016.
2 Russell, Bertrand. History of western philosophy: Collectors edition. Routledge, 2013.
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