Plato

||<  || ||<  || ||<   || Mind and body interact with one another according to Plato but they are essentially different and the mind is superior to the body. Truth is found in our thoughts (via introspection) not through our senses (via observation). Plato thought that man has an individual soul chained to a material body. The soul is liberated at death. In the tenth book of The Republic, Plato states that the Proper purpose of the soul is justice. The just soul will be rewarded by God following death. Suffering in life is the result of the evil one did in a prior existence. After man's death, the soul chooses its future body and destiny. "The gods are blameless." Plato believed that justice is the most important virtue. || ||<  ||  __Charmides, or Temperance __  Written 380 B.C.E  __Cratylus __  Written 360 B.C.E  __Critias __  Written 360 B.C.E  __Crito __  Written 360 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Euthydemus __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Written 380 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Euthyphro __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Written 380 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Gorgias __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Written 380 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Ion __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Written 380 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Laches, or Courage __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Written 380 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Laws __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Written 360 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Lysis, or Friendship __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Written 380 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Meno __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Written 380 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Parmenides __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Written 370 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Phaedo __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Written 360 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Phaedrus __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Written 360 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Philebus __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Written 360 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Protagoras __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Written 380 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">The Republic __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Written 360 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">The Seventh Letter __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Written 360 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Sophist __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Written 360 B.C.E <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Statesman __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Written 360 B.C.E || ||<  ||
 * Theorist: ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plato ||
 * Theory: ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reality is spiritual in nature; Theory of Forms ||
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 * Description: ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plato thought that <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">reality lies not in concrete objects that we are aware through our senses but in the ideal, abstract forms that these objects represent. He contended that these ideal forms exist in a timeless dimension of pure abstract thought. The objects we sense are poor, transient, and imperfect copies of the "real" idea that exists in our minds. Plato reasoned that the head must be the of mind because it resembles a sphere, which he considered to be a perfect abstract form.
 * Major Works: ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Apology __