Summarize Plato’s argument clearly identifying the conclusion and the premises.
According to Plato, rulers need to understand that they are supported to serve and not to impose powers to their subjects.
July 27, 2019Aristotle: Ethics and the Virtues
July 27, 2019Summarize Plato’s argument clearly identifying the conclusion and the premises.
Question Description
The final draft of Essay 1 – Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” – is due on Sunday, April 14, 2018. Instructions: Write an essay (not to exceed one (1) page) that accomplishes the following:
1. Summarize Plato’s argument clearly identifying the conclusion and the premises.
2. Discuss the link between education/knowledge and suffrage/governance.
3. Discuss Plato’s assessment of democracy as a system of governance and who is best equipped to lead society.
4. Write a critique of Plato’s political philosophy as expressed in the Allegory of the Cave. For example, what could possibly go wrong in a society that is governed by an “elite” group of individuals?
5. Be sure to include a counterexample. (We have to anticipate objections/rebuttals to an argument.)
650 WORDS SINGLE SPACE, AND PLEASE DO NOT USE “I” in the essay and the ALLegory of the gave pdf is below
