western civ online blog #12!
questions from the video Plato's best and worst ideas.
1) How did Plato define The Forms?
2) Who are the three groups in Plato’s ideal society?3) What were Plato’s thoughts on women?4) What was the Noble Lie that Plato proposed?
1. Plato defined the forms as the ideal versions of the things and concepts we see around us.
2. Plato's three groups were the producers, the military, and the rulers.
3. Plato thought that women were just as able to rule a society as men. But he also was sometimes rude to women comparing them to children.
4. The noble lie that Plato made was that everybody was born with a certain amount of gold, silver, brass, and iron in their soul and the percentages of each of those materials would describe there class.
1) How did Plato define The Forms?
2) Who are the three groups in Plato’s ideal society?3) What were Plato’s thoughts on women?4) What was the Noble Lie that Plato proposed?
1. Plato defined the forms as the ideal versions of the things and concepts we see around us.
2. Plato's three groups were the producers, the military, and the rulers.
3. Plato thought that women were just as able to rule a society as men. But he also was sometimes rude to women comparing them to children.
4. The noble lie that Plato made was that everybody was born with a certain amount of gold, silver, brass, and iron in their soul and the percentages of each of those materials would describe there class.
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