Save for Later J Introduction: The safest characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato’. This statement by Alfred North Whitehead highlights the importance and indispensability of Platonic thoughts in the intellectual history of Europe. He was not only the first systematic philosopher but also. the first to place political ideas in their full philosophical context. He pioneered the idea of systematic teaching by founding the Academy in)/386 BC which was a school for training statesmen and citizens and-a center for philosophical investigation. Following the Greek-intellectual.environment, he placed virtue and justice above all things and fused moral and political philosophy to this purpose. He opted threefold methodology to address the most fundamental political question: how to harmonize conflicting interests of the different parts of society. Given his contributions and the sheer penetration of his ideas in a subsequent era, he is rightly considered as the greatest political thinker in the history of European political thoughts. Swipe Left BcanscsnnePlato's Major Ideas seve for tse 1, Idea of Republican State * Utopian Model * Idea of Justice * Idea of Society © Conceptualizing the origin of society __.=™ © Analyzing between human nature anid society n © Tripartite social hierarchy e \ © Functional conceptualization | \ * Functionofstate_ . ; qb? * Concept of citizenship aa2d st + Id€a’of statesman AO —_ Seoncept of yirtite)° 2 \ © Philosopher King. 1° Rational being 2 © Unlimited discretionary powers © Politics-Art equation + Virtues of the state + Education system + Communism * Concept of gender Swipe Left Bcanscsnne2. Philosophy of Education Save for Later Fl ¢ Conceptual understanding * Purpose of education * State and Education * Methodology and Structure * Critical evaluation 3. Idea of Justice + Evaluation of various concepts: a-Cephalus b- Polemarchus..¢= Eirasymacus d- Slauton * Platonic conception of justice o Theoretical definition of justice ? P © Individual justice ® Social justice © State and Justice _. Nature and justice © Education and Justice ° Function of justice © Critical evaluation 4. Classification of Government * Republic * Statesman Swipe Left BcanscsnneSave for Later J 4. Classification of Government « Republic a- Republic b- Timocracy e- Oligarchy d-Democracy _e- Tyranny * Statesman - a- Lawful b-Unlawful =" e- Monarchy d- Tyranny e- Aristoeracy f- Oligarchy. i- Constitutional Democracy |j- Unconstitutional Democracy Criticism, * Unrealistic conception of human nature: * Provided intellectual basis of Totalitarianism + Establishment of intellectual tyranny * Rigid censorship * Ossification of society and culture ¢ Destruction of Diversity Conclusion * Stability is more important than liberty Swipe Left BcanscsnneSources of Platonic Thought Save for Later JR * Empirical: Philosophical idealization of Sparta * Theoretical: a- Pythagoras b- Heraclitus c- Parmenides d- Socrates Contextualizing Greek Polity * Concept of Polis + Political Experimentation + Spartan Cohesiveness;: Athenian Anarchism + Peloponnesian Wars Philosophical:Ideas of Sparta * Theory of Knowledge Myth ofcave _ + Metaphysics: a- Theory of forms‘b- Platonic Dualism Political Ideas + Methodology + Purpose * Major Ideas Plato's Major Ideas 1.Idea of Republican State a- Utopian Model b-Idea of Justice c- Idea of Society Swipe Left BcanscsnneEasel AN POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH WRITING & EVALUATION THEORY OF IDEAL STATE BY PLATO ONCAMPUS & ONLINE 28 February | 6:30 PM — ©) 93945772446 @ Sraincuarawecnce nono