PLATO

GROUP 2
Jubel Grace L. Egot
Evaleene G. Junio
Leneah Jeanneth M. Lamsin
Hannah Jean L. Lemorenas
Oasis Love E. Maco
Clarence Sebastian Murillon
Cyrell Lloyd D. Pablica
Sarah Yvonne Dorothy Q. Palma
Krystyn Monique P. Zamora
1. When was your philosopher born?
- Plato was born around 428 B.C

2. Where he was born?

- Athens, Greece
3. When did he die?
- He died in Athens around 348
B.C.E.
4. What was your philosopher’s formal education?
- Plato was educated in philosophy, poetry and
gymnastics by distinguished Athenian teachers
including the philosopher Cratylus. He spent 12
years traveling in southern Italy, Sicily and Egypt,
studying with other philosophers including
followers of the mystic mathematician Pythagoras.
Plato’s time among the Pythagoreans piqued his
interest in mathematics.
5. What are some quotes by your philosopher? What do they mean?

“Thinking – the talking of the soul with itself.”

- You take measure for yourself in grasping the idea, feelings,
emotions or thoughts on how to deliver or express it.

“False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul
with evil.”
-If you frequently tell lies or false words it will eventually become a
habit and will affect your way of expressing your ideas or thoughts,
also you will not be able to gain the trust of one another easily.
“Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.”
- You are just saying gibberish and wanted to be acknowledged, as a snotty
informer.

"There is no harm in repeating a good thing."

- Practically, just keep doing good deeds and no one will be harmed.

"The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by

yourself is of all things most shameful and vile."
- You need to conquer your own weaknesses for you to grow and be stronger
than you've ever imagined.
6. What does your
philosopher look like?
- Plato's physical appearance
is fine- looking and strong. As
an observation from the
pictures in the internet, he has
a broad forehead and had the
build of a wrestler.
7. What did your philosopher accomplish?
- Credited with establishing the first university in Europe.
- Gave us an insight into the philosophical teachings of
Socrates.
- Wrote numerous Philosophical discussion with continue
to be debated .
- Came up with influential theory of forms.
- Came up with epistemology or theory of knowledge.
- His work REPUBLIC is regarded as a cornerstone
of western philosophy.
- Propagated division labor.
- Laid emphasis on education.
- Came up with the influential concept of platonic
love.
- A leading mentor of mathematics of his time.
8. Where there any outcomes to your philosophers work?
If so, what were they?
- Plato, (born 428/427 BCE, Athens, Greece—died 348/347,
Athens), ancient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates (c. 470–
399 BCE), teacher of Aristotle (384–322 BCE), and founder of the
Academy, best known as the author of philosophical works of
unparalleled influence.

- Plato introduced the idea that their mistakes were due to their
not engaging properly with a class of entities he called forms, chief
examples of which were Justice, Beauty, and Equality.
- In metaphysics Plato envisioned a systematic, rational
treatment of the forms and their interrelations, starting
with the most fundamental among them, the Good, or the
One.

- In ethics and moral psychology he developed the view

that the good life requires not just a certain kind of
knowledge (as Socrates had suggested) but also
habituation to healthy emotional responses and therefore
harmony between the three parts of the soul: reason,
spirit and appetite.
- His works also contain discussions in aesthetics,
political philosophy, theology, cosmology,
epistemology, and the philosophy of language.

-His school fostered research not just in philosophy

narrowly conceived but in a wide range of
endeavours that today would be called
mathematical or scientific.
9. How did the public respond to your philosopher’s
ideas?
- Essentialism is the view that every entity has a set of
attributes that are necessary to its identity and
function.
- it is a work that you think is right and not time
consuming and has more results than effort.
Idealism is a diverse group of metaphysical views
which all assert that "reality" is in some way
indistinguishable or inseparable from human
perception and/or understanding, that it is in some
sense mentally constituted, or that it is otherwise
closely connected to ideas.
- it is an idea of human mind or it is what you think
in you own mind.
- Platonic realism states that the visible world of particular
things is a shifting exhibition, like shadows cast on a wall
by the activities of their corresponding universal Ideas or
Forms.

- The theory of Forms or theory of Ideas is a philosophical

theory, concept, or world-view, attributed to Plato, that
the physical world is not as real or true as timeless,
absolute, unchangeable ideas.
- Platonic love is a special emotional and spiritual
relationship between two people who love and admire
one another because of common interests, a spiritual
connection, and similar worldviews. It does not involve
any type of sexual involvement. Most friendships begin as
either personal or professional.
10. How do we use their philosophies today?
- The logic of Socrates is that people learn through the
utilize of thinking and rationale. Eventually finding gaps in
their claim speculations and after that fixing them up.

- Whereas Plato’s philosophy says that we have get to the

domain of shapes through the intellect, permitting us get
to an unchanging world.
- This particular world is invulnerable to the
torments and changes of the material world.
By confining our souls from the material world
and our bodies and developing our capacity to
concern ourselves with the forms, Plato
believes this will lead to us finding a value
which isn't open to alter.
- Finally, Aristotle believes that a universal is indistinguishable in
each of its instances. All round things are comparable in that
there’s the same universal, characteristic, throughout.

- We use their philosophies today by separating ourself from the

physical world because we know that the universe will always
change. Materials will wither away and loved ones will pass, but
it’s how we control our reaction and keep a stable mind that will
determine how happy and fulfilling our life is. People must learn to
let the world change and accept it.