LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Philosophers should run the government
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Democracy is dysfunctional, or not a good form of government
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There is a real perfect form of everything, and everything else is an imitation
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We should question everything that happens within our lives
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Detailed explanation-1: -Plato believed all truth, understanding, and beauty comes from the ideal; within the phenomena, we cannot experience the truth of things as our senses perceive only illusions in this physical world.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Plato, the three parts of the soul are the rational, spirited and appetitive parts. The rational part corresponds to the guardians in that it performs the executive function in a soul just as it does in a city.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Plato’s ideal state there are three major classes, corresponding to the three parts of the soul. The guardians, who are philosophers, govern the city; the auxiliaries are soldiers who defend it; and the lowest class comprises the producers (farmers, artisans, etc).