Perseus Project's Plato:
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Encyclopedic reference on Plato with links to various classical and related sites and resources.
The Republic
by Plato
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The Republic Questions and Answers
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Socrates main criticism of Athenian democray was centered around the indviduals within the democracy that gained their wealth and power using words, propaganda, and flattery to garner the support of the Athenian citizens.
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Socrates suggests that the shadows are reality for the prisoners because they have never seen anything else; they do not realize that what they see are shadows of objects in front of a fire, much less that these objects are inspired by real things...
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• Truthfulness
• Valor
• Temperance
• Gentility
• Keenness of memory
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