Plato's Good Life

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Starting as a wrestler Plato strived to be in the Olympics. Always falling short, he left his Olympic dream behind. After the attempt of wrestling he wanted to become a tragic poet. Failing to impress the judges at any major competition he changed course and headed over to hear one of Socrates’ speeches. He then made the decision to follow in the same footsteps of Socrates. Becoming one of Socrates’ pupils Plato wrote Socrates’ works and began to develop his own ideas along the way. He also founded the first university called the academy. Plato’s philosophy is based on the idea of everything being a copy of that ideal form. He believes that no one knows what something real looks like.(Strathern) Plato also believes there are three main parts of the soul. Depending on what part of the soul is greatest in a person they can be a leader, a warrior, or a servant.(Kerns) Plato believes the good life is the perfection of Earths imperfect images and distinguishing between the different parts of the soul.
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