Zack Snyder’s film “Man of Steel” fosters diverse philosophical ideas about society and their perception of free will and the acceptance of truth. Plato’s “The Republic” plays an imperative role in contextualising Krypton’s structure that ultimately gave way to the Kryptonian’s deterioration. The corrosion is caused by the rejection of the idea that society should be free to make their own decisions and live their own lives. Also by the denial of society on Krypton to acknowledge that their organisation of the Kyrptonian Empire was failing.
Arguably, Plato’s most influential piece is “The Republic”. It enables the audience to clearly identify and understand diverse concepts that are applicable in all of philosophy. Although Plato proposes various good arguments and conclusions, fundamentality the depiction of society in “The Republic” is something that our modern society should and will always reject. In “The Republic” civilisation is divided into three classes. The classes that are present on Krypton are in the form of scientists, soldiers and leaders. The reasoning behind Plato’s idea is that, individuals might not rationally perceive when they are not appropriate for particular jobs. An individual bases their career on their internal reflection on their suitability and passion; Plato believed that aptitude should be the only factor that holds any weight. In Krypton, this is mirrored by their people being bred in a Genesis Chamber that equips each person with certain skills that give them the ability to fulfil what the state needs from them. These types of societies put no weight onto the individual opinions. The character General Zod clearly exemplifies this type of individual being bred for the benefit of the state by say...
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...ently very influenced by the ideologies of Plato in his work “The Republic”. The criticism of a society that is regulated down to the source of its civilisation is not a society that can develop or has potential for growth. It thus becomes a stagnant and decaying civilisation that ultimately deteriorates in both Plato’s and Kyrpton’s use of such a structure. However, the difference between the two examples is the Kyrptonian’s, much like the society in Plato’s work, does not allow themselves to accept a higher truth. Whereas, the people of Earth follow Khal-El out of the cave and into the bright light that is, in a sense a greater reality. Thus clearly demonstrating that a society in which free will exists allows its people to develop and grow within truth; the society where it does not exists evidently obstructs the ability to grasp the want to leave “the cave”.
Many societal ills in a given culture can be attributed to the pride that develops in leaders and the aggressive effect this nature has on the need for personal gain. In his work The Republic, Plato spends a great deal of time outlining his vision of a society in which man's arrogant and competitive nature is unable to root itself into the government of the city, thus creating a completely just and good society. Nevertheless, even Plato realized that because of the inevitable influence of man's lust for power, no society could retain a perfectly just government forever. As man's greed overcomes the integrity of the "healthy city", oppression will take root. The inherent arrogance grows until the leader becomes an embodiment of injustice, what Plato calls in The Republic a tyrant. The rule of a tyrant can directly affect the lives and well-bring of every man under the unjust leader, as is demonstrated by Agamemnon in The Iliad. Homer's masterpiece is a perfect example of how egotism and a need for power over another can compromise the well being of an entire army. Agamemnon's reactions to the events and people who surround him in The Iliad prove that he possesses many of the characteristics of the tyrannical leader Plato describes in The Republic.
It is no doubt that Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles, defies the conventional style of classic Hollywood films. Introducing a variety of new techniques and cinematography that was unheard of at that time, the advanced camera work, different lighting techniques and use of mise-en-scene, helped fortify several very definitive themes in the film. Being removed from his secure, comfortable childhood home at a young age, it is no secret that Charles Foster Kane carried the unresolved feelings with him as he continued to grow up, seeing as he had to deal with being taken from his own mother and father, and learn how to cope with having been stripped of the family love and assurance he had always longed for. Rather than having the guaranteed
The earlier passage refers to the rigid society we are born into that has us all fixed into a common point of view that doesn’t give us much room to look at the same thing at different perspectives. The cave allegory can also apply to societies created by totalitarian systems in which only distorted information flows through with no other conflicting perspectives that may cause the people in the cave to question what they’ve seen before being able to flow through. Since we grow up being prisoners to the society we grow up in, we’re actually comfortable living in bondage in the cave and the only way to leave is voluntary. If someone gives you information that completely contradicts your perspective, or leave for college with a closed mind, just like in the allegory, the light outside the cave will compel you to flee back to ignorance because it offends your perspective, “And if someone compelled him to look at the light itself, wouldn’t his eyes hurt, and wouldn’t he turn around and flee towards the things he’s able to see” (Republic VII 515e 1-3). From what's described, someone else can’t force you out of your own ignorance and that only you can do
The Republic is Plato’s notion of an ideal state. Within the state, there is a hierarchal class system, which provides stability among the classes. Stability is achieved when each class performs their own duties and jobs, and does not interfere with the business of others. There are three hierarchal classes, the guardians and philosopher-kings, the auxiliaries, and the working class. With an increase in the power of the auxiliary class, a system was needed that would control the morals of the guardian class. The guardians are trained up through a strict curriculum which consists of music and gymnastics. Music is used to educate the soul, and gymnastics is used to train the body. They act on behalf of the good of the whole state, because through their education and their pursuit of knowledge, they have the moral capacity to seek “the good”.(505a)
Batman (Christian Bale) is hoping to hand on his crime fighting duties to D.A Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) yet when Batman’s cards are on the table the twisted mastermind who goes by the name of the joker (Heath Ledger), forces the masked vigilante to go against everything he ever stood for.
In Plato' "ideal" model of a city; he chose an aristocratic form of government, describing it as the rule of the most strong, wise and intelligent. In his system people are robbed of their basic rights to live as a primitive human being. People had no right to choose what they want to be after they are born; their occupation is chosen for them by the "philosopher king." He chooses one's job after assessing one's talent in a variety of areas. ...
The Republic is the most important dialogue within Plato's teaching of politics. It deals with the soul, which, as we know from the beginning, at the level where one must make choices and decide what one wants to become in this life, and it describes justice as the ultimate form of human, and the ideal one should strive for both in life and in state. Justice as understood by Plato is not merely a social virtue, having only to do with relationship between people, but virtue that makes it possible for one to build their own regime and reach happiness.
In ‘The Republic’, Plato examines multiple forms of justice. The first of these that comes into account is justice within ones soul. On the matter, Socrates (and hence in Plato’s opinion) states there to be three parts of the soul, the basis of Plato’s famous tripartite theory. These are reason (the deductive part which includes knowledge), appetite (which encompasses desire for the more luxurious aspects of life) and spiritedness (which is in essence the drive and motivation of the soul). More specifically, reason and appetite are at odds with each other and spirit is an “auxiliary” of sorts, complying with which ever is more dominant. Plato’s view is that in the just man, reason triumphs and rules the others, with spirit as its servant and ally (Book 4, 441a and 441e). Desire, in the just man, is given a level lower than the two allies, which means wants deemed unnecessary are restricted such that the soul is not corrupted in fulfilling them. The state of inner justice is achieved when the tripartite works harmoniously, sticking to each of their individual duties without interference in the others affairs. In this regard, the soul is compared to a whole city, divided into similar classes: “money-making (desire), auxiliary (spirit), and deliberative (reason)” (441a). When each class works in tandem while staying true to their individual purposes, justice is said to exist on a societal level. More importantly, Plato deduces that reason should on a societal level too be chief among the classes, and the ruler should be the voice of reason (“Isn’t it proper for the calculating part to rule,” 441e).
Plato states that as the just city (i.e. an aristocratic society) develops, it will inadvertently fall into depravity, because despite the excellent constitutions of its wise leaders, they are still fallible human beings. He outlines four distinct forms of government—of which he considers to be depraved—that the just city will transform into, with each one being worse than its predecessors. The four systems, which are ordered by their appearances in the line of succession, are: timocracy, oligarchy, democracy and finally tyranny. The focus of this essay will be on Plato’s criticisms of democracy. Since democracy is recognized and practiced by most of modern western societies, it is especially relevant and important to examine whether this model
To sum up, Plato’s allegory of cave depicts the human condition, each of us is a prisoner chained down with distorted illusion of reality. To gain individual autonomy one must awaken the unconsciousness, we must kill our imperfection and liberate one’s senses. We cannot accomplish individual autonomy by watching what’s on the screen, but rather using our own consciousness, begin a Gnostic path, and enlightened each other, hence we can build our own philosophical ideologies and get out of the ignorance, that is the cave.
Plato, having defined his perfect society, now seeks to compare contemporary 'imperfect' societies with his ideal standard. He initially criticises the imperfect society as a whole, before leading onto a criticism of any given individual within that society; the imperfect character. He has already dealt with the Oligarchic society and character and now moves onto Democracy and the democratic character.
Contrastingly, Plato's "Republic" gives little or no consideration to the individuals interests. Plato believes that the republic trumps all, and basic human interests such as the desire to improve one's station in life is disregarded as unnatural or even the desire not to be lied to are not even worthy of consideration.
Throughout The Republic, Plato constructs an ideal community in the hopes of ultimately finding a just man. However, because Plato’s tenets focus almost exclusively on the community as a whole rather than the individual, he neglects to find a just man. For example, through Socrates, Plato comments, “our aim in founding the
The movie Deadpool is written by Paul Whitreck and directed by Tim Miller. The movie is about a man named Wade Wilson who underwent an experiment to help cure his cancer. In doing so the experiment went wrong and he gained accelerating healing powers which messed his face up. However he received his name from a scene early in the movie when he was in the bar. The movie went back in forth as far as memories but Wade wilson named himself Deadpool based on how he looked and the condition he was in. He gains new abilities and is on a search for the person that nearly killed him during the experiment. The movie is a reintegration of the comic books by marvel of this alter ego killer, not your typical friendly superhero. Deadpool is one of my favorite movies because of the level of action/violence, the sound effects/special effect and the good acting in the movie.
The Republic is an examination of the "Good Life"; the harmony reached by applying pure reason and justice. The ideas and arguments of Plato center on the social settings of an ideal republic - those that lead each person to the most perfect possible life for him. Socrates was Plato's early mentor in real life. As a tribute to his teacher, Plato uses Socrates in several of his works and dialogues. Socrates moderates the discussion throughout, as Plato's mouthpiece. Through Socrates' powerful and brilliant questions and explanations on a series of topics, the reader comes to understand what Plato's model society would look like. The basic plan of the Republic is to draw an analogy between the operation of society as a whole and the life of any individual human being. In this paper I will present Plato’s argument that the soul is divides into three parts. I will examine what these parts are, and I will also explain his arguments behind this conclusion. Finally, I will describe how Plato relates the three parts of the soul to a city the different social classes within that city.