Consider two copper wires of equal length. One wire has twi…
Consider two copper wires of equal length. One wire has twice the cross-sectional area of the other. How do the resistances of these two wires compare?
Consider two copper wires of equal length. One wire has twi…
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Cоnsider twо cоpper wires of equаl length. One wire hаs twice the cross-sectionаl area of the other. How do the resistances of these two wires compare?
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Whаt is philоsоphy fоr?Using both the Apology аnd the Republic, explаin what Plato thinks philosophy is supposed to accomplish.Is philosophy primarily concerned with gaining knowledge, becoming morally better, improving society, preparing for death, (something else?) or some combination of these?Passages worth considering for each:Gaining knowledge. Socrates questions the oracle's claim and finds that his only advantage is knowing that he doesn't know [Apology 21b–23b]. In the Republic, the philosopher is defined as the one who loves the sight of truth and grasps what is always the same, as opposed to those who only have opinions [Book V, 474b–480a]. The Good is what makes all other knowledge possible [Book VI, 504e–509c], and the whole point of the ascent from the cave is to turn the soul toward what is real [Book VII, 514a–518d].Becoming morally better. Socrates says he goes around urging Athenians to care for their souls rather than their money and reputation [Apology 29d–30b], and that it is worse to do wrong than to suffer it [30c–d]. He tells the jury that the unexamined life is not worth living [38a]. In the Republic, justice turns out to be a healthy internal ordering of the soul, which makes philosophy a matter of becoming a certain kind of person [Book IV, 441c–445b], and the point of the long education is to reshape the soul rather than to pour information into it [Book VII, 518b–d].Improving society. Socrates compares himself to a gadfly on a sluggish horse and says the city needs him [Apology 30d–31c], though he also explains why he stayed out of politics and why anyone who fights for justice publicly gets destroyed [31c–32a]. In the Republic, no city will be free of trouble until philosophers rule [Book V, 471c–474c], the ship of state shows what happens when they don't [Book VI, 487e–489d], and those who have made the ascent must be compelled to go back down and govern [Book VII, 519c–521b].Preparing for death. Socrates argues that death is either dreamless sleep or a journey somewhere better, and that a good man cannot be harmed [Apology 40c–41d], while insisting he doesn't actually know which it is [29a–b]. The Republic argues that the soul is immortal [Book X, 608d–611a] and closes with the Myth of Er, where the whole point of a philosophical life turns out to be knowing how to choose well [Book X, 614b–621d].Your answer should take a position rather than surveying all four. If you think it's a combination, say which one is doing the most work and why the others follow from it.
оw much dоes the Republic need the Fоrms?The theory of Forms shows up in the middle of the Republic аnd dominаtes Books V through VII: the distinction between knowledge аnd opinion [Book V, 475d–480a], the Good as the source of knowledge and truth [Book VI, 504e–509c], the divided line [Book VI, 509d–511e], and the cave [Book VII, 514a–518d].But a great deal of the Republic seems to get along without it. Justice in the city is worked out in Book IV without appeal to any Form [427d–434c]. The three parts of the soul are established by an argument about a thirsty man who refuses to drink, with no reference to the Forms at all [Book IV, 436a–441c]. The account of how regimes and souls decay in Book VIII is essentially a piece of psychology and political observation [543a–569c]. And the closing argument that the just life is happier than the unjust one rests mostly on the condition of the tyrant's soul [Book IX, 576b–580c].Your task: Decide how much of the Republic depends on the theory of Forms.Work through it this way. First, name at least two things in the book that clearly do depend on the Forms, and explain what would be lost without them. Second, name at least two things that appear to stand on their own, and explain why they don't seem to need the Forms. Third, give your verdict: if someone removed Books V through VII entirely, would the rest of the Republic still work? Would it still answer Glaucon's challenge from Book II [357a–358a, 360e–367e]?