What is philosophy for?Using both the Apology and the Republ…
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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.
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