My Philosophy to Plato's
What is real? What is truth knowledge? What is the meaning of life? These questions are not very common in today's society. Nonetheless, many, everywhere in the world had attempted to find genuine answers to such questions. Everyone has different beliefs, and their answers to these worldwide meaningful questions are diverse. The Greek Philosopher Plato, had his own views and answers to these questions. Today I will compare my personal belief to Plato's ones. What is real? For Plato the transcendent world, the world of being, is postulated by realities called Forms, which are the causes of the particular things that exist beneath them. "...Appearance and Reality" "...the terms of Becoming and Being" (Miller 75). As if there is another world, an external and unchanging reality where soon or late we all get there. In similitude to Plato's belief of Becoming (Unreal) and Being (Real), I do believe that there is also, something else behind these realities that I see today. I cannot prove it, but I believe in it, I can feel it. The r
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Palmer, Donald "The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter" Looking at Philosophy. 1994-second edition (63). What is the meaning of life? As Socrates have said: "The unexamined life is not worth living" (Miller 10). Here again, I could not agreed better with Plato. Plato as Socrates believed that the meaning of life laid in a lifetime search for wisdom, truths. That a person who live and dedicated his/her life to search for significance and find answers, would have lived an exemplary life, as Socrates did, and find the great meaning of life. So I believe that we as human souls came to life to experienced in our own skin, in order to evolve, grow as humans. Each life that we lived, is an accomplishment were we learned more and more, thus until we reach our fully awakening and attained truth. For me an example of someone who has achieved truth is Plato, Socrates etc. Consequently, if through many life experiences we achieved what is required to became a fully fulfilled, evolved huma
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