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In his 1934 Plato und die Dichter (Plato and the Poets), as well as several other works, Hans-Georg Gadamer describes the utopic city of the Republic as a heuristic utopia that should not be pursued or even be used as an orientation-point for political development. Rather, its purpose is said to be to show how things would have to be connected ...
Socrates is a 1971 Spanish-Italian-French television film directed by Roberto Rossellini. The film is an adaptation of several Plato dialogues, including The Apology , Euthyphro , Crito , and Phaedo .
Socrates (1971) – The life of Socrates, played by Jean Sylvère , a Roberto Rossellini film. The Young Karl Marx (2017) – Karl Marx played by August Diehl. Trial and Death of Socrates (1939), Socrates played by Ermete Zacconi, directed by Corrado D'Errico. Wittgenstein (1993) – The life of Ludwig Wittgenstein, directed by Derek Jarman.
In Plato's Republic, the character of Socrates is highly critical of democracy and instead proposes, as an ideal political state, a hierarchal system of three classes: philosopher-kings or guardians who make the decisions, soldiers or "auxiliaries" who protect the society, and producers who create goods and do other work. [1]
The Ring of Gyges / ˈ dʒ aɪ ˌ dʒ iː z / (Ancient Greek: Γύγου Δακτύλιος, Gúgou Daktúlios, Attic Greek pronunciation: [ˈɡyːˌɡoː dakˈtylios]) is a hypothetical magic ring mentioned by the philosopher Plato in Book 2 of his Republic (2:359a–2:360d). [1]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 68% Fresh rating, with the site's critical consensus reading "Although occasionally muddled, A Glitch in the Matrix is a thought-provoking portrait of digital culture and its relationship to reality." The film has an average score of 6.2/10 based on 98 critic reviews.
[4] [5] John Stuart Mill quotes it thus in Considerations on Representative Government (1861), though without reference to Plato. Plato's Republic though was hardly ever referenced by classical Latin authors like Juvenal, and it has been noted that it simply disappeared from literary awareness for a thousand years except for traces in the ...
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 96% based on reviews from 26 critics. [11] On Metacritic it has a score of 71% based on reviews from 7 critics. [10]Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times, viewed the film as a "crucial first step" in "surveying anew where democracy stands — and falls — in our present universe."