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Plato’s societal structure is designed to achieve his highest aims for the individual and the state. 1984 is a dystopian novel which, if anything, is a dumbed
by ceilingcorner 6y ago
Plato’s societal structure is designed to achieve his highest aims for the individual and the state.
1984 is a dystopian novel which, if anything, is a dumbed down version of a Kafka novel. It has nothing to do with Plato’s philosophy.
They have about as much in common with each other as an orange does with Jupiter: both are round. This is basic common sense to anyone with knowledge of either.
- 082349872349872 6y agoAn appeal to the text would be more useful than an appeal to "common sense", as the latter smacks of doxophily. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0168%3Abook%3D5%3Asection%3D480a http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%...
- ceilingcorner 6y agoNo, common sense, as in: we can’t argue about something of which you have no knowledge. I’ll say it again: the governmental structure portrayed in 1984 has absolutely nothing to do with Plato’s Republic. This is extremely obvious to anyone with knowledge of either work. Period.
- 082349872349872 6y agoCan you point to any of the 6 given (perseus) textual links and explain why they are not parallel? That would be useful for me to understand why you disagree, as we both agree we value "truth." Otherwise, asserting "common sense" without specific evidence is neither instructive nor amusing (other than being reminiscent of Plato's neologism, the doxophile): http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0168%3Abook%3D5%3Asection%3D480a http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%... (the english has been inverted from the greek, φιλόδοξος. Compare french philodoxe.)