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NO INTERNET SOURCES ALLOWED. ONLY QUOTATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS FROM THE BOOK. This is the assignment: Why does Plato believe that the course of education outlined in Book VII of the Republic, supported by the cave allegory, will lead students to see that the Good, and the Ideas, are independent of the physical realm of appearances and that the Ideas ground and are more real than the physical, and why will this education lead to justice? — This is a big question, with many parts: 1) what is the distinction between forms and appearances, 2) how does a mathematical education demonstrate this distinction, 3) what is justice and how does it connect to this education. Your critique might take aim at any one of these parts, or their connection, to demonstrate that there is no such distintion, that mathematics does not demonstrate this distinction, or that justice is something other than what Plato suggests. But you must keep your critique based in Plato’s ideas – how is Plato wrong? In addition to Book VII, I suggest bringing in portions of the other books we looked at, in particular Book II and IV. For your critique, you might attempt to take up Thrasymachus’ position from Book I – does Socrates offer a genuinely satisfactory response to it?
The paper needs to be written in two parts. The first part of these will be an explication of the problem and the second part will be your own critique of that problem. Citations need to be written in Chicago format.
Criteria to get an A: Thesis is clearly presented in the first paragraph
Thesis shows that the essay is the student’s way of working out the assignment
Every subsequent paragraph contributes significantly to the development of the thesis
Conclusion pulls together the body of the essay and demonstrates how the essay as a whole has supported the thesis
The essay is interesting and enjoyable to read
Information is correct
Interpretations are interesting
Paragraphs are well-organized
Ideas are clearly articulated
Paper reflects student?s own ideas
Paper includes proper citations of sources
Sentences and paragraphs follow one another logically
Essay is virtually free of errors, i.e., misspellings, sentence fragments; run-on sentences; comma splices, other errors in punctuation and word choice
