Plato, in The Republic tries to describe the perfect state, by this meaning the political form and social organization that will allow people to live in a harmonious manner and be happy. The original title itself (politeia in Greek) refers to the concept of city-state and to the life philosophy supp...

Plato gave the name of an entity, which we, mere mortals according to him couldn’t possibly grasp in our lifetimes, as FORMS. The esoteric term was to label the realm of our universe, which we hardly thought to exist. This realm is the truth and nothing but the truth. It is the true reality of our...

Plato's analogy of the cave is a story which sees some people living in an undergroud cave. They are essentially prisoners; their hands and feet are bound in chains. Their backs face the entrance of the cave so they can only see the back wall of the cave. Behind the prisoners is a high wall, and be...