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PLATO’S CONCEPT OF A HUMAN BEING

LEANING TARGETS

I can explain Plato’s concept about human


limitations
I can classify human possibilities rooted from
Plato’s ‘The Republic’
I can appreciate own imperfections as a key
towards self-enrichment
reveals that there are two worlds
Plato wants us to remember:
the world of ideas and the world
of senses.
 Inside the cave
portrays the world of senses which tells us
that the world we live in are just mere copies
of what is in the real world. Outside the cave
conveys the world of ideas – the place where
all copies from the cave originates.
According to Plato, our body is composed of two
different realities –
the one mentioned In particular, a human body is
not just a mere body, but a composition of a body
and soul – where the tangible body lives in the
world of senses while the soul comes from the
world of ideas.
Plato’s body and soul is separable in a
sense that when the body dies the soul
comes back to the world of ideas, while
the body remains in the world of senses
where it decays.
The soul is perfect as it existed
from the world of ideas where the
soul is capable of knowing all
things.
But then again, the reality of the body kicks in
which slams us with the idea that the soul is being
limited (like the prisoners in the cave) by the body,
or needless to say, imprisoned inside a body.
Therefore, man’s body, in reality, is always limited
– full of imperfections and flaws.
How do you feel about yourself knowing that you
can do a lot of things?
How are you going to improve yourself more?
What are your plans about the things you cannot
do?
 Do you wish to be a better person? Why?
Human limitations do exist.
It is essentially normal to a lot of
people.
We cannot be like super heroes .
We cannot be like the ones you envy
most.
We cannot be the person that we ideally
want to be.
The body may limit us from doing
things, but definitely the soul has the
capability to rule over us.
Plato’s concept of the body and soul directs
us to his ideal man – the man that is rational
and governed by his own intellect and will.
This is evidently seen in his work The
Republic wherein Plato compared the
human person into a state.
 Plato wants us to realize that a human person’s body
must not be ruled over the desire of the chest and the
stomach. He wants us to have a firm conviction that
the head or the ruler is supreme over all. Therefore,
the human person must be ruled by his head. For
him, there must be an ideal relationship between
these parts of the body, and only reasoning can make
this possible.
Our limitations can be
transcended when rationality takes
over. There are a lot of human
possibilities only if a person uses
his head and not their hearts.
Plato’s idea of a good life is a life
ruled by reason, as rational part
controls. It is logical indeed to have
our life controlled intellectually by
our own reasoning.
We cannot deny the fact that a lot of people
today do not understand this concept – and all
they care about is how they are going to
survive another day. People nowadays only care
about their heart’s desire, emotionally
speaking. Worse comes to worst if people’s
desires are reduce into the desires of the flesh.
That’s why there are few
things we must always
remember:
ACCEPT OUR FLAWS
Knowing imperfections, we are tend to
perfect it
There is always a room for improvement,
because after all, we are all perfect beings
and we just need to transcend our lives back
to its originally state.
THERE ARE THREE POSSIBLE THINGS A PERSON IS
INCLINED TO:

Bodily desire
Emotional stability
Rational think
 And you must acknowledge the one who
controls the two other possibilities
NEVER LET YOURSELF BE BOXED IN YOUR OWN
LIMITATIONS

Let your limitations be your


way towards perfection – GO
OUT OF THE CAVE!
The soul is perfect, yet it is imprisoned to a
body that limits the real perfection. The body
limits man to know everything. That’s why,
acquiring knowledge is just a mere
REMEMBERING of all the things in reality – we
remember knowledge, we acquire wisdom!

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