1.) Plato defines The Forms as the ideal versions and concepts of ideas of the things around us. These are main concepts in life that often have a higher potential that has not been reached yet. These Forms are the fullest version of the potential in ideas of life. Plato promoted that people strive to get the fullest versions of the ideas and concepts.
2.) Three groups in Plato's ideal society were like three social classes. There were the producers, the military, and the rulers. These were supposedly the three major groups within Plato's idea.
3.) Plato's thoughts on women were sometimes inconsistent. Some of his ideas that women were equal in the sense that they should be able to have part in ruling the society, but he also compared women to children. Another bad idea from Plato was about the womb within a women. He had said that a womb is like a live-animal that moves around within women. It makes that sound bad or even embarrassing to women.
4.) The Noble Lie that Plato proposed was that we are all born with either gold, silver, or a mixture of brass and iron. These composure's determined a persons role in life. This almost sounds like a Caste system. The things that a person is born with determines their role or life in terms of society standards.
You made a great connection with the caste system. Very observant, Maddie!
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