The Three Invaders In Plato's The Republic

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In “The Republic”, Plato introduces readers to intriguing thoughts regarding the three overseers of what we know to be the couch. This can be found in his statement: “Thus we have three forms of couches and three overseers of their manufacturer- the painter, the carpenter, and god.” In this statement, Plato: refers to “the overseers” as the creators of the couch, causes us to think about how the items we see today is so disparate to the “ideal” version of themselves, and leaves us with a significant question. To begin, in this couch example, Plato believed that the real maker of the couch was god. Thus, god’s idea of the couch gave inspiration to, the person who would then physically build the couch, or the carpenter. As a result, the artist
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