xpress your souls feelings. Its very hard to put into simple words my opinions and views on this subject, but Ill try my best to summarize this as best I could. Your soul is who you are. Its what you are and what youre made of. When you pass away, I believe your soul goes into heaven and only your body, your human form, lays six feet under. VII. Man and State 1. Compare the Pythagoreans with the Sophists.The Pythagorean's and Sophists had entirely opposite views. The Pythagoreans believed that the individual should subordinate himself to the whole and that he should always act for the good of the state. They taught their members respect of authority laws, of civic virtues of the times, and the idea of sacrifice for the good of the whole. On the other hand, the Sophists believed that man shouldn't center their attention on the group, but rather on themselves. They asserted man's ultimate worth and independence. They wanted to teach the individual how to succeed, how to gain his own ends, and how to avoid law by skillful argument. They believed that laws were mere inventions of the weaker members of the group, to hold down the stronger.2. What's Socrates idea of a good citizen?According to Socrates, the good citizen was one who constantly searched for true knowledge. A good citizen is also one who was forever questioning. Asking more about things means that he is willing to learn more about those specific things. When a man discovers true knowledge, he will act on it and will conduct himself appropriately in all his relations with his fellows. To Socrates, the state was a mother who had given him life, despite all its mistakes. He thought his followers to remain loyal to the state. Through this loyalty, they will learn to help the state correct its faults as well as its mistakes. 3. What's Machiavelli's ideal? How will he achieve it?Machiavelli wanted to establish a united Italian nation wholly independent of the Church. Only a strong and...
