Plato: The Importance of Knowledge Plato, in his work The Republic, deals with the issue of living a good life. He presents his argument through two questions: what is justice in the state and what is a just individual? These two provoking inquiries naturally bring about many others. One of these questions is: how should the citizens of a state be educated? “Plato was the first who conceived the method of knowledge…He was the …showed first 75 words of 776 total…

…showed last 75 words of 776 total…from all that he knew but he excluded the human heart; it has the ability to find happiness in living even in situations which are not ideal. There are not many people who have the time, mental capacity, or opportunity to be educated as Plato was. He was given the gift of an amazing mind. Plato, however, was unable to see that there is more to life and happiness than the achievements of the mind.