Platonic Epoch Essay

THE ANSWER A world where people and things are integrated, purposeful, beautiful is a description of the Aristotelian epoch as written by Richard E. Rubenstein. Though this vision of an ideal society (where economic growth, political expansion, and cultural optimism contribute as characteristics of that epoch) is inspiring, they are not achievable, if not ever, not yet, at least. On the other hand, Platonic epoch was described like the contrary; where humans are still held back from the full potential of humanity, with vices like self-hatred, intolerance and fanaticism. This essay will support and give explanations about why the Platonic epoch seems to be more appropriate to describe the present time in the perspective of the writer. Plato’s

Religion is playing a big part with the society and culture of today. The idea of religion has been around for as long as one can remember, and is usually tied with the idea of getting sent to another place after death. Although some religions not only believe in a better universe, but worse one too, it is nonetheless is similar to Plato’s view of humans believing that the earth life is merely a pilgrimage. Aristotelian epoch would be filled with people that apprehend the idea of mortality, not ideas of afterlife, therefore; in this subject, present time description would be closer to Platonic, compared to Aristotelian

The human life on earth on present time is yet to be “vast and harmonious.” Curiosity and sociability are not ceased to exist; but they are with sense of contradictions and social conflicts. It would not be fair to diminish the idea Aristotelian epoch when some parts of it are viable. The ability of understanding on how things work is one of the things that humans are trying to achieve, and is getting better at it every day, but without conflicts, there would not be anything to solve. Before every single problem in this earth is solved, the harmony that Aristotle desire for human kind would not be as near as it could be. Knowing that not every single issue in the world has been resolved, it is safe to say that we are not close to the Aristotelian