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Plato would have viewed Henry as a man who is unvirtuous. Everyone in the begining of the movie wanted to be like Henry Turner. Most Greeks probably would have found Henry as an object of desire. Plato would have said that even though Herny was an object of desire to most people he, however, was not a virtuous person because Henry failed to practice the four Cardinal Virtues.
Henry was a very smart, sucessful lawyer that could win almost any case he was given. Most people would say that Henry was a wise man. However Plato would have to dissagree. Plato says that “ wisdom is knowledge of the unchanging nature, essence or form of things, especially of the human being and the virtues. Knowledge of what is best for the whole person, body and soul,
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. ”(The Cardinal Virtues p1) Since Henry lacks the other three virtues there is no way he can fulfill the virtue of justice. But Henry and his partners avoided using the afidavit at all cost during that trial. ”(Plato 58)
Beauty is developed from stepping stones starting with beautiful things and ending in knowing what it is to be beautiful. Hank is not satisfied with his response and proceeds to tell him that what they did was wrong. When Socrates was learning what love was by Diotima, she tells him that love is giving birth in beauty. Plato would feel that without knowledge a person could not be considered wise. ”(Cardinal Virtues 1)
Plato would also describe Hank as a person who had obtained the virtue of courage. Beauty fully understanding what it is to be beautiful would be compared to Hank knowing that what he did was right. The result is a harmony between the different parts of the soul and a unity of purpose for the soul. He would quote from Diotima’s speech in the Syposium to set up his argument that Hank was on the path of virtuosity. Later in the evening rather then apologizing for being unrational he goes in her room and trys to justify his rage of anger.
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