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remarks, "It is hard to understand why those of Plato's commentators who praise him for fighting against the subversive conventionalism of the Sophists, and for establishing a spiritual naturalism ultimately based on religion, fail to censure him for making a convention, or rather an invention, the
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ultimate basis of religion." Religion for Plato is a noble lie, at least if we assume that Plato meant all of this sincerely, not cynically. Popper finds Plato's conception of religion to have been very influential in subsequent thought.
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who compose the republic proposed by Plato. Socrates proposes and claims that if the people believed "this myth... would have a good effect, making them more inclined to care for the state and one another."
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The concept of the noble lie as defined by Plato has sparked controversy among modern interpreters. Although some earlier classical scholars including
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which is, primarily, 'noble' in the sense of 'nobly born' or 'well bred'..." and refers to Plato's
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P. Oxy. 3679, a manuscript from the 3rd century AD, containing fragments of Plato's
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to maintain social harmony. Plato presented the noble lie (γενναῖον ψεῦδος,
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argued for a literal translation and interpretation of Plato's expression.
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Index

Noble Lie

Plato
The Republic
myth
a lie
elite
Book III
Socrates
social classes
Francis Cornford
Allan Bloom
The Open Society and Its Enemies
Karl Popper
Alternative facts
Big lie
Bokononism
Fictionalism
Lie-to-children
Morality play
Paternalism
Paternalistic deception
Plato's Laws
Santa Claus
Shendao teachings
Pious fiction
"Plato's Ethics and Politics in The Republic"
Allan Bloom
"Positive Liberty » Open Society VI: On Religion as a Noble Lie"
the original

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