... rest of the people in the city are to do their tasks and assigned functions and obey the rules imposed by the leaders. Now Plato declared that the Guardians must not possess private property. (The Great Political Theories p.39) For me, this is perhaps a good way on how the leaders of our society should be. Considering the fact that this could lead ... Hacienda Luisita" according to Juan Ponce Enrile. The society will always be in constant war with the leaders who are not pure of their intentions. Speaking of war, Aristotle and Plato's view on how a society should be were reflected on th...

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... needs of men, for man is not simply 'Economic Man,' but for happiness, to develop them in the good life" (Copleston, 226). In Plato's Republic we wanted poets, but he also objected to the way they speak about the gods, and the way that they portrayed immoral characters. Therefore if he ... have to produce examples of good moral character, and "Lyric poetry would only be allowed under strict supervision of the State authorities" (Rice, 39). Also in Plato's Republic "Women are to be trained as men: in the ideal State they will not simply stay at home and mind the baby, but will ... be trai...

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... of Dionysus from a "destruction of the principium individuationis [into] an artistic phenomenon- in the form of music and dancing. The transformed Dionysus now provided redemption for the Greeks (Cockburn; Nietzsche 39,40). This new Dionysian form of music was very different than the previous Apollonian form. Apollonian music consisted of "tones that were merely suggestive . . . whose formative power was developed ... straightforward music was the best and that rhythmic and melodic complexities were connected with depression and disorder. Counterpoint, a form of music with a note-for-not...

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