... not sufficient for all individuals, resulting in people being left disillusioned. All perfect utopian political systems are fatally flawed. It is foolish to try to please all people at the time with simple comforts. Hence, utopias are doomed to fail. It is possible to improve upon our current society, but not to the point of perfection. The main reason that a ... different. Human beings have a soul, free will, and the right to choose. For a utopian society to work, the population of that society needs to be equal. This ideal can be commonly associated with the social system known as Com...

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... Locke, among others. These Natural philosophers have all uniquely contributed to the development of Natural Law, and they have all shaped what our world is like today. The first Natural philosopher to leave an impact on our lives was a man named Socrates. He lived throughout the ... long Peloponnesian War, but it would be his stand against the government that would make him famous. Socrates did not agree with the government's views, therefore he expressed his negative opinions to everyone. He crushed everyone's dream of a Utopian society ... and stated that there will never be a perfec...

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... give them the moral's to do what is right. In The Republic, Plato divides a society into three classes: gold, silver, as well as bronze and iron souls. Each class is designated to posses a specific virtue. He believes that wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice combine together to form The Republic. However, Plato's four virtues individually do not necessarily produce a utopian society. A combination of the four in each ... what he or she does the work they are trained for, there will be no injustice. Justice is the trait that makes all the other virtues possible. Plato says that when...

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... them the moral's to do what is right. In The Republic, Plato divides the city into three classes: gold, silver, as well as bronze and iron souls. Each class is designated to posses a specific virtue. He believes that wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice combine together to form The Republic. However, Plato's four virtues individually do not necessarily produce a utopian society. A combination of the four in ... what he or she does the work they are trained for, there will be no injustice. Justice is the trait that makes all the other virtues possible. Plato says that when wisdom, co...

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Virtues contribute to people's actions in today's society. Society as a whole has a common set of virtues that many people agree on. In today's society, these are known as laws. Virtues also mold the individual outlook on life, and give them the moral's to do what is right. In The Republic, Plato divides the city into three classes: gold, silver, as well as bronze and iron ... souls. Each class is designated to posses a specific virtue. He believes that wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice combine together to form The Republic. However, Plato's four virtues individually do not necessarily...

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... his perfect city he says he needs rulers who are the best of the guardian class, their job is to make the citizens happy and serve the general well being of the state. Socrates has truly developed a perfect utopian society in his eyes, but in many other peoples and mine. I believe he has just created the ... basis of a society that will grow and become unhappy, non-harmonious and lead to the fall of the city. I believe ... may be out of their class but if determined they can accomplish any feat. I know from my own experience that no one wants to be told what to do and have be classified ...

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... of Plato is a perfect society. He creates a blueprint for a utopian society, in his book The Republic, out of his disdain for the tension of political life (Hacker, 24). This blueprint was a sketch of a society in which the problems he thought were present in his society would be eased (Hacker 24). Plato sought to cure the afflictions of both human society and human personality (Hacker 24). Essentially what Plato ... wants to achieve is a perfect society. Aristotle, unlike Plato, is ... ...

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... each. The main focus of Plato is a perfect society. He creates a vision for a utopian society, in his book The Republic. This vision was a sketch of a society in which the problems he thought were present in his society would be solved. Plato wanted to cure the afflictions of both human society and human personality. Essentially what Plato wants to achieve is a perfect society where everything will function in a perfect ... way and in which everyone will be happy. Aristotle, unlike Plato, is ... areas of governing the state. The Guardians are to be placed in a position in which they ar...

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... construct a State in which they approve of, and see if they might find the truth of justice lurking somewhere inside it. This would be a society that would uphold his ideals. Consequently, the men go on about the State that would meet the needs of all mankind. There would be rulers; ... specialize in specific trades. He also talks about censoring any sort of tales that depict injustice triumphing over the just. This is Socrates/Plato's class society in which the rulers are expected to uphold the "royal lie" that ensures the loyalty of the citizens. Socrates believes in order to ... and ...

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... is what distinguishes the behavior of Plato from that of philotyrannical intellectuals in twentieth-century Europe (Stone)." It was this discovery that led to Socrates's statement recorded in Phaedo. He said to possess pure knowledge, one must escape from the body and observe matters in themselves with t! he soul by itself. That refers to society ... opposed in the old government and refused to allow their injustices to continue. Before he sits down he asks if it is better to condemn a man who speaks what is on his mind for the greater good, or to allow one to hold his peace without test...

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... the first political scientist. They were both great thinkers, Plato and Aristotle each had ideas in how to proceed with improving the society in which they were part of during their existence. It is necessary therefore to analyze their different theoretical approaches regarding their philosophical perspectives, such as ethics and psychology. Aristotle to Plato had ... religious tradition, there is still a significant problem in determining exactly what God's will is. Typically, sacred texts tell us too much and too little: too much, because they often contain contradictory statements; t...

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... was supporting both of these things, which in many American's view were unjust, he tries to persuade people to cut their ties with the government. The government is doing what is in their best interest instead of what is morally just. Thoreau writes: "Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience ... slavery or the Mexican-American War, but at the same time support their government by paying taxes or in any other form. At the end of his essay, Thoreau describes a utopian State, in which people are able...

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