... By this examination, he hopes to finally compare the benefits of justice and injustice, and find out whether it is better to behave justly or unjustly. There are four kinds of bad cities, and individual traits that go with them. These are, from least to most awful, the Timocracy, the ... control of the Just City and turns it from a justice-loving place into a money-loving place. Lastly, it's worthwhile to briefly look at Plato's scorn for democracy, because it is this, perhaps more than anything else, that stems from his own personal experience. If we recall from the introduction ... de...

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... to which your happy destiny and your other capacities predestine you. And if from that summit Your Magnificence will occasionally glance down at these humble places, you will recognize how unjustly I suffer the bitter and sustained malignity of fortune. Clearly there is a sizeable amount of cajolery occurring here (and also foreshadows the following discussion of fortune and virtue), and this same ... the Noble Lie, or lie told by the leader to the believing masses for their own good. As there is a definite separation in Plato's thought between the classes of society, so does Machiavell...

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