... city to view this city as the best city, and to love it with all their passion. If there is marriage and romantic love, then the love for the city will be divided among the family and the state. Instead of this romantic love, people of the city should have brotherly love, or love for the state and only the state. Also the people of the city should have love for ... wisdom and true knowledge because all of these types of love would unite the city to the greatest possible extent. Finally ... what justice is, and can therefore watch to make sure the city is run in the proper manner. As So...

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... ideal city that Aristotle has his first of several objections toward his mentor's state. Through a more grounded approach, the argument is made that men form states not out of necessity due to lack of self-sufficiency, but rather out of inherent instinct. The state existed in nature prior to its discovery by man, and "a human being is by nature a political animal ... of a dream world, to the contrary, it is an inherent instinct of men. Plato's systematic community is most comparable the Karl Marx's Communist Russia in the 1920's. The ideal state would be characterized by a strongly unifie...

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... is no difference between a just man and a just society, when it comes to searching justice for individuals in the state. Moreover, Plato argues that state is formed for particular purpose. Individual people are not self-sufficient and no one can acquire all the necessities in life. In order to resolve this difficulty, we gather together in order to achieve our common goals ... was not created for any purpose or to serve anyone. To Aristotle, all associations are political, but the state aims to the highest good in the society. However, Aristotle does not emphasize state unity much as Pla...

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... three elements that are based on the sources of activities you will achieve at the best. The three elements that part of the psyche are reason, spirit, and appetite. Reason involves the power of being able to think and speak and make decisions for what is good or bad and to help determining certain goals. This may include philosophers or kings in charge of a city that ... use reason to help them be a leader. Spirit is driven by pride. It is being proud of who you are or where you are from. Not being scared to wear you school colors on the away team's side. The spirit you have is your st...

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... thought its ultimate goal was to train philosophy kings, rulers of state. But well before all these, what is there in the process? Modern education system perversely divides the universe into arts and science, and even worse, it now concentrates more on management, information technology, and finance. The traditional humanities and classics studies have gone altogether with the short-lived natural and physical sciences. They are ... brought about by it, not to mention today's spiritual crisis of the world, and out friends across the Atlantic is chickening, suffering from the treats of th...

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... Athens. Athenian democracy emphasized direct participation. Every male citizen was aloud to attend assembly, propose amendments, offer opinions, and was encouraged to vote. All decisions made pertaining to international or national politics was decided by a vote of the masses. The direct democracy of Plato's time lacked a central leader, which left it extremely weak to not only outside forces, but also to internal conspiracy ... of government is abandoned left only with the option of "professional" rulers. In turn is born the idea of the Philosopher Kings. "The desires of the common maj...

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... the order of fighting men; or some member of that order should aspire, beyond his merits, to a seat in the council-chamber of the Guardians. Such interference and exchange of social positions and tools, or the attempt to combine all these forms of work in the same person, would be fatal to the ... commonwealth."" "And, conversely, let us repeat that when each order "tradesman, Auxiliary, Guardian "keeps to its own proper business in the commonwealth and does its own ... depiction of a democratic man seems to be fairly accurate. It is slightly painful to except but truthful nonetheless. ...

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... real things. Only by gaining knowledge through education can people break the chains and begin the stage of thought. At this stage, they are still in the cave, but now see that the fire which was behind the objects were causing the shadows. The next stage is thought, where people escape the cave and begin to see all else around them as real. At first, they are blinded by ... in a dream as the many cities nowadays are governed by men who fight over shadows with one another and form factions for the sake of ruling, as though it were some great good" (P. 199 line 520 C). This is what Plato...

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... state would be based on the model of the soul; we"ll get to that later. The ideal state has three castes in which everyone would know their place, The Philosopher Kings, the Guardians, and the Laborers. The Philosopher Kings rule society. The Kings would not be a monarchy, they are the ones who train their minds to reason, and have gained wisdom. Above all, the Philosopher Kings must reason, because the creation of a good state depends ... equal. Women can govern just as effectively as a man, because they have they have the same powers of reasoning, and rulers govern through their abili...

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... argue, but gave both sides of the debate and, therefore, indirectly pushes the reader towards political activism, called for the improvement of the flawed commonwealth of England with the mixed usage of utilitas and honestas. Throughout More's Utopia the reader is questioning More's intentions. It is a literary game with the playful combination of the real and the imaginary. He starts out by basing all the characters and settings on actual fact ... Hythloday might as well make the elderly monks and nuns, since he provides for the impoverished who can't make an honest living. This comment...

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... furniture. Workmen's tools have been discovered, alone with cooking ware and finely wrought pottery" (Braymer 7). Atlantis had a strong government. "The government of the empire was always in the hands of ten men, because in the beginning there were nine princes and the reigning king. They held absolute power of life and death over their subjects" (Braymer 21). Officials followed certain procedures and this helped ... There were many different laws and rules they established when the group was gathered together. Honor and trust were key factors in the government. "Just as long as they ke...

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... until the children eventually snap under all the pressure of their parents and society. Children are made to fulfill their parents' dreams. Sometimes this pressure is derived from the greed of money, or the need to be successful, or the need to have revenge. The source of all this evil is the love of power originating in avarice and ambition. The party spirit was endangered because of this, as men were ... friends, shall say that Hellas is then in a state of disorder and discord- (Edman 427). Plato states his opinion, in The Works of Plato on who should rule by saying, "Until philosophe...

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... he made, namely overcoming sex, wealth and power. He will do this in three waves. The first wave will be, "The various talents are scattered throughout both sexes, and by nature women take part in all pursuits, as do men, except that in all of them the woman is weaker."(455c) With this in mind, it must also be established that some women have different natures ... law follows this one and all that we've said: that these women shall live privately with any. Children too shall be common, and a parent shall not know his children, nor a child his parents"(457d). The third wave states that a...

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... sets up a situation where proof is not so much necessary for any of his points as it is to say that the philosopher, the only one who sees clearly, says so.? It is these men, the philosophers, who best understood the harmony of all parts of the universe were closest to God and that only they were capable of creating a harmonious and just society. These philosophers, he ... believed, would agree and get along with each other with equal harmony rather than break into hostile faction. ?Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world ... have the spirit and power of ph...

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... into physical pleasures or emotional ties. Rulers and philosophers are engaged with the investigation of the Forms because they can most readily grasp them. This awareness of the utmost good permits for the existence of philosopher-kings and philosopher-queens, who can rule over the spirit and the appetite and ensure that, the City continues to function in its proper working order. Plato's view of ... no attention to justice or injustice and courtesy or cruelty. Machiavelli would prefer a republican style of government; however he realizes that it is not the best form of government sinc...

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... theatrical works of tragedy and comedy should be omitted from this just society. Therefore, Plato will only allow poetry containing the mimesis of good men, or poetry using a simple narrative style. Plato feels that this is all extremely important in order to not corrupt the young guardians. Proper musical training is also an important part of Plato's educational system that will instill courage and ... with practical experience; it will also serve as a test of their ability to abstain from the temptations of wealth, greed, and corruptions. Finally, at age fifty those who have passed al...

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... . In addition Socrates would have his philosophers free of emotional attachments to any person. So, when discussing the grief attached to the loss "of a son, a brother, a fortune or anything else" the guardian will be taught "that of all men he is most sufficient to himself in leading the good life. He has least need of anybody else" (Book III, section e). It seems to me ... adult life by authority figures. Socrates or one of his followers would probably argue that since the philosopher kings ruled and by definition philosophers knew all about justice and the forms of goodness, that they ...

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... ? I believe Socrates found the true meaning of justice in the larger atmosphere of the city and applied that concept to the human soul. Socrates describes his idea of an "ideal city" as one that has all the necessary parts to function and to show that justice is truly the harmony between the three stages of the city and soul in the human body. Plato introduces the idea of the happiness. Socrates says ... inner soul. In order to develop the perfect city Socrates had to develop the other ideas that contribute to the "ideal city", the City of Need, and the City of Luxury in order to develop...

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... a spectacular aura that one can not help but be taken back from the prosperity in which seemed to be going on. As viewed by this exert from the text... "Visitors of the city wrote enthusiastically of its beautiful women and handsome men; of the freedom they enjoyed under the laws of the ten kings; of the skilled craftsmen who wrought in base and precious metals, and of fresh sea ... this utopia became overconfident and slowly disregarded the rules that were given from the beginning by the gods, and the morals were tossed out the window like a badly made paper airplane that crashed and b...

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... a spectacular aura that one can not help but be taken back from the prosperity in which seemed to be going on. As viewed by this exert from the text... "Visitors of the city wrote enthusiastically of its beautiful women and handsome men; of the freedom they enjoyed under the laws of the ten kings; of the skilled craftsmen who wrought in base and precious metals, and of fresh sea ... this utopia became overconfident and slowly disregarded the rules that were given from the beginning by the gods, and the morals were tossed out the window like a badly made paper airplane that crashed and b...

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