1. The Political States of Plato and Aristotle
... between the material world we live in and the perfect world of eternal forms. This world of ideal forms is not to be thought of as a separate reality or state of mind, but rather a blueprint by which objects in the material world are created. These various assertions are best characterized by Plato's allegorical "Cave" described in The Republic. The slaves working deep underground never ... class rule, without the problem Aristotle associated with true democracies. A close review of both Plato and Aristotle's proposed states and their governments bring new perspective on Aristotle's key...
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