... bright flash of light, suddenly I was in a sunny grove wearing a toga, sitting next to me was a man writing on a scroll labeled "The Republic." I realized must be Plato. Plato: Ah hello my young friend, you must be one Professor Einstein's students. How can I help you? Jacob: I really have to get home if the professor realized I used his ... help people question the world around them; make them think about there preconceptions of the world around them. When Athenians started to be disturbed by Socrates the Council of Five Hundred grew suspicious. He was charged with the crimes of intro...

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... to keep most people happy. If everyone plays their own role well, the state will prosper and everyone will be happy. In contrast to Plato, Aristotle was not that interested in seeking absolute truth. Rather than that, Aristotle favors an ideal that is more practical and real at ... little more open-mind about it. To Plato, the state should be refrained from practicing democracy in any means. First, it can easily become mob ruling which will promote violence and political instability. Second, it will cause the state become less unified by giving individuals to many rights and liberties. ....

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... a second school of thought. Flourishing around 400 B. C., Plato contradicted his teacher in that he left many writings, his most famous being The Republic. He believed that a higher world of unchanging forms and ideas existed. If a person knew these forms, then he knew the truth. These things, however, could only be achieved by a mind that had been properly trained. One of his idea ... government. After much comparison, he believed that the latter type of government worked the best for most people. Aristotle went on to be a tutor for Alexander the Great. Aristotle, unlike Plato, was not...

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... dissolution." (VIII 546 a) How are these statements plausible if there are just philosopher kings to check and balance the mistakes made by the lower classes of the city or even the mistakes that another philosopher king himself makes. To this, Plato would argue that his perfect rulers must eventually have a time when their sense perception is off and they miscalculate the timing ... not the philosopher kings have the highest knowledge and do not they have the understanding of what the Form of Good is? Plato himself states that philosopher kings do have this knowledge and understanding....

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... .html ClassicNotes: The Republic Book VIII?. http://www.classicnote.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/republic/summ8.html. Plato's Politics?. http://ishmael.nmh.northfield.ma.us/~sigma/plato/ Plato.Republic? translated by G.M.A Grube, revised by C.D.C. Reeve. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1992. Plato.Republic? translated by G.M.A Grube, revised by C.D.C. Reeve. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1992. Ideas from Anaxagoras to Aristotle: Plato?. http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch10.htm Barker, Ernest.Greek Political Theory ... : Plato and his Predecessors?, London: Methuen & Co., 1951., pg256. Plato.Repu...

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... virtually incapable of producing a flawlessly just and otherwise virtuous state comprised of happy individuals. On the other hand, democracy would not be much better, and has been proven, not only by Plato but also in history, to fall short of being a just political structure. " justice admittedly means that a man should possess and concern himself with what properly belongs to him."" " Suppose, for ... can do what is just for the state, because they are the only ones that have access to the "Good,"" which is the core of Plato's utopian society. The total balance of justice is held up b...

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... requires deep analysis in order to have such esoteric understanding is The Republic by Plato. One of the overarching, and perhaps most important, points Plato attempts to prove is the good justice brings to a society and to an individual. Plato presents a contradictory and oversimplified definition of justice, and does so because ... because it produces the greatest good. Educating people to produce the greatest good of the just city and the just individual is Plato's ultimate goal, and does so by proving that justice is good and worthwhile. In order to have a truly just city, it must be...

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... of the stronger, which to him was the control of the ruling body of the city by being master over the people and punishing any who broke the laws set down by the regime.(Bloom,338e-339a) Plato to believed that education and rearing of the ruler of the city or regime would create a ... up in intellect, to know what injustice is and never want to do it. What he meant by best natures is simply the educated who have experienced truth and are the best to rule.(519c) Plato believed that healthy souls came from the knowledge of justice. He believed that just men, who were ... city where all t...

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... and making them aware of the negative aspects about democracy. He came with a critic to the subject of democracy because people tend to be blind folded by viewing things as accepted at their face value. Plato as a philosopher criticized democracy as a government not fit to fully represent the eligible citizens or the majority. He even went to the extent of propounding an ... is a need for people who understands the life of different classes, thus making it possible to try to serve the interests of different classes without discrimination. However, the above contribution by Plato has got...

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... class. However, though a democratic state was declared, it failed to materialise as France sublimed to a tyrranic period of terror with no real democracy before it. However, Plato now describes the Democracy that has been implemented by the lower classes with the aim of leading onto the democratic character. With new freedom and liberty, the average individual will arrange his life as pleases ... that any mind should be made up of three hierarchical levels: the desires and emotions being the lowest tier; the character, as decided by upbringing occupies the intermediate tier; and reason ...

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... going to be of the most eminent quality. And all this must come to pass without being noticed by anyone except the rulers themselves if the guardians" herd is to be as free as possible from fraction."(Plato, 138). The people of the city may only have relations with their own group and the rulers must ... her fortieth; and a man, beginning from the time when he passes his swiftest prime at running, begets for the city u to his fifty fifth year"(Plato, 140). Plato is trying to clarify the certain ages which men and women are when they are in their prime to reproduce with others. These are ...

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... best definition of freedom is the lack of responsibility to one's society. Plato considered freedom the will to do anything you want, and he often considered the excesses of freedom especially by the young men. Basically freedom is the excess of youth and the ability ... most freedom had to be that group or person with the least responsibilities to themselves and/ or to the city states. From Plato's definition of Freedom Socrates is the freest . Socrates' freedom comes from his attitude. His very philosophical bases at the center of ... part to its fulfillment either by envy due to love ...

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... I am the Master!" Although this was said by Darth Vader to Obi Wan, it nonetheless provides the perfect setting for the philosophical debate that, in my opinion, would exist today Plato and Aristotle. Aristotle, a student of the Academy, did not believe in Plato's theoretical view of the world. Rather, he ... know." While man enjoyed sensation, like all animals, Aristotle added the practices of experience and memories to the equation of knowledge. He, unlike Plato, accepted that the world was constantly evolving and welcomed the transformations. Additionally, he did not just accept som...

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... the ideal state. The salient points are that men and women should be equal in education and occupations. Further they should be governed by those rare individuals who are best at philosophy and war. These philosopher rulers shall not possess private property and shall accept their annual wages ... the worst, the tyrant, which will allow comparisons with the best man and the answer to Thrasymachus" earlier assertions. 2. Timarchy Socrates begins by indicating that social change happens when there is dissension among the ruling class. As long as they are in accord no change is possible, ....

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... , and a few free blacks to vote. But the aftermath of the Revolution turned away from these principles, as new constitutions were written that were aimed more at preserving property and by extension, political power of elites than anything approaching democracy. Some historians, mostly Gordon Wood, argued that that the Revolution had so destroyed traditional patterns of hierarchy that a new democratic order ... emerged in spite of the efforts of its opponents. And, by the 1820s, all white men could vote, and American culture, as well as politics, had become a white man's democracy. The e...

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... to send them back to prison. While the realities ex-criminals face after paying their debt to society are not color based, they are just as harsh as those faced by blacks post slavery, Alexander therefore correctly likens the struggles of these ex-criminals to those of free slaves during the Jim Crow era. Through the use of strong evidence and ... ex-criminals with the same disdain and carelessness they once showed against blacks during the Jim Crow era. One of the first means by which the U.S. government has begun to treat ex-criminals like second class citizens is by effectively allow...

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... we find ourselves in perhaps a third American genocide. This idea that America is "the greatest nation on earth " increases the risk of people everywhere by allowing leaders to justify wars of conquest with it. It's very ironic that such a great nation gives less then one percent of its money every ... be confused with "giving into terrorists ". I believe that war should be something countries resort to as a last option therefore the second path proposed by Jensen and Mahajan seems to be the most logical solution to 9/11, to me. If the America Government wasn't so concerned with being the...

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... leader. In conclusion, it is evident that the loss of personal integrity is a constant and crucial theme to this novel as shown by the deviousness by Eric and Angus, or the accusation of deceitfulness towards Daniel. Finally, the theme that is central to the book is that even the ... when he changes the course of the government vote on the Conservative budget to the majority vote of nay. Angus' last diary entry shows this: "By the bye, we defeated that rogue Tory government yesterday...everyone is making a fuss over it all"" (312). In this case, Angus's arrival made ... the Conservative...

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... culture: economics, politics, and equality and liberty. In order to correctly evaluate the extent to which U.S. political culture has been influenced by the Constitution and Federalism, it is imperative to understand how the importance and meaning behind these aspects motivated our Forefathers and how they have ... and equality, but yet only white males participated in the drafting process. The Constitution was conceived at a time when women were not represented by government, and African Americans had no political input. Today things are much different. Women, as well as black, play an ...

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... to judge that humans are not responsible enough to govern themselves. This believe base his concept of monarchy in which a society is governed only by a single leader. The latter is the most powerful, but also smart enough to manipulate his citizens or the common people. Consequently, society is ... a leader who is able to manipulate his people to perform terrorist attacks. Since we all know that no one has flawless judgment, a society governed by a group of people has a better chance of being a better society. In addition, mutual interests of citizens are represented in a republic. Rous...

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... take part in the new state. Many Priests agreed and told their followers not to vote. This truly was a "debased" Government. So the picture painted by this was one of division, and a small number of voters who didn't vote with their hearts. Therefore, the people didn't get anything they wanted: ... industrial reforms had centralised workers who also had organisation in the form of the PSI- the Socialist Party. The Party was aided in a huge way by the 1st World War, which had a huge impact on the situation. The Socialists viewed this war as an Imperialist struggle at the expense of the ....

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... Charles Montesquieu. They all played a part and I will show there strengths and weaknesses and choose which one should be honored in the National Museum. Plato was the man to think up the republic form of government. He believed that the government should be there to help maintain the common welfare. ... leaders needed to be the wisest people from the nation. These men, "Philosopher-kings", would be selected based on their decision making abilities. Plato believed that the average person can't make good political decisions and should be left out of the decision making process. This form...

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... Republic is the first attempt to give a thorough and systematic account of how the common life of women and men ought to be structured. For Plato this means, above all, raising and answering the question of justice: what is justice and why should it be preferred to injustice? Answering this ... takes place during an overnight party of a dozen or so Athenian aristocrats, and does in fact have something of the dreamlike quality of such gatherings. Plato is deadly serious, in at least two ways: He is the most radical of conservative philosophers. Radical means aiming at the root of things, t...

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... in politics. He strongly felt that neither a moral individual nor a state that is rational could be established in a democratic environment. Plato felt that the common man wasn't intelligent or capable of dealing with concepts that influence the state such as economics, policy of foreign ... the disease (pluralism of friendship) that plagued the human character and society (Class Notes). Essentially, Plato wanted to establish the perfect form of society, linked by one single entity. Aristotle, unlike Plato, was not focused or concerned about the idea of a perfect society, instead he wan...

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... and the rest of the populace are destroyed, the constitution is destroyed (Plato explicitly states this as a causal relationship), and the Oligarchy is established. The dissolution of Plato's strict property controls is the real-world mechanism by which the baser part of the human soul seizes 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, ... of his greatest teacher, and disapproved philosophically of what surrounded him. It is understandable, then, that if we look a...

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