... to preserve the attachment, and thus fight on emotion. The rulers of Plato's State, the philosopher kings and queens, exercise their authority with the greatest understanding of the forms, and thus of ultimate truth, that is humanly possible. Machiavelli's view of government is rooted far deeper in reality, however, and implies that stability is the key to an enduring system of ... the nature of politics, and in this instance I have chosen the works of Plato in particular The Republic, establishing a comparison to define whom has the more convincing argument and why? Machiavelli lived am...

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... the masses, the Empire was susceptible to invasion of territory and philosophy. Thus we enter the "Dark Ages," where the church became the authority in everything earthly and heavenly. Everything was subject to God and his will and man was widely believed to be evil. Augustine believed that ... use reason to enhance faith and deduce that he existed. This began a progression that helped later intellectuals such as Martin Luther to question the authority of the church and cause decay of the Holy Roman Empire. Influenced by Aristotle, Aquinas brought more credence to the rule of law by ......

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