... ideal of this/ that object to be very important for its theoretical and scientific examination. At the same time, there's another aspect in Plato's concept of state: namely, the realistic analysis of political life, which is provided in the part of Plato's work, where he examines really existing forms of state. He singles out five basic forms - aristocracy, thymocracy, oligarchy, democracy ... the philosopher consider to befriendship. Friendship, in Aristotle's point of view is one of the main virtues, it is impossible to argue with it, in fact friendship is not an ordinary virtue it is...

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