... and are told a bigger lie in order to subject them into social classes. I think that this is a great contradiction in Plato's philosophy. In his book The Republic he dedicates many pages speaking of justice, but how is it that he can speak of justice when he lies to people and tells them that they have to belong to a certain class and through the lies ... form of government and through the Myth of the Metals, he is able to perpetuate the rule of the philosophers. Furthermore, this shows an even greater contradiction in Plato's arguments against Thrasymachus that justice is not the will ...

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... by a revolutionary movement; responsibility for meeting public needs is then vested in the state (Daniels 177). As a concept of an ideal society, communism is derived from ancient sources, including Plato's Republic and the earliest Christian communes. In the early 19th century, the idea of a communist society was a response of the poor and the dislocated to the beginnings of modern capitalism. At ... people,"" and krator, meaning -rule- or "authority-. The people of ancient Greece used the word demokratia to describe a government where every citizen took part in making the laws and admi...

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... by a revolutionary movement; responsibility for meeting public needs is then vested in the state (Daniels 177). As a concept of an ideal society, communism is derived from ancient sources, including Plato's Republic and the earliest Christian communes. In the early 19th century, the idea of a communist society was a response of the poor and the dislocated to the beginnings of modern capitalism. At ... demos, meaningpeople,? and krator, meaningrule? orauthority?. The people of ancient Greece used the word demokratia to describe a government where every citizen took part in making the laws...

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