This is an example of Plato's view of a perfect society or what we know as a Utopia. ... As stated in the book Plato's view of a democracy (Government Present today) is the rule of a wealthy few. Why does Plato view this as a bad form of government? ... I believe that this is what Plato would have preferred. ...
They are Plato, Cicero, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Charles Montesquieu. ... Plato was the man to think up the republic form of government. ... Plato believed that the average person can't make good political decisions and should be left out of the decision making process. ... Plato's republic would be very orderly and everyone would have a place and need to stick to their job to make the republic function well. ... Montesquieu refined the ideas of Plato and Cicero into three basic points. ...
Socrates never wrote any of his ideas down, what we know of his teachings and beliefs come for his disciple Plato. Keeping this in mind, we are not really sure where the ideals of Socrates stop and those of Plato begin. ... We can see how he views the State and the individual in Plato's Crito. ...
Introduction The assignment is based on the whole character sketch of John Locke and what he felt about almost everything in the spheres of Politics. He was the founder of utilitarianism and that is one of the most important in a democracy. He is one of the few thinkers who never let the conseque...
