Plato was the man to think up the republic form of government. ... 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. Cicero believed in the Roman republic which was made up of ideas and forms of monarchy, aristocary, and democracy. ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.E.) was a highly regarding Roman political thinker. ... In one of his later works, On Duties, Cicero speaks to the purpose of virtue and loyalty needed to run an effective republic. ... Surely Greek philosophy had a major influence on Roman hierarchy and intellectuals alike. ...
Many critics regard "King Lear" as the greatest, and most tragic, of William Shakespeare's plays; indeed, some claim that it is the most tragic play ever written. And yet, it is difficult to see why we should regard "King Lear" as a tragedy for the King is basically a pathetic old man, vain and foolish, rash in his judgment and incapable of controlling his emotions. This characterization seems to preclude viewing Lear on the Aristotelian model of a tragic hero, as someone raised above the ordinary level of humanity, except in the most conventional sense of his social status. Moreover, in ...
