According to Plato, by nature, human is a political animal. ... He uses the cave allegory to highlight how human beings will not survive the darkness unless they act together and be led by a philosopher king who leads them to the light. ... Since the primitive clans of the cave man to our modern day sophisticated society, politics has always been the fabric of governance. ... Plato has noted that human nature will always be the same although tested by time and change. ... Plato, as a student of Socrates, documented the views and arguments of Socrates in The Republic. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate