This then leads to a continuous and controversial debate on democracy, in which Plato also brought forward his argument which is more of a critic to democracy. ... Most of Plato's contributions on the debate of democracy tried to shed light to the minds of many and making them aware of the negative aspects about democracy. ... Plato as a philosopher criticized democracy as a government not fit to fully represent the eligible citizens or the majority. ... Therefore, the applicability of Plato's aristocratic government is questionable as it has never existed since he proposed it. ... T...

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Plato has his theory of a sort of tyranny of the intellectuals, Mills has his theory of happiness and preservation of nature, that should rise above profiteering and complete exhaustion of resource, by the means of highly developed progressive society that is in turn a direct result of a government having promoted these intention (malicious or not). A just dictatorship may sound ludicrous simply by its mere definition, yet Plato went as far as promoting it as a model for a perfectly harmonized society. ... Yet Plato had a plan he knew where he wanted to go with his concepts; he deemed ruli...

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Representation Plato argued in his book The Republic, that government be placed in the hand class of philosophers, kings. ... With all due respect to Plato, this creates a form of elitism in a situation where every man was suppose to be equal even in the 19th century. ...

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Plato believed in Classical Conservation, that justice in our society has a "natural order" of things and in his book, The Republic, he goes into detail about how just like human organs, society has a harmony where all individuals play a key role and perform to their abilities. ...

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Throughout history there have been many great philosophers. Aristotle, Plato, Confucius and Descartes are some names that come up when talking about famous philosophers. John Locke, who was born in 17th century England, was a philosopher and physician and to this day is regarded as one of the most i...

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Most notable among the Greek philosophers who inspired Machiavelli was Plato. In particular, Machiavelli took interest in Plato's concept of just rulers who ruled by moral virtue. ... On the other hand, Plato argues a ruler can never be unjust. ... Virtu is characterized by its flexibility because the ruler is given the prerogative to mold it in consonance to a given situation whereas "virtue" is more rigid, as Plato would required the just ruler to behave the same all the time. ...

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The Influence of the Greeks on American Democracy "Tyranny is the rule of one man to the advantage of the ruler, oligarchy to the advantage of the rich, democracy to the advantage of the poor." -Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole ...

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How successful have the post-communist states been in establishing a stable democracy? Regime Change This essay will study the success rate of the establishment of a stable democracy in post-communist states. It will give a short introduction on democracy, what classifies as democracy, and the di...

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