How do just philosopher kings allow their city and men to evolve into these lesser forms? ... (VI 487 e) It is understood, from the above paragraph, that the philosopher kings go through a period of faulty sense perception, but do all the philosopher kings go through this period at the same time? ... Plato's discussion of how individual men decay into timocrats and oligarchs from an aristocrat also contains flaws. ... How can Plato base all of his reasoning on the decline of man when he picks apart a man that does not come from his kallipolis? ... In the Republic, Plato deliberately ...

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All decisions made pertaining to international or national politics was decided by a vote of the masses. ... In turn is born the idea of the Philosopher Kings. "The desires of the common majority are controlled by the desires and the intelligence of the minority of better men." ... He furthers his argument in support of the Philosopher Kings by bring his idea of morality into play. ... As his utopians society is created, only the Philosopher Kings have the ability to be controlled by their own reason. ...

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The Athenians were all about wisdom, arts, and crafts. ... All Spartan boys were trained to be soldiers. ... Athenian specialized workers were mostly merchants and farmers, while Spartan men became soldiers as a general rule. ... This is basically the same as a monarchy but with multiple kings, in their case, two. ... At the top were the kings, who were followed by an assembly and a council of ex-military elders. ...

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Unless "the philosophers rule as kings or those now called kings and chiefs genuinely and adequately philosophize, and political power and philosophy coincides in the same place... there is no rest from ills for the cities...nor will the regime we have now described in speech ever come forth from nature, insofar as possible, and see the light of the sun" (P.153 line 473E). ... The next stage is thought, where people escape the cave and begin to see all else around them as real. ... Philosopher kings are the only ones who truly understand justice, and are the only ones fit to rule and educate. ...

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Such interference and exchange of social positions and tools, or the attempt to combine all these forms of work in the same person, would be fatal to the commonwealth."" ... (R, p. 106-107) Plato is aware that men have been positioned in a natural hierarchy where their political standing is already predetermined. ... Alongside of that, what is in fact preventing the philosopher kings with gold in their souls from becoming infected amongst themselves? They are not excessively feeding their appetites but some philosopher kings have more appetite than others. ... Men are always in combat with...

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The Sparta governmental structure was made up of Ephors- five magistrates by executive and judicial privileges, Two kings- army leaders and chief priests, Gerousia- Council of 30 elders comprised of men 28 elected by the Assembly and the two kings and the Assembly of Citizens- men over 30 yrs old. ... The Spartan citizen body were a professional soldiery, bred from childhood for two qualities, military skills and absolute obedience, free from all other vocational interests and activities". ... The Athenian governmental structure was made up of Ecclesia a tribal unit- popular assembly comprise...

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(Nosotro, 1) It had two Kings, five overseers, a council and an assembly. The Kings would command, lead the army and perform religious duties. ... The council would administer all decisions made by the assembly, which was open to any Athenian citizen. ... Men were only taught enough writing and words to communicate basic needs. ... The men lived the majority of their lives in barracks, enhancing their military training. ...

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They all played a part and I will show there strengths and weaknesses and choose which one should be honored in the National Museum. ... These men, "Philosopher-kings", would be selected based on their decision making abilities. ... This way advice is taken from the widest range of people without giving one group all the power. This way each group can regulate all the other groups to make sure they stay in check. ... These men had ideas about how the government should be run and many of these ideas were put to work in our very own constitution. ...

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Religion was so important to the Romans that it "helped in the control of armies, in encouraging plebs, in producing good men, and in shaming the bad" (Machiavelli, 140). ... "Religion can be used, that is, to inspire- and if necessary to terrorize- the ordinary populace in such a way as to induce them to prefer the good of their community to all other goods" (Skinner, 62). ... However, with time the kings of Rome became corrupt since other forms of government were not incorporated into it. ... Therefore, the masses overthrew the kings and incorporated a new system of government where ru...

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During his life he was awarded many awards for all of his hard work. ... This started when a black passenger disobeyed the law and refused to give up her seat, the law at the time required all blacks to give up their seats for white people. ... Probably the most influential and inspirational words ever spoken were Martin Luther Kings "I have a dream" speech. ... A selected section of his speech was: "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal". ... He is a man tha...

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The king organized all men able to fight into impi, or regiments according to their age, experience, and household (Mann 51-2). ... With the new fighting tactics brought by the king, the spears the Zulu originally used were useless for the kings new idea of hand-to-hand combat. ... The king was responsible for all national magic and rainmaking, which are rites performed by the king on behalf of the entire nation centered on the ancestors of the royal line (Zulu 941). ... The economy, government, military, and belief systems and rituals all contributed to the greatness of the Zulu civilizati...

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They were the first democratic society in a tumultuous world of kings and emperors, and they were proud of their ideology. ... All this behavior shows Agamemnon in an unfavorable light. ... Tieresias warns him, Jocasta warns him, and the old shepherd warns him, but he brashly ignores them all. ... He uses the play to show that when men attempt to become powerful, or in Jason's case, attempt to become heir to a throne, they forget what is truly important and will suffer loss because of it. ... Jason brought all of this upon himself because he loved the idea of become royalty more than he l...

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All citizens could attend meetings and speak up, which would contribute to laws and policy decisions). ... On the other hand, the Oligarchy in Sparta consisted of two kings (rulers until they died or were forced out of office), 5 overseers, a council/senate, and the assembly. ... They slept away from home, in barracks, with the other men. ... Besides, the women might have to defend the city if the men were away at war. ... All in all, I think we can agree that Sparta and Athens, though very different, can see eye to eye on some of the content within the subjects above....

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Artistic Reflection of the Dawn of Modern Politics In all artistic creations, a particular message is conveyed. ... As with all art, certain creations stand out as being the best. ... For instance, the Furies, a trio of Solemn Goddesses, hideous beyond the imaginations of men, bent on punishing the wicked would generate the fear necessary for commanding proper obedience. ... To its citizens, the polis provided a superior way of life to that of the barbarians'that is, everyone who was not Greek, and those who lived governed by kings. ... All of these battles are with mythological mal...

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It is only fair to say despite our differences financially, intellectually, or otherwise, men and women should have equal right to say how we wish to be governed. So for citizens to be only able to exercise their political right by electing representative every four to five years who between these intervals takes all the decisions which might not be in the public interest is not fair and it is not what an old Athenian would call democracy. ... Representation Plato argued in his book The Republic, that government be placed in the hand class of philosophers, kings. ... With all due respect to Pl...

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