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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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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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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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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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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