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. His idea that philosophy was the path to a sort of "nirvana", where the best of things are always looking to be perfected, may seem ridiculous. Yet Plato had a plan he knew where he wanted to go with his concepts; he deemed ruling over a society as an important and prestigious task, and should only be undertaken by qualified individuals. ... Moving away from the blissfulness of Plato's ideas of intellectual supremacy, we meet JS Mill&#...

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Philosophy was undoubtedly a very important component of the ancient Greek World. ... Socrates was a sort of bridge to Plato and Aristotle. ... Plato writes of the analogy of the line and the cave. ... By imagination, Plato means shadows and reflections. ... Just as Plato was a student of Socrates, Aristotle was a student of Plato. ...

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Aristotle, Plato, Confucius and Descartes are some names that come up when talking about famous philosophers. ... In 1689, Locke wrote his most important and influential works on political philosophy called "Two Treatises on Government." ... From Locke's works, philosophies and ideas, America's founding fathers had a map of what a real democratic government should be like. ... Locke's ideas were Jefferson's ideas, Locke's philosophies were Jefferson's philosophies and through both of these people and many more of course came the mutual agreement of what a gov...

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Social justice and democracy are two of the most discussed and argued concepts of political science, sociology, and philosophy. ... 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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