1. Plato's Contibutions to Democracy
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. ... Plato as a philosopher criticized democracy as a government not fit to fully represent the eligible citizens or the majority. ... This is mainly because of what Machiavelli termed the poisonous effects of power, and he is quoted as saying, "power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely". Therefore, the applicability of Plato's aristocratic government is questionable as it has never existed since he proposed i...
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