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PLATO

by mario

The State Plato’s philosophical ideology had many social implications. Plato declares societies have a tripartite class structure matching the structure of the individual soul. The structure of the individual soul stands for different parts of the body. According to Plato a state is made of different kinds of souls, which will weaken form aristocracy (rule by the best) to timocracy (rule by the honorable), then to oligarchy (rule by the few), then to democracy (rule by people) and finally to tyranny (rule by one person, a tyrant). He is trying to warn us about the different kind of rulers that can rule the state and which wise souls and best chosen as advisors to the rulers.

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sdistefano commented, on November 14, 2007 at 8:12 a.m.:

Yeah good

mario commented, on November 26, 2007 at 2:27 a.m.:

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mario commented, on November 26, 2007 at 2:36 a.m.:

Des 1 work wit u

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christos1 commented, on November 27, 2007 at 9:29 a.m.:

Don't really think Plato rated 'democracy' that highly. Maybe he had a point. Rule of the majority can quickly become rule of the mob.

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Tomboi82 commented, on November 27, 2007 at 8:16 p.m.:

Nice work. There could be more info thou.Well it is pretty good so i rate you 5.

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bri commented, on December 2, 2007 at 6:15 p.m.:

heyy cutie good job next time add more information though, okay?

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vnasty92 commented, on December 3, 2007 at 1:29 p.m.:

Beautifull Essay, however there is much more to be written

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Naadia commented, on December 4, 2007 at 5:28 p.m.:

dats waszup your really good mario

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ichigo_margrett commented, on December 10, 2007 at 11:36 p.m.:

good, but actually you can add more explanation & information.
overall it's nice.

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pvega commented, on September 30, 2008 at 9:27 p.m.:

great!

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