Plato’s work on the Republic is considered to be the third biggest work in the ancient history of Athens. It explains the political and human philosophy of the ancient Athens. Thomas Jefferson is also considered as one of the America’s greatest writers. According to the ushistory.org, he was also a successful philosopher, intellectual, politician, scientist, and so forth. Some of his quotes from his writing The Inaugural Address are still used by the scholars in the modern days.
The central idea of both philosophers writing is that the citizens of a state should preserve good, and act justly and fair, and their rulers should also abide by the rules and regulations of the state and treat their fellow-citizens in the same way. Both …show more content…
Being dependent on another individual for anything impairs people’s virtue. Similarly, In Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address, it is stated that in spite of the fact that with richness comes power, human beings usually forget right as they possess wealth. In a general sense, as a human being, we should tend to live a life away from materialism because too much focused on things like money, travel, and all sorts of pleasure create distortion. We should instead focus on the emotional, spiritual, and intellectual world, and that’s what both the philosophers agree …show more content…
According to him, they should also be wise and efficient, and should govern the state in a special way. Such individuals should be selected from those who exhibit the greatest degree of care for the betterment of the state and seldom forget the sense of duty towards the state under the influence of force or enchantment.
In his Declaration of Independence, Jefferson has proposed that a ruler should honor the universal right of all the citizens. Irrespective of the state, religious belief, or persuasion, they should provide every citizen the equal, and exact justice and should not let fellow-citizens injure and harm one another. Such a rule should allow their citizens to pursue their industry, and improvement, and should never seize their source of