The world is constantly changing. Two hundred years ago, race decided your life. You cold either be a slave, or be a slave owner. One hundred years ago women were not allowed to vote for the president of the United States. This privilege was for men only. Presently Americans deal with issues concerning sexual orientation and abortion policies. There is no doubt that in one hundred years from now these issues will be long resolved and we will be facing other issues of segregation. Perhaps there will be protestors giving animals the right to vote, one can never be sure. We do know that human beings are always changing and thoughts are always evolving. However, Plato was ahead of his time by many decades when he wrote The Republic. The
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“An army of the people is invincible!” (Mao Tse-tung, 1972). Communism is a type of government where it looks perfect on paper, but because of the corruption of the people it does not work. Plato suggested that if you control the corruption, then you have an ideal state on your hands. His ideal state is somewhat of a utopian society. The most noted idea in his ideal state is that if each person does their job and lives in harmony then you have a very powerful group of people. The harmony comes from the class system. The three types of classes are, the workingmen, the soldiers, and the leaders. To keep corruption out of the state, there is a balance between all of the classes. They never ask why they are not of a different class because they is only God to blame if they are. Plato says that the leaders need to have a special education. In today’s world, leaders are driven by their own personal desires. “There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.” (Plate, The Republic). In the ideal state, leaders are trained not to worry about the possessions, but rather trained to worry about protecting the people. This keeps the leaders focused on justice for the people, which helps create harmony within the …show more content…
They are ideas that can be considered radical today which mean they were almost unheard of during Plato’s era. The suggestion that women are equal to men shows that Plato had a sense of maturity. He knew that all people were equal over 2000 years before it was finally accepted. Plato’s definition of education is something that everyone can relate with. However until Plato said it out loud it was never pondered upon. Plato also invented the ideal state. People would live in harmony, which would cause the group of people to be somewhat of a superpower. This type of community resembles a modern day communist outlook. However Plato thought of it in 300 B.C. Mehmet Murat Ildan once said, “New ideas seem like frightening ghosts to people at the beginning; they run away from them for a long time, but they get tired of it in the end!” (Ildan, 2001). This could be the reason that eventually all ideas become accepted. Finally somebody turned around and faced Plato’s radical ideas instead of ran from
“An army of the people is invincible!” (Mao Tse-tung, 1972). Communism is a type of government where it looks perfect on paper, but because of the corruption of the people it does not work. Plato suggested that if you control the corruption, then you have an ideal state on your hands. His ideal state is somewhat of a utopian society. The most noted idea in his ideal state is that if each person does their job and lives in harmony then you have a very powerful group of people. The harmony comes from the class system. The three types of classes are, the workingmen, the soldiers, and the leaders. To keep corruption out of the state, there is a balance between all of the classes. They never ask why they are not of a different class because they is only God to blame if they are. Plato says that the leaders need to have a special education. In today’s world, leaders are driven by their own personal desires. “There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.” (Plate, The Republic). In the ideal state, leaders are trained not to worry about the possessions, but rather trained to worry about protecting the people. This keeps the leaders focused on justice for the people, which helps create harmony within the …show more content…
They are ideas that can be considered radical today which mean they were almost unheard of during Plato’s era. The suggestion that women are equal to men shows that Plato had a sense of maturity. He knew that all people were equal over 2000 years before it was finally accepted. Plato’s definition of education is something that everyone can relate with. However until Plato said it out loud it was never pondered upon. Plato also invented the ideal state. People would live in harmony, which would cause the group of people to be somewhat of a superpower. This type of community resembles a modern day communist outlook. However Plato thought of it in 300 B.C. Mehmet Murat Ildan once said, “New ideas seem like frightening ghosts to people at the beginning; they run away from them for a long time, but they get tired of it in the end!” (Ildan, 2001). This could be the reason that eventually all ideas become accepted. Finally somebody turned around and faced Plato’s radical ideas instead of ran from