THE REPUBLIC BY PLATO

The Republic by Plato An Assignment Submitted by Name of Student Name of Establishment Class XXXX, Section XXXX, Fall 2012

THE REPUBLIC BY PLATO The Republic by Plato According to Plato, justice can be considered to be relevant only within republican states, whereas democracy is highly criticized for being unjust as there are far more poor

people than rich ones. In states where strong rule over the weak, there is only totalitarian rule and no democracy based upon some radical views. That is why, Plato critiques Athenian model taking into account Socratic dialogues. The first reason for his disapproval of democracy is that Greeks never succeeded in democracy, although they coined it for the majority to rule. Plato shows us the similarity between totalitarian rule and democratic rule, where decisions are made upon individual or common group bases, which can no way represent the real vision of social concerns. That is why, Plano supports republicanism as he believes that only wisdom can aid to govern, rather than persuasion or rhetoric. To prove this, let us take into account the quote from the book, Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and philosophy entirely coincide, while the many natures who at present pursue either one exclusively are forcibly prevented from doing so, cities will have no rest from evils,... nor, I think, will the human race (Allen, 2006).

THE REPUBLIC BY PLATO References Allen, R. (2006). Plato: The Republic. New Haven: Yale University Press. Murphy, N. (1951). The Interpretation of Platos Republic. Oxford: Oxford U.P.