{"id":157,"date":"2015-09-08T00:57:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T00:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/utopias13\/?p=13"},"modified":"2015-09-08T00:57:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T00:57:30","slug":"republic-and-the-crisis-of-athens-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/fysutopiasfall2015\/2015\/09\/08\/republic-and-the-crisis-of-athens-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRepublic\u201d and the Crisis of Athen\u2019s Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/utopias13\/files\/2015\/09\/Akropolis_by_Leo_von_Klenze-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"E0702 KLENZE 9463\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;\" \/><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">To what extent is\u00a0<em>Republic<\/em> addressing the &#8220;crisis&#8221; of Athen&#8217;s political system?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plato doesn\u2019t believe that democracy is the best form of government<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criticizes it of being highly corruptible by allowing excessive freedom and allowing everyone to participate in politics, giving power to those that are power hungry and injust, as well as those that lack competent leadership or proper skills and morals<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can lead to anarchy or tyranny<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Believed it to be highly unstable<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He believed that the quality of human life would be improved if people were rational and realized that it would be most beneficial to have harmonious cooperation with one another rather than a desire for competition and war<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plato was pessimistic about people by nature and believed that the ideal community would be ruled by philosophers since they are able to true and false beliefs and are motivated by their love of knowledge and the common good<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To prevent and minimize corruption, they wouldn\u2019t be allowed to own private property and would lead very modest lives<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The philosopher rulers would include both men and women<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To address social class inequality, Plato decided that his utopian city would be composed of three classes<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The philosopher rulers would rule and have respect and contemplative leisure, but not wealth or honors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The guardians would have military honors, but not leisure or wealth<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The producers would have family life, wealth, freedom of enterprise, but not rule or honors<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each class performs what they are best fit to do and so are unified in one utopian community<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four virtues of a good political society: justice, wisdom, moderation, and courage<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plato defines justice as each class being given its due and ensuring that each \u201cdoes one\u2019s own work\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korab-Karpowicz. \u201cPlato: Political Philosophy\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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