HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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to explain the ideal form of government
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to explain the importance of gymnastics in education
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to explain why he thought that women should be educated
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to show why women and men should have the same jobs
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sir Karl Popper argued in The Open Society and Its Enemies that Plato’s ideal state is totalitarian, with little freedom of expression allowed, little diversity, and a perverse commitment to a Spartan-like regimentation of social life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did Plato reject democracy as a form of government? Because it had condemned Socrates. Describe the ideal form of government as set forth in Plato’s Republic. That the state should regulate every aspect of its citizens’ lives in order to provide for their best interests.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to Plato, an ideal state possessed the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice. One of the most fundamental ethical and political concepts is justice. It is a complex and ambiguous concept.
Detailed explanation-4: -Written after the Peloponnesian War, The Republic reflected Plato’s perception of politics as a dirty business that sought mainly to manipulate the unthinking masses. It failed to nurture wisdom. It starts out as a dialogue between Socrates several young men on the nature of justice.