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This 5 page paper examines Plato's ideas regarding democracy, capitalism, dictatorship and socialism. Components of each of these categories are found in Plato's Republic. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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someone who supports democracy but on the other, one could easily call him a communist. It is not clear. Plato, after all, was born well before modern democracies were born.
In evaluating how Plato felt about democracy, dictatorship, capitalism and socialism, one can say that he might have in some way supported each of these paradigms. A closer look
reveals that there are remnants of each of these views. In examining Platos ideas, Robert Mayhew provides an analysis of Plato as it respects Communism. The main argument
in the article "Aristotle on the extent of the Communism in Platos Republic" by Robert Mayhew (1993) is that Plato might have been committed to a sort of communism for
the lower class alone. This is odd as modern communism includes the whole of society but Plato distinguishes the hierarchy by class. Yet, the author contends that this cannot be
proven with any certainty and it is hard to say what Plato really had in mind in respect to the lower classes (1993). Still, it is an interesting premise. Did
Plato think about a communist system ages before Karl Marx would invent the prototype? It is said in the article that it is not clear how the lower classes are
expected to live (1993). It is also noted that while Plato makes a case for communism for children, it is not as clear whether or not this should be
the case for women (1993). The article supports the assumption, but also emphasizes the vagueness in which Plato wrote. In Book V of the Republic, Plato writes: " Certainly.
And this agrees with the other principle which we were affirming, --that the guardians were not to have houses or lands or any other property; their pay was to be
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