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A thorough, 5 page explication of Plato's definition of tyranny and the tyrant. The writer covers all primary points raised by Plato and discusses the concept as presented from the beginning through the end of Book IX. No other sources cited.
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a reiteration of a previous discussion about a democratic man who whose father was a overly materialistic. The democratic man chose his own oath, but Plato presented the question
of what would happen if the man had his own child who lived lawlessly but believed that he was a product and example of liberty. As Plato put it,
the "tyrant-makers," would cause the child to learn how to protect his own materialistic possessions which would eventually become noticeably selfish desires. Then, Plato goes into great detail about
the evolution of a spoiled child who transforms into a politically corrupt tyrant disguising such behind a shield called "madness." Subsequently, Plato makes points about the tyrannical traits of
love, or drunkard men and the crazed individuals who believe they can even rule a God. After all of this, the philosophers make a comparative
discussion between the city under a tyrant and the city under a king. Without a doubt, they decide that the city under a king is better for its subjects;
as tyranny leads to a miserable public. But still the question of what virtuous respect makes it so much more markedly enticing and promising to become a tyrant remains.
In order to effectively answer this, they decide on the necessity for an impartial judge who could not be made to choose a biased opinion based upon the effects
of public opinion and other normally compelling factors. Acting somewhat as judges themselves, Plato brings up his original comparison between men and cities, labeling a
city under each form of rule as a hypothetical man under each form, of rule instead. Further, he talks about a parallelism whereby just as the city would be
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