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man as incapable of handling his own life and as he flounders, he needs guidance. The guidance should come in the form of law or restriction. Machiavelli is a classic
theorist who sees man as needing direction. Machiavellis (1515) ideas are equated with those who advocate for absolute rule or for the rule of law. He claims that while the
people need leadership "...the nature of the people is variable, and whilst it is easy to persuade them..." (Machiavelli, 1515). Much of Machiavellis theory is sensible and appears to
at least possess positive motives. That is, while Machiavelli would lead the people by ordering them around, he thought it was for their own good. Other theorists, like Rousseau, have
seen man as needing freedom. For such theorists, freedom is everything. It is mans calling or natural right. Plato (1992) references the soul a great deal. He writes: "It seems
to me that a fit body doesnt by its own virtue make the soul good, but instead that the opposite is true-a good soul by its own virtue makes the
body as good as possible" (Plato, 1992, p.80). For Plato, the soul is not only an esoteric item but is something more in concert with personality and the physical life.
Plato dissects the soul in his own unique way. He did claim that all things have a temporal nature (Plato, 1992). The nature of man is fleeting, but
is tied to something greater than himself. At the same time, throughout Platos works, it seems as if this theorist wanted the people to be loyal to the government. He
was not someone who to a great extreme saw individuality and freedom as necessary. Plato (1992) relays much about Socrates in The Republic and in that book, he notes that
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