Plato’s Ideal City – Part 3 – The Problem With Democracy
Plato criticizes the democratic city because, he says, under this type of leadership, everyone is free to do as he likes with no real respect for authority. Consequently, this unbalances the stability of the Ideal State and makes it worse. Plato goes on to say that the leaders in a democratic city are not required to have any training at all. Their only qualifications lie in their ability to make friends with the people. This point seems to lend to Read More