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USA
Title: USA
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1171 | Pages: 5.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
USA
On the onset of the Republic, Plato defines justice as “doing one's own job." This idea corresponds to the city as a whole, wherefore if everyone is doing their own work, then a city is just. He also states that to be successful, the society must not let classes get entangled, such as letting a farmer rule the state. If this happens, the just state will be deformed and eventually turn into a democracy leading
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it will never become just or successful, no matter how much wealth is accumulated. For the price of gaining this wealth will not be worth the disorder and destruction that is to come in our future. The oppressed will rise up against those who possess wealth and redistribute land and property. In this great state of freedom, which Plato calls true “democracy” even more injustice will occur, leading to the eventual decay of the State.
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