to be far-reaching and harder to achieve in reality. His ideology of Utopia, where all is done for the good of all, is structured in a way that leaves no room for politics as a science. It is more like the manipulation of politics to create what he saw as freedom. But at what personal cost to the individual? He believed in education of the people to insure a consistent harmonious existence, and in different levels of training depending on what class an individual was designated too. So at a glance you could assume that Plato’s theory had it’s foundation as in The Discourses of a free state – or a state of freedom. One without war within the community. It cannot be seen as a science when the education is stunted in such a way that new origins and a complete disregard for past history means education is limited to the time and for what the time represents. Plato’s version of political reform in The Republic although would achieve little need for war due to equal communities and no shortage of food or shelter, however it would nothing for progress or improvement of the community as a whole. The individual would become stagnant fixed within his/her preordained lifestyle and class system that would only insure a dampening of the spirit over time. This class system breeds inequality although that’s what the whole nature of the theory is ment to suggest (Equality for all. all for one and one for all.). Without room for humans to grow and expand, diverse their talents and socialise in different groups and acquire knowledge man would become ill at ease with his present time and not only question himself but also the system he is ruled by. Plato’s version insists that it is only possible in a good city, with a good man. I suggest it would only happen in an institution with bars and medication. Or where an individual has no ambition, assertiveness, opinions against the grain, low intelligence and absolutely no d...
