Plato's "The Republic": 3 strong points and 3 weak points in the theory of the city.

In "The Republic", Plato presents many interesting ideas of Socrates' vision of a utopian society. While most of these ideals may work well in theory they would never work if implemented. This has become clear through various attempts at creating utopian societies by various cultures throughout history. However, some aspects of Socrates' philosophies are quite progressive, even by modern standards. The strongest point that Socrates makes is his belief that women, while usually being weaker …showed first 75 words of 1274 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1274 total…taken the theories one step further to explore what a society such as this might eventually evolve into. The pictures are never pretty. In the republic of Socrates' mind, people would never have access to works such as these because none but the absolute leaders would be allowed think for themselves and even then they would simply be regurgitating what they were taught to think. In short, "The Republic" is a scary place to live.