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Politics of Plato and Aristotle

To compare the political theories of two great philosophers of politics is to first examine each theory in depth. Many experts regard Plato as the first writer of political philosophy, and Aristotle is recognized as the first political scientist. These two men were great thinkers. They each had ideas of how to improve existing societies during their individual lifetimes. It is necessary to look at several areas of each theory to seek the difference in each.
The main focus of Plato is a perfect society. He creates a blueprint for a utopian society, in his book "The Republic". This blueprint was a sketch of a society in which the problems he thought were present in his society would be eased.
He lived in times of Peloponnesian War, the time of sunset of Athenian democracy. In addition, he had witnessed Socrates' trial and execution. Shocked by corruption of Athenian democracy and politics he refused to participate in political life. He......

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