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Politics of Plato and Aristotle

Politics of Plato and Aristotle

To compare the political theories of two great philosophers of
politics is to first examine each theory in depth. Plato is regarded
by many experts 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, out of his
disdain for the tension of political life. This blueprint
was a sketch of a society in which the problems he thought were
present in his society would be eased. Plato sought to
cure the afflictions of both human society and human personality. Essentially what Plato wants to achieve is a perfect......

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