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Could Plato Be Or Not Be Classified As A Closed And Authoritarian Society Without Freedom

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To what extent could Plato’s Republic be or not be justifiably characterized as a closed and authoritarian society without freedom?

To begin with I'd like to say that Plato was the greatest ancient Greek philosopher of those times. He was born sometime around 427 BC in Athens, Greece. Scientists cannot really create a full story about his life and works because the only thing that they can do is to base on Plato's writings, the writings of contemporaries or classical historians.
Justice is one of the most important categories in philosophy, moral-legal and socio-political consciousness. Precisely "Justice" is the key concept of Plato's ethics. Philosopher thought that state can be divided into two states – with poor people and with
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