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In book five, Plato addresses the people of Athens in regards to the honour of a man, the sins of a man and the rewards of man. While reading it I found it interesting that Plato did not only condemn the people of Athens but criticized the way they lived and ruled. For instance he states “Now in every man there are two parts: the better and superior, which rules, and the worse and inferior, which serves; and the ruling part of him is always to be preferred to the subject”(Book V). This quote for the book sets the tone for the whole passage because he is quick to distinguish that in every man there are two different parts. I found this most particularly interesting because he says the ruling part of the man prefers to be a slave. I now see why …show more content…

The passage can be found to be rather disturbing in the world that we live in today. I cannot imagine any country using these rules or laws on its civilians, it will be the taking away of the bill of rights from every individuals. For instance Plato states,” The best kind of purification is painful, like similar cures in medicine, involving righteous punishment and inflicting death or exile in the last resort. For in this way we commonly dispose of great sinners who are incurable” (Book V). That is just plan torture, Plato is saying that the best way to purify the people is torture them until they are corrected and right for society. It seems like he is going for a dictatorship/anarchic style of Government. The passage is meant to take show people that we are not in control of what we the people have; Plato was trying to convince the people of Athens and their king that the people for Athens do not have the right to live freely. If Canada was ever to implement any of theses’ rules there will be revolution because you cannot just give people freedom and take it away from them. It is quite scary that someone would think like this because looking at how much power the Government has over us and the type of surveillance, in the near further it could be implemented with brutal force . I feel all that stops this from happening is the fact that the government would need people to rule, and if there are no people the power becomes

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