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Why did Plato think women could be legitimate political guardians?
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Why did Plato think women would make legitimate political guardians? By Sarah Kennedy Word count: 2823 To Plato the role of the state, or republic, was to create a philosophical utopia within a community, this republic was to achieve this through many different factors. Plato himself despised democracy, "Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty." [1] He instead wanted to have a hierarchical government at the head of which would be a 'philosopher king' and under him the government would consist of well trained philosophers who would guide, protect and rule the state and it's people. Everyone in Plato's utopian state was of an equal status, whether they were rich, poor, man, woman or child, Plato argues that for his utopia to work the people of the state have to act as one community each with their own personal...
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