plato's guardian's

The Guardian’s Way of Life Plato believes the elders must govern and the young must be governed. The ones to govern must be the best of the elders. This governing class is the Guardians: those picked who have the greatest skill in watching over the community. Plato wants Guardians who “devote their lives to doing what they judge to be in the best interest of the community, and who are never prepared to act …showed first 75 words of 816 total…

…showed last 75 words of 816 total…in the modern world because the majority of people can not live this way. It is human nature to have desires for money and fame. Plato is making the assumption that there exists a population who do not care about material things. There are people today who do not care for that and work together to achieve a common goal. Such populations are Buddhists, monks, nuns and priest, and people who live on a Kibbutz.