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Eduncle posted an MCQ
March 04, 2020 • 17:06 pm 0 points
  • UGC NET
  • Political Science

Given below are the two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A), and the other labelled as Reason (R) : 

Assertion (A) : According to Plato, human soul consists of three elements – Reason, spirit and aptitude
Reason : The state is the individual writ large
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    In the Republic Plato gives an outline of what he regards as the Ideal state. It is a form of intellectual aristocracy. The state is the individual writ large. On the analogy of the tripartite division of the soul, society is stratified into three classes, the rulers, the auxiliary, and the artisans, each class having its own specific virtue: the rulers wisdom, the auxiliary valour, and the artisans self-restraint and willing obedience. To keep people contented in their respective classes the state would have to propagate "a royal lie" that God has created human beings of three kinds: the best are made of gold, the second are made of silver, and the common herd of brass or iron, the first fit to be guardians, the second warriors, and the rest manual workers. "These three classes, working in proper

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