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[[Plato]]'s [[Republic (Plato)|''Republic'']] has been influential in literature and art. |
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*[[Thomas More]], when writing his ''[[Utopia (book)|Utopia]]'', invented the technique of using the portrayal of a "utopia" as the carrier of his thoughts about the ideal society. More's island Utopia is also similar to Plato's ''Republic'' in some aspects, among them common property and the lack of privacy.<ref> |
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Imterpreting Thomas More's Utopia By John Charles Olin Fordham Univ Press, 1989. {{ISBN|0-8232-1233-5}}</ref><ref>"The Function of the Ideal in Plato's 'Republic' and St. Thomas More's 'Utopia' " by K. Corrigan ''Moreana'' 1990, vol. 27, no.104, pp. 27-49</ref><ref>"Thomas More: On the Margins of Modernity " by [[J. H. Hexter]] ''The Journal of British Studies,'' Vol. 1 (Nov., 1961), pp. 20-37 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/175096 JSTOR] "We find it in Plato's Republic, and in Utopia More acknowledges his debt to that book."</ref><ref>"More on Utopia" by Brendan Bradshaw ''The Historical Journal,'' Vol. 24, No. 1 (Mar., 1981), pp. 1-27 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2638902 JSTOR] "claims that Utopia not merely emulated Plato's Republic but excelled it."</ref> |
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*In the early 1970s the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer [[Louis Andriessen]] composed a vocal work called ''[[Louis Andriessen#Style and notable works|De Staat]]'', based on the text of Plato's ''Republic''.<ref>[[Robert Adlington|Adlington, Robert]]. ''Louis Andriessen: De Staat''. Ashgate, 2004. {{ISBN|0-7546-0925-1}} [http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/Jan05/Andriessen_book.htm] - In 1992 a CD-recording by the [[Schoenberg Ensemble]], conducted by [[Reinbert de Leeuw]] appeared [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000005J0K] - In 1977 Andriessen had been awarded several prizes for this composition [http://composers21.com/compdocs/andriesl.htm]</ref> |
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* Aldous Huxley's ''[[Brave New World]]'' has a dystopian government that bears a resemblance to the form of government described in the ''Republic'', featuring the separation of people by professional class, assignment of profession and purpose by the state, and the absence of traditional family units, replaced by state-organized breeding.<ref>Franck, Matthew. "Aldous Huxley’s City in Speech: Brave New World and the Republic of Plato" Paper presented at the annual meeting of The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 15, 2004 [http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p84006_index.html abstract]</ref> |
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*The [[Orwellian]] [[dystopia]] depicted in the novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'' had many characteristics in common with Plato's description of the [[allegory of the Cave]] as Winston Smith strives to liberate himself from it.<ref>"From Plato to Orwell: Utopian Rhetoric in a Dystopian World." by Deatherage, Scott. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association (73rd, Boston, MA, November 5–8, 1987). [http://eric.ed.gov:80/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED290192&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&accno=ED290192 ERIC]</ref> |
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*Another satiric presentation of Platonic style government would be Robert A. Heinlein's [[Starship Troopers]]. His citizen can be compared to a Platonic Guardian, without the communal breeding and property, but still having a militaristic base. Although there are significant differences in the specifics of the system, Heinlein and Plato both describe systems of limited franchise, with a political class that has supposedly earned their power and wisely governs the whole. ''Republic'' is specifically attacked in ''Starship Troopers''. Indeed, the arachnids can be seen as much closer to a ''Republic'' society than the humans.<ref>Donald McQuarie "Utopia and Transcendence: An Analysis of Their Decline in Contemporary Science Fiction" ''The Journal of Popular Culture'' xiv (2), 242–250. (1980) [https://www.doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1980.1402_242.x Digital object identifier]</ref> |
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*The film ''[[The Matrix]]'' models Plato's [[Allegory of the Cave]].<ref>''The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real'' By William Irwin. Open Court Publishing, 2002/ {{ISBN|0-8126-9501-1}} "written for those fans of the film who are already philosophers."</ref> |
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*See also [[Ring of Gyges#Cultural influences|Ring of Gyges: Cultural influences]] |
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==See also== |
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*[[Allegory of the Cave]] |
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*[[Analogy of the divided line]] |
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*[[Metaphor of the sun]] |
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*[[Myth of Er]] |
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*[[Noble Lie]] |
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*[[Philosopher king]] |
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*[[Ring of Gyges]] |
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*[[Ship of state]] |
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*[[The Form of the Good]] |
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==References== |
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