Plato is a Greek philosopher who was taught by Socrates, and then taught Aristotle. He was a philosopher, mathematician, and writer in Athens during the the 400's-300's BC. Plato laid the foundation of all western philosophy and the modern science at the time.
Socrates wasn't able to read or write, and never wrote a story however Plato wrote the story's about Socrates. Socrates would travel around the Greece asking the smartest people of a skill questions to learn. The government got so angry with him that the gave him two options. One, to leave Greece and never come back. Two, to be killed. However, he was given the option to sleep on it and come up with a 3rd option. He decided that the government should pay for him to live in a castle, and pay for his food and wine. The said no and was executed, but he killed himself by drinking poison.
Plato said a justices is a tool for the wealthy, and this is true today. The US government is run by mostly catholic, wealthy, white, men that keep laws to protect there money, and power. Which ask a question is our government fair, or is it run used to create a image of freedom that just helps keep the rich stay rich and the powerful stay powerful. Maybe if we set up a new way to elect members of our government we would have a better country.
Alex Blossman
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