<span>All goes wrong when, starved for lack of anything good in their own lives, men turn to public affairs hoping to snatch from thence the happiness they hunger for. They set about fighting for power and this . . . conflict ruins them and their country. The life of true philosophy is the only one that looks down upon offices of state
Plato indicates that men are corrupted of happiness when man attempts seek happiness from outside of him self and does not succeed it is the same with the state the conflict of interest between personal and professional life causes great sadness. Plato would neither condone or condemn people fighting for power but would rather challenge their mind set.</span>
Both of their works are often about a lot of things, but I'd say they were written to, say, "boost morale" of the american people.
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The following images are political views that are very true lol
The American Revolutionary War, the Declaration of Independence, and the birth of the two-party system — this is a pivotal period in American history.
