POLSCI 3VV3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Res Publica
17 Jul 2018
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The virtue of of the citizen differs in different states, and therefore cannot always be the same as that of the good man. Even in the perfect state, though all are good citizens, they are not necessarily good men. Plato thought democracy was a democracy in terms of the ship, you need a navigator. Each citizens has different functions, there is a common de nition applicable to each human, they all have a common object which is safe in navigation. The citizens differ among themselves, and therefore cannot all have the same virtue. They are all interested in the welfare of the ship. People"s work might relate to their common interest in the ship. There are two types of cities republicans and principalities. We are only going to talk about principalities. The historian that machiavelli wrote was after 509-49 bce, after the roman empire was gone. The absence of christian religion in rome which why they were strong.
