Book Review: Systems of Survival 1 "Guardians were to be so unsullied by property and trade, they were to own nothing as individuals" (Jacobs, 1992, p. 179). While the society proposed by Plato is utopian for many people, I see the value in it, where guardians have to perform their duties as rulers and administrators, police and soldiers and the philosopher king. In this system, the guardians ensured that the community was working orderly, and the philosopher king brought forth the values that are now lacking in today`s society - wisdom, goodness and selflessness. Guadians did not have to worry about their own survival, there were other sectors of the society that would provide their food, clothing and homes. The problem came when guardians began possessing properties, and so their roles were now confused - are they parents first to their children or guardians first to
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