Social Contract Theory In Plato's The Republic

Political thought rose because of philosophy, which was the ancient people’s religion during the pre-Socratic period. These same people were forced to believe that everything happens because of the Gods and Goddesses’ wills. But this said religion of theirs died out eventually when the medieval era emerged. According to Wanlass (1953), the main characteristic of Greek thought was its concern for the central rules controlling the universe. But then, the Greeks noticed the disparities between their culture and that of the non-Hellenic people which inevitably led to speculations over the roots of these differences. That was when the search for rules governing men’s lives arose. Plato’s The Republic holds his political ideology regarding

There was no laws and government to regulate and maintain peace and order. Social contract theory is divided into two kinds: the first is when an individual entered into an agreement with another with the intention to either protect their lives or properties. Second one is when the people unite and surrender a part of their freedom to an authority in order to gain mutually, which are the power to the authorities and the basic needs for the people. Thomas Hobbes is as one of a handful of truly great political philosophers, whose masterwork is the Leviathan. Hobbes is famous for his early and elaborate development of what has come to be known as social contract theory, the method of justifying political principles or arrangements by appeal to the agreement that would be made among suitably situated rational, free, and equal persons. John Locke argued that sovereignty resides in the people and explains the nature of legitimate government in terms of natural rights and the social contract. Locke 's ideologies were characterized by opposition to authoritarianism. This is apparent both on the level of the individual person and on the level of institutions such as government and