Plato's Theory Of An Ideal State

Plato’s ideal state is a contradictory and interesting item, worth discussing. In my essay I would like to present my point of view on some crucial questions considering the theory. First of all, there is a number of things, that Plato wanted to be in his ideal state. Some of them are likely to sound quite rude for a modern society because they can contradict its established moral principles. But any aspect and idea in philosophy, especially if we are talking about that one of ancient Greeks, should be first carefully considered and accepted and never rejected, because in most of the cases people do not have enough knowledge and experience that would give them exhaustive understanding of any philosophical idea, but, rejected once, idea has few chances to be ever understood even if later it could be. The same can be said about Plato’s theory of an ideal state. In order to get local issues of Plato’s idea, that would be right to understand the whole concept first. A living body inspired Plato’s theory of ideal state, influencing his perception of individual as being an element of the whole system that can never exist out of it. Plato wanted three major classes to be in his state. The first one is a ruling class, defined by high education and deep knowledge in philosophy. The military class, that comes next represents the strength of the state and aimed to defend it. The last class, called the professional one, means to deal with usual problems and daily affairs of state.