tyr·an·ny.......... noun: tyranny; plural noun: tyrannies cruel and oppressive government or rule. people who survive war and escape tyranny synonyms: despotism, absolute power, autocracy, dictatorship, totalitarianism, Fascism; More oppression, repression, subjugation, enslavement; authoritarianism, bullying, severity, cruelty, brutality, ruthlessness they will not soon forget his brutal tyranny •a nation under cruel and oppressive government. •cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control. ================================================================ Much has been written about Plato and Aristotle, we learned about them in school....... Both Plato and Aristotle lived in the democratic Greek city, state of Athens. Plato.... 428–347 B.C........ Plato was a student of Socrates. Socrates taught by asking questions about a subject and getting his students to think critically about it. Today, this is known as the Socratic method, used by many professors in law schools............ When Socrates died, Plato concluded that democracy was a corrupt and unjust form of government................. Plato’s most important work on politics is his Republic, published around 380 B.C........... Plato and Aristotle define a tyrant as one who rules without law, looks to his own advantage, rather than that of his subjects, and uses extreme and cruel tactics,against his own people as well as others...........
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