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Karl Marx and Plato:

A Comparative View of their Political Philosophies

Tiffany Balcom

Rasmussen College

May 29th, 2018

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Outline

Title: Karl Marx and Plato: A Comparative View of their Political Philosophies

Thesis: Plato's political philosophies view offer more profound contribution to society than Karl

Marx's

Chapter 1. Introduction:

1.1. Background

1.2. Scope

1.3. Outline

Chapter 2. Karl Marx

2.1. Intellectual influences on Karl Max

2.2. Basic Principles of Marxism

2.3. Karl Max Influence on Philosophy

2.3.1. Metaphysics and Ideology

2.3.2. Marxian Economics

2.3.3. Labor and false consciousness

Chapter 3. Plato

3.1. Intellectual influences on Plato

3.2. Plato Influence on Philosophy

3.1.1. Metaphysics

3.1.2. Epistemology

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statement requirements and organization.

Thesis should have also addressed one of the four topics

below:

a.Human Conflict - the nature and causes thereof.

b.The best or best possible cooperative social

arrangements, capable of resolving or diminishing

society's common problems.

c.The moral foundations of political legitimacy (what is

the good state).

d.Who should govern - one, few, or many?

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Chapter 4. Karl Max vs. Plato

4.1. Political Philosophical Differences

4.2. Collective Influence on Political Philosophy

Chapter 5. Conclusion

5.1. Thesis

5.2. Karl Max and Plato Political Influences

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Annotated Bibliography

Oakley, A. (1984). Marx's Critique of Political Economy: 1844 to 1860. Routledge & Kegan Paul.

This book provides an analysis of the intellectual sources and evolution of Marx’s critique of

political economy that leads to the writing of the main capital manuscripts. It is aimed at

clarifying Marx's own view of and what he wanted to achieve through the critique of political

economy. A more elaborate and independent view at Marx's critique will give a view point

against which w can gauge and compare Marx's views against Plato's views. This is to mean to

give a clear overview of the points gathered in Marx (2012).

Marx, K. (2012). Das Kapital: A Critique of Political Economy. Simon and Schuster.

In this book, Marx tries to present a systematic account of the nature, development, and future

of the capitalist system. He does this with a strong focus on economics – he touches on wages,

commodities, and worker capitalist relationships. The knowledge in this book will enable a

deeper understanding of Marx himself and his ideologies with the vision he had for a political

economy.

Plato. (2000). Plato: 'The Republic'. Cambridge University Press, 2000

This a translation of aims at giving a conversational feels of Plato's dialogues. The

conversations are arranged in a philosophical sort. The book explicates the primary notion of

societal or political justice and derives an analogous concept of individual justice. By knowing

how Plato classifies the society in the republic, we can clearly distinguish his view from Marx's

view as presented in the critique of the capitalist.

Reinke, J. H. (1942). "The Communism of Plato and Marx". Master's Theses. Paper 690.

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Retrieved from http://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/690

This paper by Reinke focuses the issues raise in The Republic by Plato to compare their

communism view differences. This is because later works of Plato such as Laws is has some

views on The Republic while other works have unchanged ideologies from it. This is a good

basis onto which we can have a comparative overview of the Marxian philosophy of

communism and that of Plato.

Taylor, A. E. (2001). Plato: The Man and His Work. Courier Corporation.

Taylor presents the early life of Plato, his influencers and his works of philosophy. Taylor's

point of understanding provides an opportunity to reduce personal biasness from directly

reading his works and have a different point of view and that provided by the works of Reinke

(1942). The whole of the life history and his works together provides a one stop point for

looking at his political philosophies at a glance.

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Commented [HK7]: This is just simply someone’s paper from college.

Commented [HK8]: Not peer-reviewed or academic.