Plato's Republic: admirable                                                                                   reprehensible

method of selecting rulers, how qualified
restrictions on humor
legislating values unnecessary
censorship of art, literature (results in  stagnation, totalitarianism
admirable intent
the Lie(s) / forced ideology
meritocracy
impractical as political science
harmonious life
eugenics
professional army; educated army
policing and punishment
distributed, collective, communal
loses the value of competition
equality of women
reduction of marriage to mere reproduction
de-emphzsizes wealth, splits money from power
how to know paternity with certainty
knowing right from wrong
majority ignorance is not bliss
knows money=root of many evils
can't buck human nature
temperance
violates own rule of the mean w/ extreme measures
leaders would be philosophic, deliberative, smart
denies fundamental value of freedom
accurate faculty psychology
one ability per person is false
city should have vested interest in spiritual well-being
denies private property

bad understanding of emotion; little care for happiness

one man's perspective cannot be absolute