The Democratic Ideal
The Democratic Ideal
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As thinking persons realized in every age the insufficiency of contempora- neous governments, there has scarcely been a z6 ^ THE DEMOCRATIC IDEAL fft' time when the academic reformer was want- ing. Certain ages may have lacked poets, — ours is said to be tmpoetic and prosaic, and to await its poet-prophet ; but the academic idealist who could say, ** Go to, let us build a government,'' has been generally at hand.
Thedreams of the illuminated ones who have sought, by ruleand theory, tomake thecr...ooked straight, to convert mankind into angels by legal enactment, are among the most pleasing, if abortive, works of genius. Some of the no- blest spirits of the race have made this illu- sory effort.
Plato, that splendid genius, in whose brain was v^nrapped the subtle essence which gave to Hellenic art and literature their incompar- able charm, found a congenial theme in painting his ideal Republic. It was a beauti- ful attempt to develop a republic based upon Socratic thought. He had sat at the feet of the great master of dialectic, and, with the hot enthusiasm of a reformer, painted a picture of 17 ^ THE DEMOCRATIC IDEAL f^ the idealized man, livingin a commtinity where the supremacy of the intellect was recognized as authoritative, where the individual and fam- ily were to i3e absorbed in the state, and where a lofty communism vras to be established, and in which Virtue, Truth, Beauty and Good- ness were to be entities.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
As thinking persons realized in every age the insufficiency of contempora- neous governments, there has scarcely been a z6 ^ THE DEMOCRATIC IDEAL fft' time when the academic reformer was want- ing. Certain ages may have lacked poets, — ours is said to be tmpoetic and prosaic, and to await its poet-prophet ; but the academic idealist who could say, ** Go to, let us build a government,'' has been generally at hand.
Thedreams of the illuminated ones who have sought, by ruleand theory, tomake thecr...ooked straight, to convert mankind into angels by legal enactment, are among the most pleasing, if abortive, works of genius. Some of the no- blest spirits of the race have made this illu- sory effort.
Plato, that splendid genius, in whose brain was v^nrapped the subtle essence which gave to Hellenic art and literature their incompar- able charm, found a congenial theme in painting his ideal Republic. It was a beauti- ful attempt to develop a republic based upon Socratic thought. He had sat at the feet of the great master of dialectic, and, with the hot enthusiasm of a reformer, painted a picture of 17 ^ THE DEMOCRATIC IDEAL f^ the idealized man, livingin a commtinity where the supremacy of the intellect was recognized as authoritative, where the individual and fam- ily were to i3e absorbed in the state, and where a lofty communism vras to be established, and in which Virtue, Truth, Beauty and Good- ness were to be entities.
What to read after The Democratic Ideal?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Milton Reed to read onlineMoreLess
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