Plato understood and taught dualism, and could realise the self-evident truth of consciousness as separate from the gross body , although technology has advanced in modern times , its gone backwards in many many crucial ways .Scientific materialism and Darwinian hypothesis is taking us backwards,  libertine cultures springs from ignorance of dualism and the sophisticated animal kingdoms spread accross the world. The early Christian may have understood Scientific dualism,  but later versions of Christian teachings became dogmatic and less scientific , so much so that they think only humans have souls , this is a misinterpreted text,  only humans can commune with God directly,  and although God is in the hearts of all conscious beings , because they are souls , the communication is of a different kind.

We can see here the very Vedic socio-political systems favoured by Aristotle..

Very Vedic….

“In his work Politics, Aristotle categorized political systems by how many people rule and whether they govern for the common good or for their own selfish interests. He identified six basic forms of government, dividing them into three correct, just types and three corrupted, unjust perversions.The Six Forms of Government….Kingship (Monarchy): Rule by a single person aimed at the common good; its corrupt perversion is Tyranny, which serves only the tyrant. Aristocracy: Rule by a small group of the most virtuous and capable citizens for the general welfare; ..its corrupt perversion is Oligarchy, which rules for the benefit of the wealthy.  Polity (Constitutional Government): Rule by the many (the middle class or general populace) directed toward the common good; its corrupt perversion is Democracy (in Aristotle’s view, mob rule or the poor majority ruling purely in their own narrow self-interest).”

AC Bhaktivedanta Swami called this fools voting in fools ..

Today, money talks and the uncultured and unthinkable businessmen rule the world,  see the results….Vedic cultures insist on the intelligentsia directing a saintly king , who is dedicated to all his people..

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