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Plato's Republic and Thomas More's Utopia have a relationship in that they both share an idea. These books both have the concept of an ideal society, although they do this for distinct reasons and they attain contrasted types of perfection. More describes Utopia ....

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.... that each person is to "cultivate his mind - which they regard as the secret of a happy life". In Plato's Republic, the ideal society contains three classes, the ruling class, the auxiliary class, and the rest of the society as they are compared to gold, silver and bronze. They aren't said to be of less importance from each other, although they do have their different significance in the society. Plato's ideal city also includes the abolition of the family. "That our men and women guardians should be forbidden by law to live together in separate households, and all the women should be common to all the men; similarly, children should be held ....