No matter who you ask, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau or any other great philosopher they will always tell you that Plato was and always will be the greatest philosopher. Plato is known for great thoughts and feeling about the government and the way their social and political issues are handled. He used a very effective and intelligent way of writing his thoughts. He used a technique of exoteric and esoteric writing. The exoteric level being a …showed first 75 words of 1347 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1347 total…gain knowledge unless one can introspect. This has always been a problem in society because it is the main reason for ignorance. All through history there has always been ignorance and the government realizes that and keeps society in the dark. It may be a good thing to keep society in the dark because there are some people who could do some serious damage if they could climb out of cave and see the light.