Plato's ideas were also rooted in the times he lived in. He lived in ancient Greece, in the city-state of Athens - the birth place of democracy. And the word "c

Plato's ideas were also rooted in the times he lived in. He lived in ancient Greece, in the city-state of Athens - the birth place of democracy. And the word "citizen" does a lot of heavy lifting... At the time, roughly 3% of the population were citizens. You had to be landed, wealthy and/or politically influental to qualify. Incidentally, only citizens had a vote. The other 97% were riff-raff, poor, slaves or otherwise unsuitable to be allowed to have a voice in the nation's decisions. Hence their opinion didn't matter.