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The relationship between citizen and state is a complex and highly debated subject throughout history. From Ancient Greece continuing to today, there is no consensus nor agreement as to how citizen and the state should interact. The most important part of the history of citizenship has evolved from Ancient Grecian ideologies as it has affected many governmental systems that are implemented today. The liaison between state and individual is composed of various factors, including how indebted the citizen is to the state, loyalty, and ramifications of disobedience. Socrates is often used as an example in questioning loyalty to the state, just as his following student’s, Plato and Aristotle. However, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle vary greatly in opinion of how an idealized society should be run. The following paper explain the divergences that the intellects had in regards to citizenship and determine which is the most logically applied.

Socrates is often seen as the ideal citizen, but more recently, scholars have found that his loyalty exceeded the necessary amounts and therefore, he believed in extreme obedience and loyalty to the state. Socrates’ writings do in fact show that he was committed to the perfect state, however, depending on the reader, many have decided that his ideologies are not valid due to his utmost commitment to an idealized society. For example, he believed that the youth should not be exposed to ethical doubt until they reach maturity and the capability to discern right from wrong. As mentioned in lectures, he would want all writings to be altered to ensure that a child would not be exposed to the ethical doubt, as it would create a less loyal member to the state. Socrates believed that the youth are vital in ...

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...t believe an Absolute is the best type of government as it is unjust. Epicurus, another philosopher had been influenced by many of the previously mentioned philosophers and grew or denounced their ideas respectively. He believed that the “The just person enjoys the greatest peace of mind, while the unjust is full of the utmost disquietude”, just as Cicero stated, that justice is the key to society, which had also been implied or iterated by the preceding philosophers.

It is debated as to what philosopher mentioned above had the right idea of what the relationship between citizen and state should be, as they all have some overlapping ideas, and there is no consensus as to how the relationship should be today as well. The idea of a mixed government that Aristotle had proposed seems to incorporate a lot of themes that others have as well, and so Aristotle would appeal