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What is the common target of tyrants and Utopians according to the text?
What is the common target of tyrants and Utopians according to the text?
The family
Why do thinkers like Plato, Marx, and Mao want to replace the family?
Why do thinkers like Plato, Marx, and Mao want to replace the family?
To control individuals and society
What is the motive behind the antipathy toward the family?
What is the motive behind the antipathy toward the family?
To ensure loyalty to the state or other institutions
What does the text suggest is the prime loyalty of men and women?
What does the text suggest is the prime loyalty of men and women?
Why do tyrants and Utopians want to place the education of the young in the hands of state-run institutions?
Why do tyrants and Utopians want to place the education of the young in the hands of state-run institutions?
What is the significance of the 'trunkless legs of stone' in the text?
What is the significance of the 'trunkless legs of stone' in the text?
What does the 'shattered visage' represent in the text?
What does the 'shattered visage' represent in the text?
What is the message conveyed by the 'wrinkled lip' and 'sneer of cold command' of the sculpture?
What is the message conveyed by the 'wrinkled lip' and 'sneer of cold command' of the sculpture?
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