Part one of term paper
Thomas Jefferson's idea of democracy was one in which people had the right to question the government. Just as Socrates' mission was that of questioning everything and everyone. Socrates educated many and created followers intent on continuing Socrates' work. In effect this is quite similar if not the same as Jefferson's ideas that the peopl ...

Part two of term paper
... the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive ...it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it. " (Peterson, 19,1984). Jefferson spoke out against not only British colonial rule of America, but against the American government. It was for these outcries against what he feared would become an elected monarchy that Jefferson found many enemies in his era (A&E Biography, 1995). Just as Socrates' criticism’s on politicians, poets, and artisans led to h ...