Federalist Papers 10 and 51 served to explain the union as a safeguard against factions and insurrections and to explain how the structure of this new union must include the ability to provide adequate controls and the balances between the different departments within it respectively. These articles contain absolutely no higher meaning regarding Plato's beliefs about the True, the Good and the Beautiful. The articles are simply rhetoric used to rationalize the benefits of a new system, explain how the new union will be built, and, most importantly to the wise, influence public opinion to support ratification of the new constitution. Madison does not wish to reach the True, the Good, or the Beautiful in Article 10. He simply wants to establish a system in which the harmful effects of factions on the entire government are reduced and kept in check. The form of government that he himself proposes is not entirely fair, since the formation of factions within the government can be seen through political parties. If there are two groups of politicians with different ideals regarding landowners' rights, one for large landowners and the other for small landowners, here we see the development of a more refined faction under the guise of the label "party ". .' Madison is not adopting a vision of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful; it is simply offering a pragmatic solution, the ratification of a new constitution, to the problems caused by factions and presents no real solutions to the specific problems. Although the literacy rate in the late 1700s was celebrated to be 60% compared to an estimated With a population of 3 million, the level of education received by citizens can be considered very basic (Schlossberg). The… center of the paper… is the facade of someone who understands every fiber of the political structure to persuade the ignorant American public to support the ratification of a new United States Constitution. Works Cited Madison, James. “The same argument continued: the Union as a safeguard against internal factions and insurrection.” November 23, 1787. The Library of Congress. Network. September 19, 2013. :Madison, James. “The structure of government must ensure adequate checks and balances between different departments.” February 8, 1788. The Library of Congress. Network. September 19, 2013. :Schlossberg, Tatiana. “The State of Publishing: Literacy Rates.” February 2, 2011. The Internet Trend by Timothy McSweeney. Network. 21 September 2013. :