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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

Plato knew he was kenough

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

I’d love to read your take on this :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's the connection? I have not read The Republic

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Via Goodreads:

Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classic text is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation, other questions are raised: what is goodness?; what is reality?; and what is knowledge? The Republic also addresses the purpose of education and the role of both women and men as guardians of the people. With remarkable lucidity and deft use of allegory, Plato arrives at a depiction of a state bound by harmony and ruled by philosopher kings.

I can see the comparison, yeah

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

Well, Barbie didn't include three pages of justifying slavery, but.