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A ruler justified by access to truth through philosophical reasoning, presented as Plato's answer to the problem of a good society.
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A ruler justified by access to truth through philosophical reasoning, presented as Plato's answer to the problem of a good society. In the closing anecdote, the political ideal that everyone wants to become but Plato fails to practice in Syracuse.
Plato's attempt to practice philosopher-king politics in Syracuse failed badly, angering the king and forcing Plato to rely on wealth and friends to escape.
"...right? Therefore, a good society is one that is ruled by philosopher kings because they're the only ones who can access the truth, okay?..."
"...tyrant, a good tyrant, right? He wanted to be, like, a philosopher king. And then Plato basically said to him, well, you should let..."
A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central turn: Socrates attacks democracy by exposing the weakness of language and reason, then Plato rescues Socrates by turning the cave into a martyr story, a Christian universe,...
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