Monthly Archives: September 2011

Plato on Government – Public and Internal Selves

This is taken from Plato’s famous 7th Letter. It reveals his assessment of the government in his time and can be  applied today. The older I grew, reflecting upon the kind of men active in politics and the state of … Continue reading

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Plato’s View on “Experts”

On the last page of the Euthydemus Socrates gives his account of teachers and experts in our society. This is in response to his friend Crito’s perplexity on whom he should have teach and mentor his son. Crito says; “I … Continue reading

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