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Plato’s 5 dialogues vs. America’s political debates

| March 1, 2016 | 0 Comments
Plato’s 5 dialogues vs. America’s political debates

The Death of Socrates (1787) by Jacques-Louis David. The final moments before Socrates drinks the poison hemlock, surrounded by his grief-stricken philosophy students. *Note the particularly profound grief of Plato at the foot of the bed – It is though entire weight of the world is on his shoulders at that moment. “The State is […]

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