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The Apology by Plato

The Classical Mind

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What's the Difference Between Intentional and Unintentional Slander?

In the Republic, Plato has a lot of arguments about a democracy. And eventually, his student takes up the line and actually says that democracy is like the worst form of government you could have. Part of it, I wonder, is because their teacher, the one like the person they can trace their intellectual life to was killed by democracy. Right. Deep down, though, a lot of that is just injustice, where injustice is about how you deal with the other. Justice is a matter of dealing with the others.

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