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R8 Does Democracy Lead to Tyranny? | Plato's Republic, book 8

Ancient Greece Declassified

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The Ivory Tower, Part 2: Sullivan's Article

A viral article implied that our democracy is heading down the same path as ancient democracies. Historians and classists of ancient Greece were not impressed by this conclusion. But a journalist decided to check in with the experts and see what they think. And based on what they told him, he wrote a piece for The Washington Post about Sullivan's argument.

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