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Plato Uncovered: Building Influence in the Ancient and Modern World
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Plato's Academy: A Prestige Brand for Education
Plato was born into money and had a certain base level of resources that he could live on. He invents the idea of philosophy as a prestige brand for education. The students come into the academy and then he gives them this kind of, you know, Sophism plus package,. And that sends them off into the world to have much more success than they would have otherwise.
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