Democracy Can't Create Legislation

Democracy can elect tyrants. The tyranny of a majority over minorities, can be a real hazard in almost any democracy. So we need democratic institutions to guard against this perversion. In the next part that am about to read, the companions discuss how if sparta figured out that the fact that thinkers, philosophers and scientists were useful in a society, then they could become far more powerful. If some individual spartan tried to advocate new philosophical ideas, he would soon find himself on trial for heresy or any number of other crimes. Unless one philosopher was a philosophy king. It sounds like a dangerous secret to be discussing out in the open. I won't mention names because these are people i