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William H. F. Altman, "Plato the Teacher: The Crisis of the Republic" (Lexington, 2012)

New Books in Intellectual History

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Plato on Democracy and the Age of Heroes

Joseph asks about democracy; Altman links democracy to heroic possibility and discusses Plato’s nuanced critique and praise.

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