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Superstructure: Plato’s Republic (Part 1)

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Is There a Specialist in Governance?

Ruling the society is a specialized skill, just like healing people when they're sick or piloting a ship. It's developed that ruling the city is every bit as technical and difficult as any of the other arts you need to learn. And yet, along the way we talk about different kinds of governments. There's one little move there at the start that i think can lead readers astray if you don't know the other plotonic dialogues. You're already seeing hints of what seems like plato's critique of athenian democracy. Every adult man who is not a slave, should be involved in the business of government from the start.

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