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Ep 159: Knowledge and Ignorance Part 2

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Plato's Insinuation of the Fear of the Gods

Plato's attitude towards religion, as revealed by his inspired lie, is practically identical with that of Critius, his beloved uncle. If you're a peasant and you've just been born with copper and iron, well your lot is, you're destined to just be a laborer, working for everyone else,. You have no say in the direction in which society takes. Pop her is crediting Plato's uncle as being the originator of this idea that we should lie to the populace. We can explain ignorance among people, because of some great deception, some great conspiracy on the part of leaders or someone else, pop her rights.

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