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Ep 159: Knowledge and Ignorance Part 2

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Is Plato's Religion a Conspiracy?

In Critius's view, religion is nothing but the lordly lie of a great and clever statesman. Plato's views are strikingly similar in the introduction of the myth in the republic where he bluntly admits that the myth is a lie. The only way to keep that truth hidden is by lying to people about what in fact they're seeing. So this is the idea, this is the genesis I suppose, of ideas that ignorance comes to us via some great conspiracy. Some of the greatest ignorance that we have, including ignorance of superstitious type stuff, you know, people are blinded by believing in silly religious ideas,. Only because some higher power, earthly higher power and authority, the priest or

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