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Callicles, The Ancient Nietzsche, Rips Democracy (Gorgias 5)

Political Philosophy

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The theme for today is CaliCly's, the ancient Nietzsche. This guy has theories and views that are very resonant with the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzche from the 19th century. Socrates punches back really fast with a really clever joke in which he says each one of us is in love with two objects - philosophy and the Athenian demos.

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