Friday, November 5, 2010

Plato on Democracy and Tyranny

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"Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty."

-Plato

Encyclopedia Channel on Plato:

Primary Source: Plato's Republic by Plato, translated by Allan Bloom

 

Secondary Source: Companion to Plato's Republic by Nicholas P. White

 

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