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Ancient philosophers did not necessarily think democracy was good. Some were even so direct as to say that noble blood deserved to rule. Plato believed longer t
by whatshisface 5y ago
Ancient philosophers did not necessarily think democracy was good. Some were even so direct as to say that noble blood deserved to rule. Plato believed longer terms were less influenced by democracy than shorter terms, and therefore they were a better form of government.
- netizen-936824 5y agoI think someone is going to have to come up with some actual scholarly citations, because you and the top commenter to which I am referring are explicitly disagreeing and up until this point all anyone has done is make baseless assertions
- whatshisface 5y agoWe are not disagreeing.
- netizen-936824 5y agoApologies, I misunderstood your original comment
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- skinnymuch 5y agoI’m looking at both comments. They are both saying Plato pushed for longer terms.