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Yes he believed society should be frozen in time & change prevented. He grew up from a well to do family & saw relatives ruined by tumult. But that reaction he
by rektide 4y ago
Yes he believed society should be frozen in time & change prevented. He grew up from a well to do family & saw relatives ruined by tumult. But that reaction he had, to feel that society- a quite inequitable one in his time- should be held frozen in place, guarded carefully against change by citizens only of high metal, is a grossly stasist & crass way to run a planet, to dictate terms to the rest of humanity from.
- jeffreyrogers 4y agoRegardless of his view of the ideal form of government (Strauss, among others, has a much different interpretation) his criticisms of democracy and other types of regime hold up and were taken seriously by the men who set up America's original government (which of course looks nothing like the modern one... for reasons good and bad).
- imbnwa 4y ago>He grew up from a well to do family & saw relatives ruined by tumult. To be accurate, he had family who advocated for and participated in the anti-democratic junta in Athens.
- throwaway_4ever 4y agoThe same could be said about half of America in regards to Jan 6th. Doesn't necessarily say anything about my or Plato's beliefs.