Pill Pod 71 - Plato was an Idiot (preview)

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Pill Pod 71 - Plato was an Idiot (preview)

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Feb 26, 2022

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Plato has had it too easy. We take an hour and a bit to divide the philosophers from the sophists.

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Feb 26, 2022

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