122: Plato VIII: Aaron, Timmy, Ollie, Dmitri, and Tyrone

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122: Plato VIII: Aaron, Timmy, Ollie, Dmitri, and Tyrone

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Mar 10, 2020

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In book eight of Plato's Republic, Socrates discusses the degradation of an Aristocracy into more mediocre forms of government. Spoiler, democracy is not near the top.

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Mar 10, 2020

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122: Plato VIII: Aaron, Timmy, Ollie, Dmitri, and Tyrone

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