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[Kurt Maxwell Weber]

On Saturday 10 March 2007 20:28, Bartning at aol.com wrote:
> It's been a while since I read a good portion of Plato's book, _The
> Republic_, but I wouldn't say it ruled out democracy, only the problems
> with democracy, notably the lack of protection of minority factions
> including of  the individual.  Democracy and freedom are basically
> synonymous.   However, I may mix classical and modern-political thought.
>
> Please  remember that (if we are to believe the dialogue) Socrates
> could have fled,  but chose to drink the hemlock out of respect for
> the authority of Athenian  government.  Even where the state murders
> to censor critics, its  dictates are not to be resisted.  That is the
> mentality of  Plato.

Really, Volume 1 of Popper's "The Open Society and its Enemies" is a 
must-read.
-- 
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