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The problem of democracy

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Democracy passes into despotism.

The Republic (427 BC - 347 BC)

About Author: Classical Greek philosopher and mathematician

Men and injustice

Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.

The Republic (427 BC - 347 BC)

Tyrants and war

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

The Republic (427 BC - 347 BC)

The penalty of evildoing

The greatest penalty of evildoing is to grow into the likeness of bad men.

Laws (427 BC - 347 BC)

Philosopher kings

Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils — no, nor the human race, as I believe — and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.

The Republic (427 BC - 347 BC)

Moneymaker or a healer of the sick?

But tell me, this physician of whom you were just speaking, is he a moneymaker, an earner of fees, or a healer of the sick?

The Republic (427 BC - 347 BC)

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