The Architectonic Theory of Justice

Claire: Would I be right to suspect you’ve been reading Plato’s Republic? I’ll discuss The Republic, in any case, because Plato is always a good place to start.

Plato was vexed by problems much like the ones we confront. When he wrote The Republic, Athenian democracy was on the verge of destruction. Its politicians were incompetent, meddlesome, and selfish; its citizens ignorant and quarrelsome. Its wars had led to disaster. Its rulers had divided Athens into mutually hostile camps. Having seen two oligarchic revolutions and the rise of powerful demagogues, Athenian intellectuals feared subjugation by a tyrant.

 
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