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Discussing "Statesman" By Plato
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Context
1:12
Discipline In Truth-Seeking
3:36
Spider Philosophers
7:29
Kings, Tyrants, And The Inaccessibility Of Expertise To Crowds
12:13
The Vulnerability Of Democracy To Plutocracy
14:40
The Ruler As Governed By Laws And Customs
16:08
A Brief Detour Into Herodotus And Hobbes
17:21
Dividing Plutocracy Into Aristocracy And Oligarchy
18:58
The Tyrant As Sophist
21:31
Cities Sinking Like Ships Through Depravity
22:47
Propaganda And Branches Of Knowledge That Are Components Of Statesmanship
24:50
The Statesman As Weaving The Fabric Of Society Together From The Threads Of Conflicting Virtues
31:05
A Closing Thought On Virtue, Vice, And Politics
Canonball
Discussing "Statesman" By Plato
Jan 24, 2025
Season 3
Episode 77
Alex
In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Statesman," which is one of the dialogues of Plato, who lived in the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
The cover art for this episode is Plato as depicted in a portion of the oil painting The Death of Socrates, which French painter Jacques-Louis David completed in 1787.
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