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Classical Stuff You Should Know

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

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg

Christianity, Education, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts

4.5696 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0

Hi and welcome to classical stuff you should know a podcast about classical stuff that you should know a podcast.

0:18.5

Oh, that's it.

0:19.6

We're to loop. No.

0:21.6

My name is Graham Donaldson and I'm, you've joined here with my buddies, my bros, my classical scholars,

0:30.6

Thomas Fletcher Magby, and Arthur Jan Hannenberg.

0:34.6

That's me indeed.

0:35.6

Lord Arthur Hanenberg.

0:36.6

Apologies, all due respect. Plead me indeed. Lord Arthur Hanenberg. Apologies.

0:38.3

I'll do respect.

0:38.9

Please do remember.

0:40.6

Soon to be Lord Sheriff.

0:44.9

And we are, are you running for Sheriff in the Texas selections?

0:45.6

You've talked about that. I think I've talked about that on the podcast before.

0:47.6

Are you like putting your action?

0:49.4

I have made absolutely no overtures to that.

0:52.6

I think it already happened.

0:55.3

I mean, i'm sheriff no no congratulations no i think it already happened that the vote happened oh i think you're

0:59.7

none i'm sure there'll be another one like in four years or whatever okay i don't know how long sheriffs

1:03.2

last five zero idea they expire like milk yeah gross a couple weeks um anyway so today we are

1:10.6

going back to the cave no we are exiting the cave and entering the realm of light. No, we are, I don't know what we're doing. What are we doing in book eight? Well, it seems like he actually brings it back to the normal progression of what we were doing. And instead of talking about math and light for an entire chapter, he goes back to answer a question that he had left us in a previous chapter.

1:29.6

Okay.

1:29.9

Right?

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