285: The Democratic Man: Plato's Republic Revisited

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg

Christianity, Education, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts

4.5 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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In this episode, Graeme discusses the degradation of man as a reflection of the degradation of the state suggested in Plato's Republic, Book VIII. Apparently true freedom is bloodshed.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody and welcome to classical stuff you should know.
0:09.0	This is my second take.
0:11.0	Take two.
0:12.0	Right now, Donaldson is looking very cranky because I get to restart when I screw up because I have control of the laptop.
0:18.0	I don't screw up.
0:19.0	You guys just interrupt with how bad it is. Is that what we do?
0:22.3	Which is always debatable because they're not bad. Anyway, if you're new, welcome to the podcast.
0:26.3	We talk about the classical world, old books, old ideas, philosophy, that sort of thing.
0:31.5	My name is AJ Hanenberg and I'm joined by Thomas Magby. Hello.
0:34.6	And the cranky Graham Donaldson. Hello.
0:36.9	And today we're talking about...
0:38.5	Sunshine Poppy dolls.
0:39.4	We're talking about all the crats. Aristocrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, and the Aristocrats. You already said that. You said that one. I was trying to make a joke about Aristocats, but I think I missed it. You missed it. Did you ever watch that movie? Yeah, of course. Yeah, it's great.
0:52.0	Yeah.
0:52.5	Did you want,
0:52.9	have you not seen the Eversy cats?
0:54.4	Oh,
0:54.7	there's like a jazz interlude every once in a while.
0:57.3	It's,
0:57.7	it's super,
0:58.0	it's, Did you ever watch that movie? Yeah, of course. Yeah. Did you watch, have you not seen the Aristichats?
0:57.2	Oh, there's like a jazz interlude every once in a while.
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