Larry Fike

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Episode 8 - The Misery of Tyrants: Plato's <em>Republic</em>, Book IX

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Episode 8 - The Misery of Tyrants: Plato's REPUBLIC, Book IX Larry Fike

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” -Eleanor Roosevelt. MoFo allows Plato to fill his mental content and speak to us today about the psychological origins of tyranny. Written in 380 BCE, you the listener can judge the relevance of its psychological pronouncements for the twenty-first century.