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The Replublic The Original Unabridged And Complete Edition (Plato Classics)

Plato

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BCE, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. It is Plato's best-known work, and one of the world's most influential works of philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and histor...

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Monday Morning Podcast

Bill Burr discussed Plato's "The Republic", specifically book eight, which mentioned that democratic people are consumed with unnecessary appetites, as a way to understand why billionaires might want to be president.

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Plato wrote in his classic work, The Republic, book eight if you ever learn to read. I didn't know he had eight books.

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 2-10-20

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 2-10-20

Bill Burr discussed Plato's "The Republic", specifically book eight, which mentioned that democratic people are consumed with unnecessary appetites, as a way to understand why billionaires might want to be president.

"

Plato wrote in his classic work, The Republic, book eight if you ever learn to read. I didn't know he had eight books.

Plato wrote in his classic work, The Republic that all democratic people are consumed with unnecessary appetites.

all democratic people are consumed with unnecessary appetites.

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