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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 a passage from Plato's 'The Republic' where Plato claimed that democratic people are consumed by unnecessary appetites, relating it to the motivations of billionaires.

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

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 2-10-20

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 2-10-20

Bill Burr discussed a passage from Plato's 'The Republic' where Plato claimed that democratic people are consumed by unnecessary appetites, relating it to the motivations of billionaires.

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

So consider now you're a person with essentially infinite money, or more precisely, multiple billions of dollars, and what that money gives you access to.

If you got anything at any time, I suspect that if eventually you become bored, what is the one thing they can't buy?

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