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It was referenced as a text where Plato debates the ideal diet for a society, including the question of whole grain or white bread, with an underlying connection to societal values and anxieties.
In Plato's Republic, Plato sets up this kind of debate about whether the ideal polis, the ideal society or city-state should function on a diet of whole grain gruel associated with rural life or kind...
— Episode: Good Bread
Episode: Good Bread
It was referenced as a text where Plato debates the ideal diet for a society, including the question of whole grain or white bread, with an underlying connection to societal values and anxieties.
In Plato's Republic, Plato sets up this kind of debate about whether the ideal polis, the ideal society or city-state should function on a diet of whole grain gruel associated with rural life or kind of cidified white bread cakes.