Good stuff, Dominic. This conversation plays over and over through the years and in many places.
Bill
> On 27 Aug 2015, at 2:34 am, Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> PLATO: kings are stupid
> why do we have to have kings
> anyone who wants to be king
> is stupid
> but you know who isn't stupid
>
> XENOPHON: go on then who
>
> PLATO: philosophers
> philosophers aren't stupid
> because they know about Ideas
> unlike stupid people
>
> XENOPHON: you mean the people
> in the cave
>
> PLATO: that's right
> people like uncle Critias
> i hate him
>
> XENOPHON: careful Plato
> that kind of talk
> could totally get you hemlocked
> for real
>
> PLATO: I don't even care
> any more
> stupid kings
> you know what there should be
>
> XENOPHON: what should there be
>
> PLATO: philosopher
> kings
>
> XENOPHON: but you said
> people who wanted to be kings
> were stupid
>
> PLATO: no idiot
> philosophers aren't stupid
> haven't you been listening
> to a word I've said
>
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