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... authority , but will claim the unconditional freedom of self - rule . Socrates did not concern himself directly with the reform of society . His mission was addressed to any individual who would listen to him . He spent his life trying ...
... authority , but will claim the unconditional freedom of self - rule . Socrates did not concern himself directly with the reform of society . His mission was addressed to any individual who would listen to him . He spent his life trying ...
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... authority is reserved for the men of thought who have attained to wisdom and know what is the true end of human life . They will not desire to exercise authority ; but they will undertake the direction of society as a duty which they ...
... authority is reserved for the men of thought who have attained to wisdom and know what is the true end of human life . They will not desire to exercise authority ; but they will undertake the direction of society as a duty which they ...
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... authority of the triple crown . In Plato's latest work , the Laws , he tries to bring the institutions of the Republic closer to the given possibilities of actual life ; and here there is a yet stronger resemblance to the Roman Church ...
... authority of the triple crown . In Plato's latest work , the Laws , he tries to bring the institutions of the Republic closer to the given possibilities of actual life ; and here there is a yet stronger resemblance to the Roman Church ...
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The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 28 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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