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Page 52
But Plato is already dreaming of an ideal organisation of society . He even imagines that the Thirty Tyrants ( of all men ) might effect a moral reformation . He transfers his hopes to the restored democracy , only to find them ...
But Plato is already dreaming of an ideal organisation of society . He even imagines that the Thirty Tyrants ( of all men ) might effect a moral reformation . He transfers his hopes to the restored democracy , only to find them ...
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two ways in which a man may approach the task of conceiving an ideal society . One is to start with the moral reformation of the individual , and then to imagine a society consisting of perfect individuals . That is the logical outcome ...
two ways in which a man may approach the task of conceiving an ideal society . One is to start with the moral reformation of the individual , and then to imagine a society consisting of perfect individuals . That is the logical outcome ...
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The democrat , in particular , would have replied : ' Do you really think that an oriental despotism , where all men but one are slaves , is a higher and happier type of society ? Or would you reduce us to the level of those savages ...
The democrat , in particular , would have replied : ' Do you really think that an oriental despotism , where all men but one are slaves , is a higher and happier type of society ? Or would you reduce us to the level of those savages ...
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Contents
The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 28 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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| Title | The Unwritten Philosophy and Other Essays |
| Author | Francis Macdonald Cornford |
| Editor | William Keith Chambers Guthrie |
| Contributor | William Keith Chambers Guthrie |
| Publisher | University Press, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 138 pages |
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