“Come then, tell me, dear friend, how tyranny arises. That it is an outgrowth of democracy is fairly plain.” So begins part two of Plato’s Republic. In light of the recent storming of the Capitol, ...

Socrates’ method was to clear his students’ minds of abstractions and assumptions, so that they might attain self-knowledge and learn the practical wisdom of living well. His pupil Plato, however, ...

And now that man was partaker of a divine portion, he, in the first place, by his nearness of kin to deity, was the only creature that worshipped gods, and set himself to establish altars and holy ...

In any Greek city, there are perhaps no more than fifty good draught-players, and certainly not as many kings. –Plato, Statesman In one of Plato’s books, the philosopher Protagoras tells a genesis ...

In The Republic, Plato warned of the dangers of unchecked democracy, in that it can open the door to chaos, tyrants and demagogues. It is an apt warning in the midst of one of the muddiest campaign ...

Plato worried that a democracy would give birth to a Trump-like tyrant. And he, Plato, had a solution to the problem. Plato (427-347 BCE) is arguably the greatest of all Western philosophers.

Plato believed that democracy was the worst possible form of government — unless one considers anarchy and civil war a form of government. His view was that democratic governance inevitably leads to ...

Former CS Justin Muturi, addressing the media at Ufungamano house on 02, April, 2025. Giving a reason why he was sacked, he told the media that because he persistently questioned the abduction, ...

In any Greek city, there are perhaps no more than fifty good draught-players, and certainly not as many kings. —Plato, Statesman In one of Plato’s books, the philosopher Protagoras tells a genesis ...