philosophy bites: Melissa Lane on Plato and Totalitarianism

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March 16, 2008

Was Plato's ideal state a totalitarian one? Karl Popper, thought so, and made his case in The Open Society and Its Enemies. Melissa Lane, author of Plato's Progeny discusses Popper's critique of Plato in this episode of Philosophy Bites.

Listen to Melissa Lane on Plato on Totalitarianism

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Educators should buy Plato's Progeny in spite of the product description on Amazon which opens with the lie that "Socrates wrote nothing" and does not improve much from there. The book supports the most important aspect of Plato, that students should read him. In an ideal world Lane replaces I.F. Stone as the most popular writer on Plato among US librarians!

Posted by: Gary Gutchess | March 16, 2008 at 06:34 PM

Excellent explanation, thank you.

Posted by: James James | October 16, 2009 at 01:56 AM

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