“Let us speak of Plato, and the picture he paints of people and their inability to rule themselves,” Ampharete began.
This drew Heron’s attention from the sea. Mobs often make stupid decisions, on the basis of emotion rather than reason. Do you think Plato is wrong?”
“Plato’s view that only the most wise should rule can justify any tyrant or group of tyrant who happen to be in power.”

— Paul Levinson The Plot to Save Socrates (2006)

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