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Socrates Hated Democracy

We are used to thinking highly of democracy and the institutions that gave rise to it.  Socrates, the founding father of Greek philosophy, is portrayed in the dialogues of Plato as pessimistic to the whole business of democracy. He argued that voting is a skill, not a random intuition, and like any skill, it needs to be taught to people. Learn more of Socrates and his untimely fate in this edition of The School of Life.

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