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... philosophers and its sages ? Every government rests on the acquiescence or the goodwill or the active consent of the ... philosophy . It has not realized how much its strength , its very life , depends on the citizens ' per- ception of ...
... philosophers and its sages ? Every government rests on the acquiescence or the goodwill or the active consent of the ... philosophy . It has not realized how much its strength , its very life , depends on the citizens ' per- ception of ...
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... philosophers who take a similar position . Of the ancient philosophers Plato was particularly hostile to democracy . Politics should be the charge of those who know , the experts , the enlightened , the " guardians , " as he called them ...
... philosophers who take a similar position . Of the ancient philosophers Plato was particularly hostile to democracy . Politics should be the charge of those who know , the experts , the enlightened , the " guardians , " as he called them ...
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... philosophy took new life it was under the stimulus of the Greek way of thought . So up to our own times , through the free cities that broke the bonds of feudalism , up through the Western peoples that created the science and the philosophy ...
... philosophy took new life it was under the stimulus of the Greek way of thought . So up to our own times , through the free cities that broke the bonds of feudalism , up through the Western peoples that created the science and the philosophy ...
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Our Neglected Heritage | 3 |
Liberty Equality and Fraternity | 12 |
The Rule of the People | 22 |
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