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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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1. Anyone with serious interest in freedom and government...
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 09:35 AM
Mar 2013

...should give The Republic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Republic_%28Plato%29 a read. I've not read since college but I plan on rereading it soon.

Thanks for this.

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Plato [View all] Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 OP
Anyone with serious interest in freedom and government... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2013 #1
yw and thanks for the link - Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #2
In Plato's allegory of the cave the man breaks his bonds and leaves the cave. rhett o rick Mar 2013 #3
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