Sunday, November 10, 2013

Thoughts on power from Plato

Access to power must be confined to men who are not in love with it.

-Plato's The Republic

All goes wrong when starved for lack of anything good in their lives, men turn to public affairs hoping to snatch from thence the happiness they hunger for. They set about fighting for power, and this internecine conflict ruins them and their country.

- Plato

The ancients had it right thousands of years ago. You can apply this view to any of your favorite politicians.

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