Plato’s Republic Book VIII The Fall of Governments. From Aristocracy to Tyranny

Описание: “In Book VIII of Plato’s Republic, Socrates explains how governments decline from the ideal state into corruption.
The just aristocracy — rule by the wise — decays into timocracy, where honor and military ambition dominate. Timocracy then collapses into oligarchy, rule by the wealthy few. Oligarchy breeds inequality, leading to democracy, where freedom becomes excess. Finally, democracy gives way to tyranny, the rule of one driven by appetite and fear.
Plato shows how political decline mirrors the corruption of the soul, as reason loses control to spirit and desire.
💡 Discover how Book VIII reveals the dangers of unchecked ambition and the fragility of justice — all in two minutes.”

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