[ml/nj]

We are reading The Republic in my homeschool co-op for the next few weeks.

Plato and his "philosopher kings" are the philosophical underpinnings for a lot of totalitarian governments. Read Peikoff's The Ominous Parallels.

ML/NJ

[aberaussie]

Well, yes it is...that is why we are studying it...The co-op class that I teach is Ancient Literature from a Biblical worldview. Lots of discussion and comparison. I usually teach history or government classes, so this part of the class will be particularly fun for me because we will be able to compare Plato’s writing with current rhetoric.

[Lurker]

It's been a long time since anyone around here mentioned Piekoff's work.

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[betty boop]

I don’t believe Peikoff understood a single word Plato wrote. And I’ve read his book. Ayn Rand had the same problem.