Quote:I thought he was a pederastic slaveowner... :mellow:Or, a slavering pedagogue. When in Greece, do as the...
One should rightly ask, "What are the threats to democracy?" Which I think the early founders of the US were aware. I'm reminded of namely De Tocqueville's observation on Democracy in America.
Book 1, Chapter 15 - UNLIMITED POWER OF THE MAJORITY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Another perspective,
Fr. Seamus Mulholland -- The Contribution of Plato to Political Philosophy and the Search for the Common Good in Hobbes, De Tocqueville and Marx