Monday, January 7, 2013

Quote of the Week - Plato on Tyrants

The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ...This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. 565-C

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. 566-E

- Plato, The Republic, Book VIII, pg. 565-C 566-E
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