1. Max Gallo
... the will of the stronger. When the philosopher king creates the Myth of the Metals they are establishing laws or principles for the separation of society into classes i.e. a person with silver is a soldier, a person with brass and iron is a craftsmen. And in accordance with what Thrasymachus says these laws are evidently being established to perpetuate the rule of the philosopher kings ... ultimate fulfillment of the individual. Plato does not conceive the idea that Marx has that it is possible to create a society made up completely of "philosopher kings". On the other hand a true Marxi...
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