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Is Might Right?
'The strong do what they will, the weak suffer what they must'. So claimed the powerful Athenians, according to the Ancient Greek historian Thucydides. Plato tried to demonstrate that might does not make right, and think...
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Is Might Right? is an episode from Arts and Ideas by BBC. 'The strong do what they will, the weak suffer what they must'. So claimed the powerful Athenians, according to the Ancient Greek historian Thucydides. Plato tried to demonstrate tha...
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Published Feb 6, 2026, 56:49 long, audio available.
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