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The Politics of Plato's Philebus

Political Theory 101 by Political Theory 101

Dec 22, 202401:57:41Government & Organizations

Daniel joins Benjamin to discuss Plato's Philebus. We traverse the dialectic of limit and unlimit and discuss the difference between memory and recollection, connecting all of this to Plato's political thought.

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