Very interesting. I would have appreciated more elaboration on each of the philosophers, as well as more elaboration on the conclusion. How exactly do we take these philosophers’ arguments into account when shoring up out fragile “democracy”/constitutional republic after 1/6? I would suggest that more emphasis on Aristotle’s understanding of the rule of law would help. But what does that look like in practice in 2022?
Plato was right to hold it against Athenian democracy that they executed Socrates. Executing an innocent man is a deserved black mark.
Rome’s Republic was complicated and Cicero’s relationship with the people and with the rule of law was too. Pro Milone is an interesting example of rhetoric, but evidence Cicero wasn’t above the political fray. However, he was against Caesar and Caesar Augustus and was proscribed and put to death when the Republic truly ended, meaning that he stood against imperialism when it counted.
Very interesting. I would have appreciated more elaboration on each of the philosophers, as well as more elaboration on the conclusion. How exactly do we take these philosophers’ arguments into account when shoring up out fragile “democracy”/constitutional republic after 1/6? I would suggest that more emphasis on Aristotle’s understanding of the rule of law would help. But what does that look like in practice in 2022?
Plato was right to hold it against Athenian democracy that they executed Socrates. Executing an innocent man is a deserved black mark.
Rome’s Republic was complicated and Cicero’s relationship with the people and with the rule of law was too. Pro Milone is an interesting example of rhetoric, but evidence Cicero wasn’t above the political fray. However, he was against Caesar and Caesar Augustus and was proscribed and put to death when the Republic truly ended, meaning that he stood against imperialism when it counted.