The Delusion of Democratic Freedom

An exploration and commentary on the critique of democracy, freedom, and equality in Plato's Republic. In the Republic, Socrates and associates discuss what justice is, looks like, and if it desirable. To do so, Socrates establishes the city of virtue, the kallipolis, and the cities of vice, including democracy and tyranny. This video explores why Plato criticized democracy and the vice of freedom and offers a commentary on how it can be understood in a time of flourishing democracies.

Timestamps:
00:00 || Introduction
01:08 || Philosophical Foundations
01:42 || The City as a Man
02:45 || Plato's Psychology of the Soul
05:22 || The Political Hierarchy
07:01 || The Delusion of Democratic Freedom
10:22 || The Democratic Man
12:41 || The Tyranny
13:47 || A Modern Commentary
16:42 || The Modern Democrat


Music: Naga x Aphrow - Road
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Sources:
Plato. Republic. Edited by C. D. C. Reeve. Translated by G. M. A. Grube, Hackett Pub. Co., 1992.

McLoughlin, Siobhán. “The Freedom of the Good: A Study of Platos Ethical Conception of Freedom.” University of New Mexico, 2012.

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For a critique of Plato’s critique of the democratic man:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/25115678...