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In this video, I’m talking about Plato and the Tyrant and the real-world political drama behind Plato’s reputation as a philosopher: his repeated attempts to shape the government of Syracuse, his complicated relationships with Dionysius the Elder and Dionysius the Younger, and what all of this reveals about why people say “Plato hates democracy.”

We’ll look at Plato not just as the author of dialogues, but as someone who tried—messily—to influence power from the inside. I also dig into a fascinating contrast: Plato appears as “Plato” in the Letters (as a character and narrator of his own story), but in his philosophical works it’s usually Socrates who takes center stage as the speaking character.

In this video, I cover:
1. A quick overview/review of Plato and the Tyrant
2. Why Plato kept getting involved with Syracuse—and what he hoped to accomplish
3. The political context: tyranny, court politics, and the dream of a “philosopher-ruler”
4. Plato’s relationships with Dionysius I and Dionysius II (and how things went wrong)
5. Plato’s critique of democracy and what he thought was broken about it
6. Plato as a character in the Letters and the broader Letters tradition
7. Why Socrates dominates the dialogues while Plato stays offstage—and why that matters for how we read him

If you’re interested in ancient Greek history, political philosophy, the question of whether philosophers should advise rulers, or the tension between ideals and real politics, this one’s for you.

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Artist: : Benjamin Tissot