Who knew? This is from Aeon (https://aeon.co/essays/when-philosopher-met-king-on-platos-italian-voyages Accessed 25Dec2020):
“Plato’s first visit to Sicily ended in dark irony: Dionysius I sold the philosopher into slavery. He figured that if Plato’s belief were true, then his enslavement would be a matter of indifference since, in the words of the Greek biographer Plutarch, ‘he would, of course, take no harm of it, being the same just man as before; he would enjoy that happiness, though he lost his liberty.’
Fortunately, Plato was soon ransomed by friends.”
Of course, Plato was no friend of democracy, believing that democracies eventually lead to the rise of tyrannical leader. The authors of this piece, Nick Romeo and Ian Tewksbury, comment on Plato’s political philosophy in a democracy. If we apply friendship and education to bring people together will can all be philosopher-kings, ruling together.
Timely.
Two Strikes 