Tom goes back to school with Rob to learn some political philosophy. In the fist episode in this series they cover Plato & Aristotle’s views on governance.

TOPICS

• Intro [0:00]

• Plato [1:59]

  • Problems with Democracy [5:21]

  • Plato's Society [14:05]

  • Plato's View of Human Nature [22:58]

• Aristotle [33:54]

  • Aristotle's Types of Government [35:44]

  • The Virtuous Mean [49:25]

• Plato vs Aristotle [50:43]

• Outro [55:43]

  • Bonus: The Void [58:33]

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SHOWNOTES

• Wikipedia: Plato

• Wikipedia: Socratic Method

• Wikipedia: Plato - Politics

• Wikipedia: Aristotle

• Wikipedia: Politics (Aristotle)

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ATTRIBUTION

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: The School of Athens from the Wellcome Collection under CC by 4.0