Plato’s reputation as one of the least egalitarian of canonical philosophers ignores the attention he paid to economic inequality. In The Laws, Plato not only calls inequality the “greatest of all plagues,” but he devises an extensive series of measures intended to prevent inequality and limit its damage to virtue, civic harmony and the stability of the state itself.
Previewing the first chapter of his upcoming book, ‘The Greatest of All Plagues’: Economic Inequality in Western Politics, DPU Political Science Professor David Williams will trace the sources of Plato’s concerns about inequality and their relation to his republics in a presentation in the Social Science Research Center’s Mess Hall series.
Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 12:00pm
990 West Fullerton (Dietzgen), 3142
990 West Fullerton Avenue
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