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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (42183)11/29/2003 7:29:21 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Respond to of 74559
 
"Sort of" is the key. Yes, both Trotsky and Plato share a couple of characteristics. Both were high-brow intellectuals in societies that favored middle brow pragmatists. Both felt that an anointed, appointed elite should control the unruly mob.

But I believe Plato gyrated toward gyros and Trotsky pastrami on wry.



To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (42183)11/30/2003 3:21:32 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
Here's my 2c on Leo Strauss - and Plato and Zeuss and neocons - from my Corner (March 03):

The Zeus party - The gang: The influence of Straussians on the US politics

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