Unparliamentary Language

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