Plato’s Parting Shot at a Tyrant

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By 361 BC, the once-promising mentorship between Plato and Dionysius the Younger had dissolved into bitter antagonism. After two visits, six years apart, to Dionysius’ court in Syracuse, Plato’s ambition , to instill philosophical principles in the heart of a notorious tyrant , lay in ruins. He had become persona non grata, his life potentially forfeit, and his escape owed entirely to the…

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