Adam Smith mentions Plato a number of times in the Wealth of Nations, and uses his writings as source on ancient education practices. But to the best of my knowledge only one doctrine by Plato is ever mentioned. Interestingly enough this is not Plato’s account of the division of labor or human inequality—two topics central to the argument of the
Bertrand Russell wrote something to the effect that Plato's Republic was a design for a city-state that would be internally stable and good at fighting wars. It's stuck with me, I assume from a long-ago reading of the History of Western Philosophy. I've mentally welded that on to Popper to form a negative view of Plato, without reading him in any depth.
Bertrand Russell wrote something to the effect that Plato's Republic was a design for a city-state that would be internally stable and good at fighting wars. It's stuck with me, I assume from a long-ago reading of the History of Western Philosophy. I've mentally welded that on to Popper to form a negative view of Plato, without reading him in any depth.