Melvyn Bragg

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In Our Time · Archive: Plato's Republic · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

And it is difficult to prove that that's good through knowledge. voice-verified

But philosophers train themselves to be able to do that sort of thing. voice-verified

That's a very simple example on my part. voice-verified

You can give more complicated examples. voice-verified

But that's an important distinction. voice-verified

Can you develop that, please? voice-verified

things. voice-verified

Could you give us an example? voice-verified

So the philosophers have been trained to the age of 50 to know what is true, what is not just a belief. voice-verified

They distinguish from everybody else by knowing what real knowledge is. voice-verified

And they can use that real knowledge to rule the ideal state, if voice-verified

Angie, you, in your notes... voice-verified

Express yourself, as has been quite clear in this program, as an enormous admirer and understander of Plato, yet you say he failed, and you point out, I have got your notes here, you do say it's a great failure, and he fails because, I do, I've got them here, you say he fails because he encouraged or laid the way for what could be totalitarian states and authoritarian states and that sort of thing. voice-verified

Have I got this completely wrong, or should I read from your notes? voice-verified

His ideas have been taken up enthusiastically by fascist regimes and totalitarian regimes of all sorts. voice-verified

Is that because of the ideas or because people are just misusing them? voice-verified

What would you say is his greatest legacy, Anna? voice-verified

We're still talking about him today, so what is the legacy that we're really talking about? voice-verified

Thank you very much, Chairman McCabe, Angie Hobbs and James Warren. voice-verified

Next week, we'll be discussing bird migration, why they do it, how they survive, and thanks for listening. voice-verified

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