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and physical training that will lead them to adopt prominent positions
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in the military and other branches of public service.
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Does this sound at all familiar to you?
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It should.
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Let me put it another way.
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If Plato is a fascist, what does that make you?
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Plato, of course, is an extremist.
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He pushes his ideas to their most radical conclusions.
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That's what it is to be a philosopher.
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But he is also defining a kind of school.
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He regards the Politea or the Republic,
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because that is the original Greek title of the book, Politea or regime.