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And this is precisely the opposite of the tyrant who Plato describes
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as a person of limitless desires who lacks the most rudimentary
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kind of governance, namely self-control.
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The difference between the philosopher and the tyrant
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illustrate two very different conceptions of philosophy.
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For some, philosophy represents a form of liberation
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from confusion, from unruly passions and prejudices,
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from incoherence.
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Again, a therapy of the soul that brings peace and contentment
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and a kind of justice.
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And yet for others, philosophy is the source of the desire to dominate.
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It is the basis of tyranny in the great age of ideologies