NationStates Jolt Archive

Is it plato's republic that speaks of taking someone's child and giving them away, so as to have no one harm anyone, since they could be their own mother/father/brother?
Was it plato at all?
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What the hell are you talking about?

There's a section of the Republic where he advocates the ruling classes being removed from their families so as to have no outside influences or bias. Otherwise what you say sounds like Oeidipus Rex or Back to the Future.

What the hell are you talking about?

There's a section of the Republic where he advocates the ruling classes being removed from their families so as to have no outside influences or bias. Otherwise what you say sounds like Oeidipus Rex or Back to the Future.
that is not what im talkin about.

Don't get me started on Plato. That guy was seriously authoritarian.

Don't get me started on Plato. That guy was seriously authoritarian.

we all know that. thats not what Im asking.