Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"If the rulers of the city-state are able to learn continuously through continuous practice, rather than indulge in the enjoyment of the flesh. They can all treat the city-state people with good intentions, be able to visually perceive the essence through things, and formulate The law about beauty, justice and goodness that benefits the citizens of the city-state and guides the people to abide by it and guard it... Then they are of course philosophers, which is beyond doubt!" Plato said firmly.

Daphes knew that Plato expanded the concept of philosopher, but he felt that there was no need to directly refute, but turned to other issues: "In the book of "Ideal Country," you think that a real philosopher should have love True but not false, temperate and not greedy for pleasure, open-minded, open-minded, daring and not afraid of death, fair and virtuous, intelligent and studious, natural harmony, advancing and retreating... That is to say, he should be a perfect kind person, Only such a philosopher can become a true ruler, right?"

"Yes, that's basically it," Plato said frankly, and then added: "But it's difficult to reach now."

"Why is it difficult to achieve now?" Daphes asked.

"Because there is no stage for the philosophers to show their talents in the current city-state!" Plato replied slightly excitedly: "Some so-called'wise men' at the city-state civic congress only know how to please and cater to the people and attack real pursuits. Real philosophers, because truth is more difficult for people to accept than false, so philosophers are not popular with city-state citizens. City-states like this temptation to lure talented young people, make them ambitious, would rather go Learning to use rhetoric to cater to the people and earn power and wealth is also unwilling to gain reason through the hardships of slaves.

In this way, there are fewer and fewer real philosophers, just like falling into the beast group. They are neither willing to participate in evil, nor can they independently fight against all beasts, so they have to remain silent and focus only on their own things..."

"So you wrote "Ideal Country", in fact it does not exist in reality." Davers understands.

"No, it will exist someday!" Plato said with a determined look: "For this reason, I built the Akademi Academy!..."

Daveus was shocked by Plato's words, watching this philosopher called "great" in his previous life. Daveus deeply felt his determination to fight for his life for his ideas, which reminded him of the previous life Another sage who was almost in the same era as Plato and influenced China for more than 2,000 years. They are all the same kind of people, so they can achieve their greatness.

With this in mind, Davers no longer made troubles in what he considered to be inadequate in the book "Ideal Country", but asked for peaceful words: "In the "Ideal Country" book, you mentioned'strict social division of labor It is the first principle for the establishment of an ideal city-state. Rulers, guardians, peasants, and craftsmen must keep their duties in order to ensure the order of the country and everyone’s happiness and happiness...' However, the slaves and gentiles who occupy the majority of the population in the city-state, You don't seem to take them into account, which may be a big hidden danger.

Because slaves and gentiles also have their own political demands, once the city-state cannot give them, then they will surely cause great damage to the order of the city-state.In the Peloponnesian War, Athens, which should be united and opposed to foreign enemies, caused a major blow to its people because of the defection of more than 20,000 miner slaves; Syracuse under the rule of Dionysius When fighting against our Dionysian, the free people of the port of Syracuse, which has been discriminated against, became the main force in the riots and overthrow of the rule of Dionysius...

In addition, if you divide the citizens of the city-state into several levels, the peasants can only engage in agriculture, the craftsmen can only engage in handicrafts, and the guards can only participate in war... Is such a division too idealistic, but too Too rigid.Because most people have a desire to get a better status as a city-state, farmers and craftsmen may also want to be guardians, and guardians also want to be rulers. Whether they can do it or not, you should give them such a wish in advance In this way, the different classes of the entire city-state will maintain a kind of mobility, so that the people of the city-state will have vigorous vitality.Don’t you want to know the reason why Dionia is fast and strong, this is one of the reasons!"

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Davos and Plato exchanged their views and opinions on the city-state system. Sometimes they were heatedly debated and sometimes calmly discussed. Both were very involved.

Unconsciously, half an hour passed quickly, and until the clerk Hernipolis made a reminder, Daveus had to stop communicating and apologized to Plato that he had something to do next. This conversation can only end here.

Plato showed regret, from the carelessness when he was first received, to the present full-hearted devotion, in this conversation, he really benefited a lot.

At this moment, he sincerely asked: "Your Majesty Daveus, can you promise me a request?"

"Please say."

"Can you allow me to visit the actual operation of various institutions under the Kingdom of Dionysia, like what you just said about the school, the inspection department, the construction department, and the official management committee for the assessment and recruitment of public officials..."

"Of course there is no problem." Daphes agreed readily, and said: "This is my clerk Henripolis, the veteran of the Dionysian Academy. When Plato finishes your speech at the Academy, he will lead you Take a tour around Turiri."

Plato immediately expressed his gratitude.

After he left, Henripolis asked doubtfully: "Your Majesty, do you really want Plato to visit our administration carefully?"

"Of course. Plato is a well-known scholar from all over Greece, and he also has his own school. I am hoping that he will promote the superiority of the Kingdom of Dionysia in Greece and be famous for Dionysia." Daveus thought without hesitation. Said.

"However, this may allow other city-states to steal our system." Genipolis said with a little concern.

Davers Haha smiled: "Heny, the production of a weapon can be stolen, and the production of a handicraft can be stolen. The political system alone is very difficult to learn, especially for the city-states that have built cities for a long time. There are many traditional and old-fashioned forces with strong strength. If you want to change the political system, you will inevitably damage their interests. At that time, a bloody riot cannot be avoided. Herolis of Syracuse is an example! So, what kind of What kind of shoes do people wear?

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There is no official opening ceremony for the All-Greece Scholars Conference. This is considering that scholars advocate freedom and don’t like to waste time sitting there listening to people’s clichés, but how to coordinate the time for lectures and discussion exchanges of invited scholars is a trouble. problem.

This time the meeting was held mainly in the four places in the Dionysian Academy, namely the College of Mathematics, the College of Liberal Arts, the School of Medicine and the School of Philosophy.Many invited scholars have made achievements in many fields, such as Democritus' disciple Sain Strian who has studied philosophy, mathematics, and medicine; Lucis, as an important figure of the Pythagorean school, Not only do they have deep research in mathematics and physics, but also have their own unique philosophical ideas... These several colleges want scholars to come to their own side to explain first, so the debate is endless.

Fortunately, Davers served as the chairman of the conference. He gathered the deans of the four colleges. After repeated discussions, he quickly formulated the schedule.

Plato’s students came to the Dionysian Academy and found that, as Foster Carda said, the size of the academy, the large number of buildings, and the beautiful environment are indeed far more than the Academia College, which made their I was a little lost in my heart, but soon they became addicted to all kinds of profound knowledge.

They frequently shuttle between various colleges and listen to the lectures of scholars.

At the School of Liberal Arts, they listened to Lucias’ "Application of Logics in Court Debates", and Isokrate's "How to Sculpt Your Speech";

In Mathematics College, they think about Matti Kris’s “Discussion on the Regularity of Material Vibration Curves” and Mento Tickels’s “Introduction to Probability”. Odds are calculated for games, and a piece of knowledge discovered and summarized by the School of Mathematics.);

In the School of Philosophy, they must carefully distinguish the philosophy about "everything counts" that Lysis tells, and "On the Existence of Things" by Androstini (He is a student of the Parmenides of Elia, Also the deputy dean of the School of Philosophy of Dionysian School) and the similarities and differences in philosophy taught by Plato;

At the medical school, they stared at Helps to tell and demonstrate the function of the heart, Stacey Kodas' "Common Diseases in Humans-A Preliminary Study of the Pathogenesis of Cold", and Hippocrates' "Observe Nature" The medical point of view (that is, the human body itself is the best medicine to fight disease, the doctor’s main responsibility is to stand on the side of nature and promote the recovery of the patient’s body and spirit)...

While learning and absorbing knowledge, they also met many young talents. Most of them were students of Dionysian School. They were all self-confident and diligent and hard-working. They not only listened to the lectures of scholars at any time. Use papyrus to record the main points, and actively ask questions, and even stumped the speaker many times because of the profound problems.

After coming down, these Dionysian students also had heated discussions, and they also joined Spicyps, but they often couldn't keep up with their agile thinking because of the lack of richer knowledge.In fact, this is understandable. There are only one teacher at the Academia School. Although Plato is knowledgeable, he cannot have in-depth research in various fields. The Dionysia School has many teachers, most of whom are well-known. Scholars, and allows students of all majors to observe and exchange learning.