tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post8936816289626101412..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: THE LIMITS OF SATIRERobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-23927232905966046562011-11-10T13:11:03.857-05:002011-11-10T13:11:03.857-05:00Plato's view that the merchant class is incomp...Plato's view that the merchant class is incompetent to rule is the part of his doctrine that most immediately applies to Cain.Don Schneierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751277350617015241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-17013619845207126762011-11-09T15:32:53.658-05:002011-11-09T15:32:53.658-05:00What about his signature phrase, "I don't...What about his signature phrase, "I don't have facts to back this up, but..." or its variant: "We do not have definitive, factual proof"? Somewhat seriously, is Cain the sort of symptom of democracy Plato was criticizing? It seems he and his followers ignore facts and only follow their desires. I'm grasping at straws since it is too strange for me to understand and seems near madness.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17757157459780259514noreply@blogger.com