Nearly 2,400 years ago, Plato already described this drift in The Republic: When fathers become accustomed to letting children do as they please, When sons no longer heed their words, When teachers tremble before their students and prefer to flatter them, When finally the young despise the laws because they no longer recognize any authority above them, Then this is, in all beauty and youth, the beginning of tyranny. According to Plato, The Republic, Book VIII. #Platon #LaRépublique #philosophie (translated)
