Much contemporary political thinking in the United States is more Platonic than Aristotelian: it tends to assume there is only one possible form of just society (the American form) rather than recognizing there might be a variety of viable alternatives.
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“a lot of our thinking in this country about politics is more platonic than it is Aristotelian in the sense that we tend to think there is only one possible form of a just Society namely one just like the American um rather than recognizing there might be a variety of viable Alternatives [30:25]”
Created: 8/11/2026, 12:01:26 AM
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