On Re-reading Plato and Dr. Popper^*

* This paper originated as a contribution to a symposium arranged by the Classics Department at the University of Otago in the 1962 Winter Term, designed to show the way in which the Republic cut across academic subjects, as it were, and enabled students of classics, law, education, philosophy, and politics, to join in a common discussion.

Abstract

The sectarian bigotry of the partisans of free thought is notorious; but it is not an isolated case; it often happens that the very energy with which Liberals defend their own cause destroys their calm estimation of difficulties and makes them unjust towards their adversaries and therefore, in the last resort, dogmatic and illiberal.

(Guido de Ruggiero, European Liberalism)

Notes

* This paper originated as a contribution to a symposium arranged by the Classics Department at the University of Otago in the 1962 Winter Term, designed to show the way in which the Republic cut across academic subjects, as it were, and enabled students of classics, law, education, philosophy, and politics, to join in a common discussion.