Aubrey Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Something about a tyrant making enemies even of his friends because he trusts no one...? Can you help me find it? TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 This one? (No Plato, but Greek) In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. I believe there is a passage in Wheelock (mine is at work) entitled something like A Tyrant Can Trust No One. It is about the famous Tyrant of Syracuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 This one? (No Plato, but Greek)In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. I believe there is a passage in Wheelock (mine is at work) entitled something like A Tyrant Can Trust No One. It is about the famous Tyrant of Syracuse. No, it's in The Republic. Plato is talking about different kinds of rulers & different types of government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.9.viii.html Try here, and "find" tyrant. There are many pity quotes. Is it one of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.9.viii.html Try here, and "find" tyrant. There are many pity quotes. Is it one of these? Oh, shoot. I can tell it's the right section, but my brain's just not turned on enough to find it tonight. Thank you, though--I'll use this site when I'm awake. AND--I had no idea the find function worked online *at all.* You've rocked my world! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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