>society should be strictly separated into hierarchic classes, arts should be censored, most power should be held by military
Seriously, why do people still read ancient philosophers? I understand that they helped in the beginning, but their ideas are so obsolete in modern era.
>>3169435
>why do people still read Plato
ftfy
>he didn't get that The Republic isn't about a literal city and is instead a treatise on metaphysics, the soul, and musical theory
Dude, you're getting stumped by philosophy that's literally two thousand years old. Go back and reread it, this time actually pay attention.
>only relationships with women are Platonic
>>3169435
to understand better the present philosophy, or to understand better the history