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Public gadfly private midwife. I like engendering noble conflict, the philosopher is then an expert conversationalist, s/he knows how to help nurture what is best in us. The philosopher may not ultimately rule, but the students might. That’s at least one version of the hope, if not to be the price but have the prince’s ear, loving out fantasies through the children. Of course if the child defects to Sparta they didn’t finish the coursera course

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